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PMadgettHR19030028.jpg
Full length portrait of an officer wearing tunic with observer brevet and peaked cap. He is standing by the wall at corner of a building with another two story building in the background. On the reverse 'Flying Officer B Girdwood, 4 Main Street,…

PBrettDT1512.jpg
A group of four airmen sitting on a wall. One is wearing a flying jacket and flying boots.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

PLovattP19140044.jpg
Four men, three of them pilots, standing outside a Nissen hut.
There is a second slightly cropped version.

PAnkersonR18040023.jpg
A pilot, observer and two airmen standing by a wooden fence. On the reverse '11.9.40 Office'.

PBridgesB1605.jpg
Four airmen, three seated, round a table in a hut, holding and drinking from pint tankards; one is a pilot, two are observers and one an air gunner. On the windowsill in the background are enamel jugs and mugs. On the reverse 'Ted' with a large…

PMitchellJEF16010003.jpg
Four RAF officers standing in line all wearing uniform tunic and side caps. Two have pilot's brevet and a third an observer brevet. In the background a building with a ladder.

PLyfordFP1502.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait with Observer's flying badge.

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PClaydonFE1601.jpg
A half length portrait of Frank, in uniform with his Observer's brevet.
Underneath is handwritten 'Frank Edward Claydon 13/14 January 1944 130537 166 Sqn'.

PJolliffeFSW17090003.jpg
Head and shoulders, with medal ribbons, observer brevet and Flying Officer braids. On reverse, 'F/O Jolliffe passport'.

PMottersheadF1602.jpg
A group of six airmen sitting on a sports car.

PWhybrowFHT16010008.jpg
Two airmen in uniform standing on a hillside. Fred Whybrow is on the right.

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The Obituary describes his service and civilian career from training in the United States to his 105 operations. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He met his future wife, Isobel in Blackpool. Served in the Far East and demobbed in 1947.

PStanburyF1701.jpg
Pilot Officer Frederick Stanbury and Norman Rutherford (right) standing in front of a Mosquito.

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PJacksonR1502.jpg
Head and shoulder portrait of Frederick Caunter-Jackson wearing tunic with observer brevet and peaked cap.

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BMuirCMuirRWLv1 copy.pdf
Written by his nephew, a narrative of Reg's early life, his participation in student exchanges in Germany, joining the Royal Air force, training, life on the station and the crash in which he died, together with air gunners Sergeant Leslie Johnson…

PWhittleGG1601.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of Geoffrey Whittle with observers' brevet and Distinguished Flying Medal ribbon. On the reverse 'Guess who!'.

PWhittleGG1603.jpg
Half length portrait of Geoffrey Whittle in uniform with Flight Sergeant rank, wearing an Observer's brevet.

PMitchellG1601.jpg
Six airmen in battledress laughing and smoking cigarettes standing by the rear turret of a Lancaster.

LRoyalGL1801494v1.pdf
George Royall's log book, detailing his RAF flying from September 1943 to November 1945. It records his training as an observer, gunner and bomb aimer, initially at 48 and 42 Air Schools in South Africa. It then records his flying training with 8…

PSaundersEJ20010035.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Shep receiving his observer brevet, captioned 'Shep gets his O'.
Photo 2 is a parade of airmen passing the Battles.
Photo 3 is a group of airmen outside a brick building, captioned 'Corporal Gash &…

PBarfootW1645.jpg
William Barfoot is featured among a group portrait of 55 trainees at Eastbourne Navigation School, Eastbourne College, some standing, some sitting; five men in the centre of the seated row wear observer brevets and two of these are officers, one a…

PStewartEC17090010.jpg
Four photographs of groups of airmen.
Photo 1 has nine airmen grouped in front of a statue of Mercury on a plinth.
Photo 2 has the same nine airmen arranged in front of the statue.
Photo 3 has seven airman and one WAAF in front of the…

PRosserLV19010023.jpg
Top left - newspaper cutting with b/w full face portrait, concerning Sergeant H T Hathaway RAF who had been reported missing. Top right - newspaper cutting with b/w photograph of eight men in uniform, one in suit and tie (middle front row) and…

LBennettHW561480v1.pdf
H. W. Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, from 23 April 1937 to 14 June 1943, detailing training, operations and instructional duties as an Air Observer, Air Gunner, Bomb Aimer and Navigator. Includes bombing and…
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