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Lancaster Bombing Up
Front/port view of a Lancaster being loaded with bombs., watched by the aircrew.
Tags: aircrew; bomb trolley; bombing up; ground crew; Lancaster; nose art; service vehicle; tractor
Lancaster
A front/starboard view of a Lancaster on the ground. On the reverse 'Not the best on the squadron, but nearly as good as. "C" rarin' to go. We took her on one trip. Cedric Peck (Wivenhoe Garage) on the Groundcrew - told mum that I flew HIS a/c. (Had…
Tags: dispersal; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Six Airmen
A line of six airmen in flying helmets and parachute harnesses. Two men are smoking cigarettes, and one man is bending over to pick up his parachute. On the reverse 'Botting, (our ex-engineer), Bob, Josh, Bill, Nick & Joe'.
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
Operational Crew List
A list of aircraft and crew for an operation to Wurzburg.
Leuna Chemical Plant
A newspaper cutting with an aerial photograph of the chemical plant at Leuna.
Tags: aerial photograph
1943 pocket diary
The diary records the publicly announced operations and bomber losses over Europe for 1943.
Another entry records the death and funeral of Sergeant Bill Forster (1533997 Royal Air Force) who flew with 156 Squadron did not return from an operation 12…
Another entry records the death and funeral of Sergeant Bill Forster (1533997 Royal Air Force) who flew with 156 Squadron did not return from an operation 12…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; killed in action
No 75 Squadron Stirling, air and ground crew
The crew and ground crew are standing in front of the door area of Stirling V of No 75 Squadron RNZAF at Newmarket in 1942.
On the reverse 'L-R Sgt Roe, LAC Lobley, F/O Omerod, F/O Hosie, Wall,
P/O Bailey, Sgt Lillystone, Sgt Ottaway, Sgt…
On the reverse 'L-R Sgt Roe, LAC Lobley, F/O Omerod, F/O Hosie, Wall,
P/O Bailey, Sgt Lillystone, Sgt Ottaway, Sgt…
Bruce Hosie
A leading aircraftman standing by the left engine of an Anson.
An airman sitting in the cockpit of a single seat aircraft which is covered in a thick layer of frost or snow.
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An airman sitting in the cockpit of a single seat aircraft which is covered in a thick layer of frost or snow.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the…
Tags: Anson; ground personnel
Airspeed AS 10 Oxford in fight
Air-to-air view of Airspeed AS 10 Oxford Mk.1 over a flat rural landscape with fields and woodland.
Tags: Oxford
John at the Round House Hotel
John, wearing desert uniform, with shorts and shirt and tie, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On reverse is 'Yours truly on Round House steps'.
Tags: aircrew
On the steps of the Round House Hotel
John, wearing long trousered uniform, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On the reverse 'At the Round House'.
Tags: aircrew
Afternoon tea
Four uniformed men sat around a round table having tea. John is sat on the far left. On the reverse 'Tea at Matopos after mending puncture. Part of the lake can be seen in the background'.
Tags: aircrew
To mother and father
John sitting outside a grass walled building. One is annotated 'To mother and father with fondest love John'.
Tags: aircrew
Outside a hut
John, dressed in desert uniform with short and rolled up sleeves. He is leaning on an oil barrel outside a grassed walled building with a rolled up canvas doorway. On the reverse 'This was taken outside my old hut'.
Three aircrew
A man suspended off the ground by the shoulders of two others. All three are wearing desert uniform and holding pith helmets. Two of the men are holding cigarettes and they are arranged in front of a single storey, grass roofed building.
Tags: aircrew