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Flight engineer in cockpit
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster
Robert Orton in rear turret
It is a Rose turret with two .50 machine guns and no perspex. Captioned 'Wednesday 24 September 2014, Sergeant Robert Orton aged 20 in the rear turret of an Avro Lancaster bomber.…
Seven groundcrew
Tags: ground crew; Lancaster
Flight engineer in cockpit
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster
Robert Orton’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 150 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Catterick; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Newmarket; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
582 Squadron and Lancaster
Jack Leadbetter and Crew
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; pilot
Rivets
Tags: Lancaster; Wellington
Bomb jettison handle
Tags: Lancaster
John Leadbetter and crew at RAF Ludford Magna
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Lancasters in flight
#1 is a view looking down on a Lancaster in flight.
#2 is a view of an airfield across the starboard engines starboard side.
#3 is a view of two Lancasters.
Tags: aerial photograph; Lancaster
Seven aircrew and four groundcrew in front of a Lancaster
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Aircrew, Bremerhaven, Bremen and Warsaw
Top right: oblique aerial photograph of a city. In centre a high-spired church amongst part ruined houses. There is a…
Tags: aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; Lancaster
G J Mellefont’s flying log book for navigator’s air bomber air gunner’s flight engineers
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Window
Mystery object from a Lancaster
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital…
Tags: Lancaster
Seven aircrew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; navigator; pilot
Leslie Davies observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Staverton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 6 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
John "Jack" Richard Davies
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); evading; final resting place; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; Resistance; V-1; V-weapon; Window
G J Mellefont air gunner log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sergeant E Marrs air gunner/wireless operator's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator