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John McCredie's Air Forces India pilot's flying log book
Air Forces in India pilots flying log book for J D McCredie, covering the period from 12 August 1942 to 24 December 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying. He was stationed at RAAF Temora, RAAF Point Cook, RAF South…
Letter from Bill Lord to his Sister
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He apologises for not writing very often, blaming it on his work. A photo of his aircraft taking off for an attack on Berlin has appeared in the 'Sunday Despatch' and he has received a medal.
Day bombing Cologne
Target photograph of Cologne Melatenfriedhof area. Falling bombs on the left side and a burst of anti aircraft fire on top right.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Doerschner of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.
Identification kindly provided by Frank Doerschner of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.
Night bombing
Night target photograph showing explosions and anti-aircraft fire.
Flying times and figures
Table of flying times for flight engineer on Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. Totals hours 602:25. Column of figures on second page.
Extracts from Ian Denver's log book
Extracts from log book from July 1944 on No 1 LFS and 625 Squadron on operations flying Lancasters and Oxfords on beam approach training, and then onto 156 Squadron in September 1944 until May 1945. There is also a summary of operations flown on 156…
Interview with Janet Denny
Talks about her father and her research into his life for her book 'The Man on the Mantelpiece'. Originally a pacifist, he later volunteered and served as a bomb aimer in Bomber Command. Janet talks bout her journey discovering her father’s time in…
Bad Oldesloe
A vertical aerial photograph of Bad Oldesloe. The road pattern is clearly visible despite intermittent cloud cover. it is annotated '1436 Ched 23-4-45//7" 18000 339° 1039 Bad.Oldesloe . E. 6 ANM. 65 DT .9.MC.500.DT.1.BSF.C.32 secs. F/L Guinane . A.…
75 Squadron News Story
Two items from a photo album.
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about 75 Squadron, dated 1943.
Item 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during a training exercise, annotated ' C.1. N.U. 10-3-45 F7" F/Lt Guinane' and captioned ' "G.H." Simulated…
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about 75 Squadron, dated 1943.
Item 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during a training exercise, annotated ' C.1. N.U. 10-3-45 F7" F/Lt Guinane' and captioned ' "G.H." Simulated…
Frankfurt and a Stirling
Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a vertical aerial photograph taken over Frankfurt. All the detail is obscured by light and anti-aircraft fire. It is annotated '110 Mep 4/5.10.43//NT 8" 16000 --> 045° . 21.37 ½. Frankfurt. W. 10x30: 8…
Photo 1 is a vertical aerial photograph taken over Frankfurt. All the detail is obscured by light and anti-aircraft fire. It is annotated '110 Mep 4/5.10.43//NT 8" 16000 --> 045° . 21.37 ½. Frankfurt. W. 10x30: 8…
Vallo-Taneberg oil refinery
Reconnaissance photograph of an oil refinery on a peninsular with large plume of smoke from damaged oil tanks upper right area. Oslofjord is to the left with Prinds Christians Batterie just visible on the edge top left. Explanatory note underneath…
Mosquito landing and target photographs
Top - a runway with FIDO aflame on edges. A Mosquito is landing on left side. Submitted with description 'Mosquito landing with the aid of FIDO. Date and location not recorded'.
Bottom - side by side target photographs of port area showing aiming…
Bottom - side by side target photographs of port area showing aiming…
Krupps, Essen
Oblique aerial photograph of an industrial site with most buildings destroyed and many without roofs. Road runs through from bottom left corner to top centre. Tall chimney top right and building with several small chimneys top left. Captioned 'Krupps…
Nienburg Bridge after attack by 617 Sqn with Tallboys and Grand Slams
Reconnaissance photograph showing a river running top to bottom and a bridge crossing in the middle with several spans down. There are many craters on both sides of the river. Explanatory note 'NIENBURG BRIDGE over the river Weser after the attack by…
Wesel Bomb damage
Oblique aerial photograph of a town totally destroyed. Large structure lower left, probably church. Submitted with description 'Oblique aerial photo showing bomb damage to an unidentified urban area'.
Leuna synthetic oil plant
Side by side reconnaissance photographs showing an industrial area with buildings, roads and towards the right, some railway sidings. This industrial area is orientated from lower left to top right. Chimney smoke is seen on the left hand photograph.…
Aerial photograph with a Lancaster
Vertical aerial photograph showing explosions and smoke coming up from what seems to be a power station or oil storage facility. There are two round towers or tanks partially visible through the smoke and the plant is surrounded by bomb-cratered open…
Zeitz Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant
Vertical aerial photographs showing on the left an industrial area with roads and buildings and on the right the same area with most of the structures destroyed. Explanatory text underneath 'Zeitz. The left hand photograph shows this synthetic oil…
Bocholt
Left and right - side by side reconnaissance photographs showing the centre of the town of Bocholt with river Bocholter Aa flowing top to bottom with two distinctive bow’s to the right towards the top of the photograph. The large road crossing…
Flight engineer and Kembs dam
Left - full face portrait of an airman wearing tunic with flight engineer brevet. Submitted with description 'Full-face photo of unidentified flight engineer'. Right - reconnaissance photograph with text description of the Kembs dam across the Grand…
Destroyed industrial workshop
Workshop with twisted metal framework remains. A man in uniform standing bottom centre. Captioned 'Krupps'. Submitted with description 'Photo of damaged Krupps factory with an unidentified man in military uniform in the foreground'.
Inside a damaged workshop
Inside view of workshop with damaged machinery and structure. Submitted with description 'Air Ministry photo No. CL 2387. First pictures taken inside Krupps. Interior views of the devastated Krupps Works at Essen, the big gun factory. Taken on 11 Apr…
Formation of Lancasters over Montrichard
Air-to-air view of a large formation of Lancasters flying over Montrichard. The Cher river runs from middle left to right with a bridge in middle. Submitted with description 'Photo numbered C3186. Showing Lancasters flying on low-level daylight…
This stone was unlaid at Dusseldorf by 106 Sqdn
Cartoon with two men standing in front of a stone inscribed with names. In the background bombed buildings. Above a four engine bomber. Submitted with description 'Photo of a cartoon of Hitler and Goering standing in front of bomb damaged stone with…
Destroyed works
Destroyed industrial site with just tangled metal framework remaining. A man in uniform standing centre at bottom. Submitted with description 'Photo of a bomb-damaged machine shop at Krupps Works, Essen. An unidentified serviceman in battledress is…