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- Tags: bomb trolley
Armourers and Ground Crew
In photo 1 there are nine airmen behind a trolley of bombs. It is captioned 'L to R, - Wilson, Bowles, Phillips, Williams, Sheppard, Williams, Self, Osborne, our French Canadian.'
In photo 2 are five armourers…
Alvin, Ted and Jack with their Halifax
The first has three men sitting on a bomb trolley under the port side of a Halifax. It is captioned 'L to R - Alvin, Ted & Jack on 500lb bombs'.
The second image is an airman at the rear gun turret. It is captioned 'Alvin…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb trolley; Halifax; service vehicle
Armourers and Mines
Special Christmas Card for the Reich
Painted on it is 'Ontario Citizens Special Xmas Card for the Reich' and has the names of where the crews originate - 'Ottawa, London, Perkins, Toronto, Timmins,…
Sixteen Airmen and an 8000 pound Bomb
Ground Crew and a Cookie
Tags: bomb trolley; ground crew; service vehicle
Loading Mines
In the second image a mine is on a trolley. Chalked on the mine is the…
Flight sergeant Cuthbert with aircrew and ground personnel
Two men sitting on a bomb trolley
199 Squadron
Second is of small car, captioned "Crew - bus", my first car bought when on ops with 199 Sqdn.'
Third is of right-hand forward nose of a…
Short Stirling
Bombing up a Wellington
Photo 2 is a close up of the bombs being loaded into the Wellington. Two armourers are steadying the bomb and a third is winding a winch to load the bomb.
Lancaster maintenance
Bombing up Lancaster, 1943
Podwieszanie min
Wellington - mechanicy przy pracy
Photo 2 is two groundcrew pushing the port main wheel.
Photo 3 is two groundcrew loading a bomb.
Photo 4 is two groundcrew pushing a bomb trolley.
Large group of airmen and three airmen arranged around a bomb on bomb trolley
Photo 2 is of three airmen arranged round a 4000lb bomb on a bomb trolley.
Tags: aircrew; bomb trolley; service vehicle; training
Flight Lieutenant Maxted, Warrant Officer Foolkes and Flying Officer Watson
Photo 2 is three airmen sitting on a 400 lb bomb on a trailer,…
Alma Leedham's memoir
Tags: 49 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 83 Squadron; animal; bomb dump; bomb trolley; ground personnel; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; service vehicle; tractor; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Good-bye Berlin
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; control caravan; debriefing; entertainment; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Ludford Magna; service vehicle; wireless operator
Twenty Lancasters
Lancaster being serviced
On the reverse '467 SQUADRON LANCASTER WADDINGTON 44' and '1'.
Bomb on trolley
Tags: bomb dump; bomb trolley; bombing; service vehicle
Tallboy bomb and crane
Tags: bomb dump; bomb trolley; bombing; service vehicle; Tallboy; tractor