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- Tags: military service conditions
Construction of Photographic Section Hut, Vitry en Artois
Photograph 2 is of four airmen including Reginald George Cavalier at work outside their trailer. Captioned 'Sid Burton, Les Seymour, John…
Crew of Lancaster PM-C
Photograph 2 is of Syd Marshall at his position, captioned 'Myself Syd Marshall F/E'.
Photograph 3 is of Nobby Clark standing by a gate, captioned '…
Dafoe Digest
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; service vehicle; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Dennis Raettig's wartime memoir
Tags: 104 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; animal; B-24; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; fuelling; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; incendiary device; mechanics engine; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Driffield; RAF East Moor; RAF Harwell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; runway; service vehicle; take-off crash; tractor; training; Wellington; Whitley
Derrick Allen in mid-upper turret
Derrick Allen in mid-upper turret
Description of operational flying
Diary - Sergeant F T Jones
Don Briggs, a brief description of wartime service
Tags: 156 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Don Falgate in control tower
Douglas Conlon
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Dr Maurice Brook Interview
Tags: 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; crewing up; Gee; H2S; Halifax; memorial; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; searchlight; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Draft notes
Drinking rum and tea after an operation
Dunc Ritchie
Underneath is a caption explaining that inside the Halifax 'A' is an air gunner who was washed out but was desperate to fly.
Dust storm at RAF camp
E.V.T Gen Room Bletchley Park
Emmerich and Terry Ford's crew
Eric Arthur's diary
Ernest Probyn and Letter from Sir Arthur Harris
The letter is a morale booster to encourage his airmen.
Eulogy - Wing Commander David Harold Bernard MBE
Tags: 419 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; crash; entertainment; mess; military service conditions; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cranwell; RAF North Weald; RAF Stapleford Tawney; sanitation; Special Operations Executive; sport; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner