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Martin Catty at the controls of a Lancaster
A side view of an airman at the control of an aircraft. He is wearing a helmet and oxygen mask.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
We're On Tonight
A description of what happened before and during and operation. The battle order was posted, the crew checked over their aircraft, the bomb load was planned, the crew received their briefing, dinner was eaten (bacon and eggs), they dressed,…
Aerial farm at Branston Mere Y station
Four tall aerials, two wooden huts, one protected by blast walls, in a open field.
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Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Mere Gen 1942
![MReynoldsWT[Ser#-DoB]-150731-01.pdf](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/1235/16320/MReynoldsWT[Ser -DoB]-150731-01.jpg "MReynoldsWT[Ser#-DoB]-150731-01.pdf")
A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel at Branston Mere. It includes 'in' jokes, poems, cartoons, and a ghost story.
Mere Gen Christmas 1943
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A duplicated magazine produced by the personnel at Branston Mere Y station. It contains 'in' jokes, stories, a quiz, poems and cartoons.
Mere Gen 1st Birthday edition
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A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. It includes 'in' jokes, stories, poems, cartoons and a
a crossword puzzle.
a crossword puzzle.
Mere Gen March 1944
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a 29 page duplicated magazine produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. All the items are original, mainly 'in' jokes consisting of stories, jokes, poems and cartoons.
Maintenance yard
A view from roof height looking down on a yard with two small trucks, a cordoned off flag pole and a man with a motorbike. On the reverse 'Yes, that really is me.'
Thanksgiving address for the life of Arthur Norman Hollis OBE, DFC
Thanksgiving eulogy for the life and times of Arthur Hollis OBE, DFC of Bomber Command which covers his childhood successes whilst at Dulwich College, his subsequent enlistment into the RAF in 1941, and his pilot training in Florida and the UK. It…
Two Expedition Forces Messages to Keith Thompson
Album page, captioned 'E.F.M. Expedition Force Messages'. Two EFM's to Keith from his family, an acknowledgement from Western union that the EFM Keith sent had been delivered, a Western Union flyer with pricing. Page annotated '3 phrases from a…
RCAF Malton
Ten photographs, one of Anson in flight captioned 'Avro Anson Mk1'.
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…
one looking forward towards the cockpit captioned 'Inside the Anson'.
Three of countryside taken from the air captioned ' Views from outside'.
One of a woman seated in a rowing…
Rear turret
View of the rear turret of a bomber
Airman in rear turret
View from outside of an airman sitting in rear turret of a Lancaster. Two machine guns are visible.
People and bombing
Top left - three airmen in khaki uniform with side caps standing in line with trees in the background.
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Top right - air-to-ground view of landscape with many bomb craters.
Middle left - an airman on bed in barrack room.
Bottom left - air to…
Good-bye Berlin
Article by Carl Olssen from 'Illustrated' magazine 19 February 1944. Comments on the operations to Berlin, on the poor living conditions on all the newly built airfields, outlines the preparations for an operation throughout the station. Numerous…
Flying Officer G Cruickshank - officers pay book
Includes personal details, cash issues, pay and allowances.
Page 7 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Item 1 - wireless operator's station inside a Lancaster.
Item 2 - in-flight view across the starboard wing of a Lancaster.
Item 3 - in-flight view of the mid-upper gun turret.
Item 4 - caption 'RAF Waterbeach 514 Squadron Operational'.
This…
Item 2 - in-flight view across the starboard wing of a Lancaster.
Item 3 - in-flight view of the mid-upper gun turret.
Item 4 - caption 'RAF Waterbeach 514 Squadron Operational'.
This…
Page 10 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - view across the port wing of a Lancaster in flight. Mostly clouds.
Photo 2 - air-to-air view from the mid-upper turret looking aft towards five Lancasters.
Photo 3 - vertical aerial photograph of Wesel, Germany during a bombing…
Photo 2 - air-to-air view from the mid-upper turret looking aft towards five Lancasters.
Photo 3 - vertical aerial photograph of Wesel, Germany during a bombing…
Pages 35 and 36 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Internal images of inside the RAF Lancaster, captioned 'Last time in a Lancaster was on Thursday 20th. March 1947 flying back to Ein Shemer from Malta Now inside a Lancaster some 67 and a half years later.'
Photo 1 - the cockpit, annotated 'Pilot…
Photo 1 - the cockpit, annotated 'Pilot…
Page 46 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Photo 1 - head and shoulders portrait of trainee Denis Bradbury smoking a pipe.
Photo 2 - an air-to-air image of a Percival Proctor.
Photo 3 - modern photograph with a side view of a Lancaster and E-7 Sentry in the distance.
Photo 4 -…
Photo 2 - an air-to-air image of a Percival Proctor.
Photo 3 - modern photograph with a side view of a Lancaster and E-7 Sentry in the distance.
Photo 4 -…
Pages from diary
Daily activities from 25 January 1945 to 31 January 1945. Notes writing to family and friends, working and going out.
Keith Thompson's leave ration card
Unused card is from 18 EFTS, for period 25-31 Jan 1942.
Clifford Watson, airmen and civilians
Photo 1 - an airman with sergeant's stripes with his arm round a woman with a man to their left. They are sitting on a park bench.
Photo 2 - an airman identified as Bill Willoughby, Navigator at Wimpey port gun position.
Photo 3 - Bill Willoughby…
Photo 2 - an airman identified as Bill Willoughby, Navigator at Wimpey port gun position.
Photo 3 - Bill Willoughby…
Spud bashing
Three similar images of airmen peeling potatoes, annotated 'At aircrew pool Scampton Aug '44'.