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Penhold
Top left - two airmen, one sitting at desk working on papers and the other standing behind him. Window on the right. Captioned 'Ginger Newlands and Jock Mitchell, M.T. section Penhold'.
Top right - a man crouching in a doorway surrounded by three…
Top right - a man crouching in a doorway surrounded by three…
Rear-gunner Roy
Roy sitting in his turret. On the reverse 'Roy in his turret'.
Airman in cockpit
View from inside aircraft of an airman in the left hand pilot's seat. Submitted with caption 'PDW Austor Mallala Jul 43'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: aircrew; military service conditions; pilot; training
Lancaster rear gunner in turret
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Tail Gunner in turret, A.Stone.'
Cockpit of a Halifax
View from cockpit into bomb aimers station with part of pilots seat and throttles at top and bombsight in nose. On the reverse '1944, Holme on Spalding Moor, 76 Squadron, Halifax 3 and Mk 14 Bombsight'.
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S G Marshall
An airman at his station on board an aircraft. On the reverse 'SG Marshall (Eng)'.
Three aircrew
Three airmen standing in line two holding mugs, two wearing flying suits and Mae Wests, the other tunic and flying jacket. In the background other airmen, NAAFI truck and hangar.
Airmen sitting on airfield
Six airmen sitting in a group on an airfield with bi-plane aircraft and tented hangars in the background. Two versions of the same image, the second submitted with information 'img400'.
Ivor Cole and Three Colleagues
The four airmen are standing outside a tent with a sign saying 'Air Movements'. On their left is a larger sign with 'Baggage Instructions' and much instructions. On the reverse 'The boys again. Reg - Ted - Self - Vic No 60 PTC Tengah Singapore…
Sergeant SG Marshall
The sergeant is standing at his post behind the pilot in the cockpit of a bomber. On the reverse 'SG Marshall'.
Lancaster being Marshalled
An airman at the nose of a Lancaster, at night. A light is shining from the bomb aimer's position.
The Boys Behind the Bombers
Five ground crew warming themselves by a fire. Behind is a Halifax and further behind is a control caravan attached to a tractor. On the reverse is a typed note with an explanation. The image is intended for publication in newspapers. Second from…
Airmen
Top left - an airmen at navigator's station behind cockpit of an aircraft.
Bottom left - an airman wearing tunic with half brevet and side cap sitting on a stool outside with tree in the background.
Right - five airmen wearing tunics and peaked…
Bottom left - an airman wearing tunic with half brevet and side cap sitting on a stool outside with tree in the background.
Right - five airmen wearing tunics and peaked…
Operation planning list
List of items to be carried out including air test, briefings, take off, target area, fuel and others.
Java Jive
Note explaining why author's father and several pilots of 106 Squadron arrived singing Java Jive over the radio (R/T). Station commander was not impressed.
Avro York
Top left - cockpit of a York with pilot visible. Captioned 'Dum Dum airport, Calcutta'.
Top right - an airman wearing shorts, shirt and peaked cap standing by the centre tail fin of a York. Captioned '"Taffy" feeling tired at Dum Dum'.
Bottom left…
Top right - an airman wearing shorts, shirt and peaked cap standing by the centre tail fin of a York. Captioned '"Taffy" feeling tired at Dum Dum'.
Bottom left…
Tags: aircrew; military service conditions; pilot; York
B Flight 104 Squadron Poem
A poem written about B Flight and set out in the form of a scroll.
Airmen
Left - view from behind of an airman wearing flying helmet looking back from the left hand seat in bomber cockpit. Captioned 'Skip'.
Centre - three-quarter length image of a pilot wearing tunic and side cap standing by a wall with trees in the…
Centre - three-quarter length image of a pilot wearing tunic and side cap standing by a wall with trees in the…
Drinking rum and tea after an operation
In the foreground left, three aircrew wearing flying suits and parachute harness all holding tea mugs. On the centre right an airman wearing battledress with half brevet holding a mug and on the right a Women's Auxiliary Air force officer holding a…
RAF notebook
Includes notes on the air force act, Kings regulations and air council instructions, the official secrets act, disclosure of information, communications to the press, complaints and grievances, testimonials, communication with officials, officers…
Rose turret 344
An individual demonstrating how to bale out of a Rose turret by leaning headfirst through the opening in the perspex.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'S Rose Lancaster turret 344'.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'S Rose Lancaster turret 344'.
Rose turret 343
Two figures wearing oxygen masks look out through the opening of a rear gun turret. From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Rose turret 343'. Same photograph but image has been reversed recorded as turret 46.
Gunner in Rose turret
An airman in a rear turret of an aircraft fuselage supported on blocks of wood. From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Johnny Johnson in Lanc at Roses'. Photograph is captioned 'Johnny Johnson DFC Ex/Flt 617 Squadron RAF.
12 Squadron's Move from Khormaksar to Robat
Four photographs from an album. All four images show tents being taken down or erected and various items being moved around.