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V Group News, February 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; civil defence; control tower; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Scampton; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
V Group News, March 1944
Tags: 5 Group; Absent Without Leave; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; FIDO; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Bill Ryan's crew at Waddington 467 Squadron July 1944
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Waddington
Bill Ryan's crew
On the reverse 'BILL RYAN'S…
Ludford Magna
Small b/w copy of 101 Squadron badge.
Lancaster on…
V Group News, April 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Colonel Paul Tibbets
Good-bye Berlin
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; control caravan; debriefing; entertainment; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Ludford Magna; service vehicle; wireless operator
Three airmen and a Wellington
'S/Ldr Corbishley Pilot
F/Lt Ray Nav
Sgt R Dobble R/Gunner.
Moreton in Marsh 21 OTU'.
V Group News, May 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; rivalry; sport; Stirling; training; wireless operator
Ken Thompson's first car and second crew
Second and third pictures, same car, somewhat battered, parked on road, houses in distance, captioned 'Topcliffe,…
Eric Horsham's Crew
'Mid-Upper Gunner Jim Finney Hull
Flight Engineer Eric Horsham Wolwich SE London
Navigator Owen Shirley Carshalton Surrey
Pilot F/Lt Edgar Francis Seke St…
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Max Barry's Wellington Crew
Six aircrew
Back - Ron Britt (Mid Upper Gunner, RAF), Jack Widdowson (Wireless Operator, RAF) and Arthur Bergman (Bomb Aimer, RAAF)
Front -…
Jack Fraser and aircrew in front of Halifax MZ412 EY-Y
Five airmen in front of a Mosquito
Tags: 109 Squadron; aircrew; ground personnel; Mosquito; nose art; observer; pilot; RAF Wyton
Four airmen standing next to a Mosquito.
The crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Ivor Handley's crew
William Holmes crew
Robert M'Clean's wedding
Captioned: 'Robert M'Clean's wedding in 1944, the other RAF personell is Fred…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; love and romance; observer; Pathfinders; pilot
V Group News, July 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; pilot; radar; rivalry; searchlight; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; wireless operator
Six airmen including Harry Fearns
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; pilot