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Operations order 27 May 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 27/28 May 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes timings and duty personnel. Three names are annotated 'F Lt Dobson, Johnstone and P/O McCullum'. On the reverse a short…
Operations order 12 June 1941
Lists 17 crews of four with aircraft for bombing and four crews for gardening which are crossed through in red. All bombing crews have a time slot appended with the length in brackets.
Operations order 7 July 1944
Lists 18 crews and aircraft for operations on night 7/8 July 1944. Five standby crews are allocated aircraft 'U G Z X F'. all aircraft have a figure '65' annotated except two which have '59' and one with 'MC'. Included duty personnel.
Operations order 19 February 1944
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 19/20 February 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes timings and duty personnel.
Operations order 24 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 24/25 February 1944. One member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes duty personnel and timings.
Operations order 16 April 1945
List crews and aircraft for operations on night 16/17 April 1945. Includes two crews with second pilot. One or two crew members from each crew are underlined in red. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 18 February 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 18/19 February 1944. Includes timings an duty personnel. On the reverse handwritten notes on bomb loads and calculations.
Operations order 7 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 7/8 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Crew second from left in third row has been crossed out.
Operations order 6 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 6/7 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Fourth member of each crew is underlined.
Operations order 3 March 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 3/4 March 1945. Some members of each crew are ticked. Right hand crew in second row is crossed out. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 24 February 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 24 February 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in red. Includes reserves and duty personnel.
Amazing saga of "G for George"
Covers the men maintaining the Lancaster 'G for George' as well as some of the aircrew. here are photographs of various crew members and the aircraft. 'The Daily Sketch', 17 March 1944.
Flight Lieutenant Strachan's crew
Seven airmen standing in front of a Lancaster. They are wearing lifejackets and parachutes. One man is holding a toy leopard. Leonard Dorricott is second left. On the reverse of one photograph 'April 1945 Taffy Morgan Bomb Aimer LWD Nav Bill Lund…
Flight Lieutenant Strachan's crew
Seven airmen in two rows. The front row is kneeling and four men at the back are standing. They are dressed in lifejackets and parachutes. Leonard Dorricott is first on the left. One man is kneeling and holding a spotted toy leopard. The pilot, Billy…
Operations order 4 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 4/5 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and some are ticked. Crews third from left in second row, left and right side of fourth row are crossed out. Includes timings and duty…
Operations order 1 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 1/2 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in green and ticked. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 28 December 1944
Lists four crews and reserve for operations on night 28/29 December 1944. Included duty personnel. Annotated 'Horten, (Koln)'.
Operations order 26 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 26/27 December 1944. Crews second from left top row, right hand side second row and second from left third row have been crossed out. Includes duty personnel. Annotated 'St Vith'.
Operations order 21 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 21/22 December 1944. Included three reserve crews and duty personnel.
Operations order 18 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 18/19 December 1944. Annotated 'Gdynia'. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes standby and reserve crews as well as duty personnel.
Operations order 17 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on 17/18 December 1944. Includes reserve and duty crew as well as duty personnel.
Operations order 9 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 9/10 December 1944. Includes standby, reserve crews and duty personnel. A number of crews are circled in blue and standby crew is crossed out. Some names have been added. Annotated 'Urft Dam'.
Operations order 7 December 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on 8 December 1944. Includes reserve and duty crews. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Includes duty personnel. Annotated 'Urft Dam'
Operations order 20 January 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 20/21 January 1944. The fourth member in each crew is underlined in blue and ticked. Includes duty personnel, standby crew and timings.
Operations order 25 January 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operation on night 25/26 January 1944. Fourth member of each crew underlined in red. Includes two standby crews and duty personnel. First standby crew has aircraft letter 'C' alongside, Third row fourth crew member has…