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Seven aircrew by YMCA mobile canteen
Seven aircrew standing in line in front of a van with open serving hatch and rear door. In the background part of a bomber aircraft,
Seven aircrew by YMCA mobile canteen
Seven men, six standing and one kneeling down, in front of a van with open serving hatch.
Flight Lieutenant J R Lee
Head and shoulders view of a man with headphones at the fight engineers desk of a Short Belfast. On the reverse 'Flt Lt J R Lee'.
Rear gunner in turret
Man wearing Mae West sitting in the rear turret of a bomber. Captioned 'Bob in rear turret'. It is a Rose turret with two .50 machine guns and no perspex.
Mid-upper gunner
Head and shoulders view of a man wearing Mae West in mid-upper turret. One version captioned 'Paddy in his flying home?'. Two versions of same item.
Robert Orton in rear turret
Gunner wearing Mae West sitting in rear turret of a bomber.
It is a Rose turret with two .50 machine guns and no perspex. Captioned 'Wednesday 24 September 2014, Sergeant Robert Orton aged 20 in the rear turret of an Avro Lancaster bomber.…
It is a Rose turret with two .50 machine guns and no perspex. Captioned 'Wednesday 24 September 2014, Sergeant Robert Orton aged 20 in the rear turret of an Avro Lancaster bomber.…
Rear gunner in turret
A man sitting in the rear turret of a bomber. It is a Rose turret with two .50 machine guns and no perspex.
Two versions of the same item. On the reverse 'Bob in rear turret'.
Two versions of the same item. On the reverse 'Bob in rear turret'.
Mid-upper gunner
A gunner in mid-upper turret of a bomber. On the reverse 'Paddy in his flying home'.
Flight Sergeant Ralf Williams
Navigator F R Williams in flying gear, seated at a his station writing in his log on the way to Essen October 1944.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Flight Sergeant Jack Smith
Wireless operator Jack smith Aircrew at his aircraft position writing his log during a daylight operation to Essen, 25 October 1944, the crew's 23 operation.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
John Allnutt in turret
Frank Allnutt in the mid upper turret over Essen 25 October 1944.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tholthorpe Control Tower
Three airmen at work in the tower, identified in the accompanying data as Tholthorpe.
Lincoln Cockpit
The interior cockpit of a Lincoln with a double exposure effect pilot wearing an oxygen mask.
Halifax under Maintenance
A port side view of a Halifax under maintenance with engine trestles and engine covers. A member of the ground crew is working on one engine.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are…
Cockpit
View of a from the cockpit of an aircraft. On the left part of a man wearing shirt with sergeants rank and with his hand on coaming.
Peter Baxter and his crew
From information provided by the donor. Four photographs ,the first is a reverse with the crew listed, annotations 'Baxter 507, L - R top, Sgt Baxter, F/eng, Sgt Prowse R/Gunner, P/O Deare W/Op, L -R Bottom, S/L Villiers Pilot, F/O Allinson Nav, P/O…
Scenes on the ground
Two versions of the same strip with enlargements of all slides. Slide 1 - captioned 'Joyce and her MT divers "joined in" on sports day GD 45/6?'. Six women, one on left in uniform, the others in civilian dress, four standing two sitting by the cab of…
Stirling interiors
Two versions of the same strip with enlargements of all slides.
Slide 1 - captioned 'Brian found b/a deRome crew setting off for ops in "Y" 2, GD'.Part view of man sitting at bomb aimers position with bombsight centre and map on right.
Slide 2 -…
Slide 1 - captioned 'Brian found b/a deRome crew setting off for ops in "Y" 2, GD'.Part view of man sitting at bomb aimers position with bombsight centre and map on right.
Slide 2 -…
Large group of airmen marching
A large group of airmen in column led by colour party marching to the right with two story barrack blocks in the background. Submitted with caption 'Urner Field 1942 sixth rank second file Don Cameron'.
Description of operational flying
Writes of being given their own aircraft with nude lady nose art which survived the war. Mentions icing problem on operation to Saarbrücken. Describes operation to Frankfurt where engaged by Ju-88 where he injured his jaw. Writes that they learn as…
Training
Covers some aspect of aircrew training including decompression chamber and parachute training.
Two aircrew inside a Stirling
Sergeant George Mackie (pilot) in the foreground, when instructing with 1651 Conversion Unit at RAF Waterbeach in 1942. He has his foot on the step leading into the flight engineer’s compartment from the cockpit inside a Short Stirling. Behind him…
Airman asleep
Head and shoulders image of an airman wearing shirt and flying helmet asleep inside an aircraft. Submitted with caption 'Napping in York, Transport Command'.
Aircrew
Upper page - top left - half length image of a man wearing parachute harness and flying helmet in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Top right - three quarter length image of a man wearing parachute harness looking back from the cockpit of an aircraft.…
Top right - three quarter length image of a man wearing parachute harness looking back from the cockpit of an aircraft.…
Airman at Aircraft Controls
An airman sitting at the pilot's seat. On the reverse 'Commanding Officer of RAF Stn Iraq 1945'.