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Audio memoir
An audio account of an anti-aircraft gunner's service in Burma. Describes a B-24 crash landing near a small landing strip in Burma and discusses Spitfires burried in Burma.
Tags: 28 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Spitfire
Twenty third operation Dresden
Handwritten note giving brief details of the operation and a relevant newspaper cutting titled 'Dresden. 2,000-ton double RAF blow'.
Bombs dropping onto B-24
Photograph 1 is a vertical image of bombs dropping from one B-24 onto a second.
Photograph 2 is the damaged B-24 on the ground showing the damage. Two crew are looking through the damaged areas.
The caption describes in some detail the events. The…
Photograph 2 is the damaged B-24 on the ground showing the damage. Two crew are looking through the damaged areas.
The caption describes in some detail the events. The…
Tags: 37 Squadron; 70 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bomb aimer; bomb struck; pilot; wireless operator
Crew positions - B-24
A port side image of a B-24 Mk VI showing the eight crew positions.
Tags: 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bomb aimer; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
76 OTU Training Course
A list of the coverage of the eight week course at 76 Operational Training Unit.
Wooden box with 104 squadron crest and B-24
A small wooden box with a 104 Squadron crest, an image of a B-24 and the text 'Flak Ship'. Inside is a typed piece of paper with '1215793 F/Sgt Norton'.
Tags: 104 Squadron; arts and crafts; B-24
Bombing operations early 1945
Cutting 1 describes a 1300 bomber operation on Munich and Ulm. Flight Lieutenant W Drinkell describes the lack of fighters. Captioned 'Jan 7th 1945'. Cutting 2 describes attacks on Germany and an oil refinery at Brux in Czechoslovakia. Also a…
Bill Bailey inside his B-24 rear turret
A B-24 on Marston Mat pierced steel planking. Bill Bailey's face is visible inside the turret. Five aircrew are visible and an aircraft is partly visible behind.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 31 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24
Destroyed Wellington rear turret and crashed B-24
Left a close up photograph of a rear turret with extensive damage. Caption 'Wellington a/c tailgunner [sic] killed over enemy territory Bu[...] at St Nicholas Church RAF Cemetery Feltwell RIP'
Top right front quarter view of a crashed B-24…
Top right front quarter view of a crashed B-24…
Tags: B-24; crash; final resting place; killed in action; Wellington
Crashed aircraft
Top centre a b/w photograph of a pile of unidentified aircraft wreckage with two airmen looking on at the bottom left. To the left bushes.
Bottom left a colour photograph of a crashed Wellington with nose to the left side. The cockpit roof is open…
Bottom left a colour photograph of a crashed Wellington with nose to the left side. The cockpit roof is open…
Tags: B-24; crash; Wellington
Daylight bombing of Pula harbour
Oblique aerial photograph of the harbour of Pula in Croatia centered on Otočić Sveti Andrija. The photograph focus is poor and has been folded several times resulting in horizontal tear marks cross the image. A big smoke cloud is rising from an…
B-24 in flight over Italy
A B-24 in flight over land with a river flowing parallel to the vertical margin. On the fuselage, code letter 'H' and barely legible serial number 'KH205' [?]. Captioned on the reverse 'F. J. Auton 178 Sqdn. Italy 1944'.
Tags: 178 Squadron; B-24
Two B-24s in flight over cloud
Air-to-air view of a B-24 with the code 'Q' on the fuselage; the port wing of second B-24 is partially visible on the right. Calibration markings along the edges.
Tags: B-24
Two B-24s in a desert landscape
Two B-24 in a desert landscape, one on the ground and one flying overhead at low altitude . A starter trolley is visible on the ground.
Tags: B-24
Seven aircrew in front of a B-24
A line up of seven aircrew in flying gear, standing informally next to a B-24. Four are wearing light coloured trousers; three are wearing standard footwear instead of flying boots; two have no parachute. Marston Mat is visible on the ground. Jim…
Tags: B-24
Warsaw Supply Drop 13-14 August 1944
William Cross Memoir of a supply drop to Polish fighters. They lost an engine and struggled to maintain height. The pilot had bailed out leaving the rest of the crew to fly the aircraft. They landed successfully in Russian territory and met up with…
William Cross' Flights to and from Warsaw
A list of 15 flights to and from Warsaw and aircrew. They cover from 13 Aug 1944 to 2 Nov 1944.