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Nine pilots
Nine sergeant airmen wearing tunics with pilot's brevet and side caps, sitting and standing in two rows. Eight have signatures over individual images including those of Pattisson, Aston, and Pritchard. Submitted with caption 'FS Pattisson'. Left man…
Wing Commander Laurence
Head and shoulders portrait of a pilot wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and medal ribbon. Submitted with caption 'WC Lawrence'.
Seven aircrew
Seven airmen wearing flying suits and boots as well as Mae West and parachute harnesses standing arms round shoulders of each other in line in front of a Halifax. Captioned from left to right 'MU, WOP, NAV, PILOT, ENG, B.A., R.G.'.
Seven aircrew
Seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet, some with side caps. Three squatting in front and four standing behind with wooden hut in the background.
Sergeant in cockpit
Head and shoulders image of a sergeant wearing battledress sitting in the pilot's seat in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Six pilots
Six pilots all wearing battledress with brevet, three sitting in front and three standing behind. Each has name annotated 'back row, left to right - Pattisson, Lawson, Thom, front row left to right - Powell, Hockaday, Culmsee'.
Airmen
Top - six airmen, five wearing khaki uniform and one battledress, squatting and standing in two rows with single story hut in the background. Captioned 'Wright, Gorden, Paddy, George, Taffy, Myself'.
Bottom - six airmen four wearing khaki uniform…
Bottom - six airmen four wearing khaki uniform…
Airmen
Left - full length image of a pilot wearing khaki uniform standing by a column in front of a building. Captioned 'Gorden'.
Right - three airmen wearing a variety of uniform standing in line in front of a single story hut. Centre man has half brevet…
Right - three airmen wearing a variety of uniform standing in line in front of a single story hut. Centre man has half brevet…
Tiger Moth
Top - typewritten note 'Watchfield Nr Swindon, November 21st - December 1st. Total Hours Flying 6 3/4 in which time passed out solo'.
Middle - air-to-air view from front quarter of a Tiger Moth with pilot in rear cockpit, flying over open…
Middle - air-to-air view from front quarter of a Tiger Moth with pilot in rear cockpit, flying over open…
Albert Evans and Three Pilots
Albert (front centre) with three other pilots at the steps of a train.
Albert Evans and Gertrude
Half length portrait of Albert and Gertrude. Albert is wearing his pilot's wings.
Flying Officer Albert Evans
A framed memento of Albert with a colourised head and shoulders portrait of Albert, an embroidered RAF crest and a 1939 to 1945 Star and Bomber Command Clasp. There is a caption 'Flying Officer Albert Evans 157299, 44 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer…
Albert and Gertrude Evans
A colourised portrait of Albert and his wife on their wedding day.
Three airmen and three WAAFs
A group of six RAF personnel with Muriel Meen second from the left. On the reverse '1941-1942 Muriel second left'.
Pilot Danny Boon, Navigator Bill Bouskill and Lincoln Cathedral
Three photograph from an album.
Photo 1 is Pilot Danny Boon leaning out of his cockpit. 43 operations are painted on the nose. It is captioned 'Fl/Lt Danny Boon, Royal New Zealand Air Force'.
Photo 2 is Bill seated at his station, captioned 'F/Off…
Photo 1 is Pilot Danny Boon leaning out of his cockpit. 43 operations are painted on the nose. It is captioned 'Fl/Lt Danny Boon, Royal New Zealand Air Force'.
Photo 2 is Bill seated at his station, captioned 'F/Off…
Alec Pyle's Operational Flight Records
The records were extracted from those kept at Kew.
Crew List
Names and next of kin of crew. Flight Sergeant Ronald Johnson - WOP/Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant William Jack - air gunner, Flight Sergeant Joseph Sagar - air gunner, F/O John Berrington - pilot (Rhodesian), Acting F/L Laurence Flynn - pilot…
Mervyn Adder crew
Seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet sitting and standing in two rows. Captioned 'Photograph kept loose as my uncle has identified his colleagues on the back. Taken February 1944'. List of crew names with aircrew position and faith. On the…
Five airmen in front of Lancaster
Five airmen wearing battledress or tunics with brevet and side caps standing arm in arm in a line in front of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Gerard "Jerry" Bomb Aimer, Ron "Jonnie" W.O.P., Arthur pilot, Self, Dennis flight engineer', March 1943 Winthorpe'.
Note on crew
Mentions tracing the crew who were all buried together. Did not find pilot, so assumed survived the war. Pilot survived because he happened to be wearing a parachute.
Night fighter guns bomber
During operation to Ludwigshaven. Gives account of rear gunner Flight Sergeant P Perehinski (of Vancouver) continuing to give evasive action to pilot despite being wounded. Also mentions lucky escape of George Bilton where a prayer book and…
Crew
Seven aircrew all wearing battledress with brevet, four standing and three squatting in front all with arms round each other. Man back left smokes a pipe. In the background part of a bomber. The same photograph is mounted in his log book with names…
Training Notes on Fighter Tactics
Notes taken during training to understand fighter tactics.
Bill Eyles and crew
Eight aircrew wearing Mae Wests and parachute harness squatting and standing two rows by the rear fuselage door of a Lancaster. On the reverse 'M.U.G. Bill Quirke (DFC), B/A Bert Warner (DFC), Pilot Jack Ford (DFC), visual B/A Bill Eyles (DFM), W.O.P…
Bill Eyles and crew
Eight aircrew wearing tunics with brevet and Pathfinder badges squatting and standing in two rows in front of the rear fuselage of a Lancaster registration ND755 with a dog. On the reverse 'Bill Eyles 35 Sq, back 2 rt, Bill Eyles, back 2 lt John Ford…