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  • Tags: RAF Hemswell
  • Type is exactly "Photograph"

MHayleyCA146347-160303-010009.jpg
Top is a photograph of 170 Squadron personnel with four rows in front of and a row standing on top of a Lancaster. Caption '170 Squadron Hemswell, December 1944'. In the middle, two newspaper cuttings announcing Jack Hayley's award of the…

PWrigleyJ17040006.jpg
Photograph 1 is the Capitol, Washington taken from an aircraft and partly obscured by an engine, captioned 'Capitol building, Washington D.C. 1947'.
Photograph 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of a man, a woman and a girl, captioned 'Lloyd,…

PWrigleyJ17040013.jpg
Photograph 1 is an air-to-air view of a flying Beaufighter, captioned 'Beaufighter formation, Negombo, Ceylon, 1948.'
Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of a Spitfire taken from a Lincoln, captioned 'Spitfire breakaway, Shallufa Egypt…

PStachiewiczM17010028.jpg
Item 1 is a sketch of a red dragon.
Item 2 is a photograph of an airman in an aircraft cockpit.
Item 3 is an airman in a turret of an aircraft.
Item 4 is six airmen, one leaning out of the cockpit and the rest in front of the port engine of a…

PStachiewiczM17010029.jpg
A chart of central England used for navigation. It is annotated with navigational fixes. The position of a dinghy is marked with the date 23/6/42.
In the top corner is a photograph of an airman in the cockpit of his aircraft.
There is a yellow post…

PStachiewiczM17010034.jpg
An operations crew list for 25th July 1942, 301 Squadron at Hemswell. It includes F/O “Mieczysław Stachiewicz. There are also two photographs of his Wellington, GR-O, Z1259.

PStachiewiczM17010041.jpg
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about Polish aviators.
Item 2 is a Mess bill for Mieczysław Stachiewicz.
Item 3 and 7 are photographs of ground crew working on a Wellington.
Item 4 is a newspaper cutting about 301 Squadron and Polish…

PNichollJ1801.jpg
51 aircrew in three rows in front of a Hampden and a hangar with a large dog in the centre of the front row. John Nicholl is fifth from the right in the front row.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

MOrtonR2217450-200317-020001.jpg
Seven men thee sitting wearing Mae West and four standing behind wearing battledress. In the background part of an aircraft. Captioned '150 Squadron, RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, 1944-1945, Sqn/L Hardwicke & Crew, Flt/Eng Bill, B/A Larry, Pilot Skip,…

MOrtonR2217450-200317-020002.jpg
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Seven men thee sitting wearing Mae West and four standing behind wearing battledress. In the background part of an aircraft. Captioned 'Names of men in photograph of 150 Squadron at RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, 1944-1945, left to right…

POrtonR2001.jpg
Seven men, three sitting wearing Mae West over battledress with sergeants rank in front and four standing behind wearing battledress, two with side caps. The man second from right in back row is smoking a pipe and has pilot's brevet. The man to his…

POrtonR2016.jpg
Gunner wearing Mae West sitting in rear turret of a bomber.
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.…

PHaggerJ2004.jpg
Rear quarter view of a four engine bomber registration 'RA668' taxiing. In the background left top another aircraft on distant taxiway. On the reverse 'Alan Taylor, self, D Wheathing, A McPherson, Harry B, Hemswell to Skellingthorpe'.

PBaxterPD16020036.jpg
From information provided by the donor. Peter Baxter at Hemswell. Airfield background, part of a Lancaster and buildings also visible.

PCameronD2001.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing in the doorway of a brick building. Submitted with caption 'Aircraft Charge Hand Don Cameron 173516 1941 ITW Hemswell'.

PCameronD2002.jpg
Ten airmen standing in two rows all wearing tunic and side caps. Submitted with caption' I.T.W. R.A.F. Hemswell 1941 Don Cameron back row 2nd on right'.

SJenkinsonPR1826262v10018.jpg
Full face portrait of an officer wearing tunic with pilot's brevet and peaked cap. Captioned with details and that he was pilot of Peter Jenkinson's Lancaster shot down 28 January 1945 all crew killed.
Two notes giving biographic details and record…

PCameronD2101.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing on step in front of a building with door on the left. Submitted with caption 'ACH Bob Brothwell, Hemswell'

PCameronD2102.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing outside a building with a door on the left. Submitted with caption 'ACH Chapman, Hemswell'.

PProbynEA17010039.jpg
15 photographs taken during the unveiling of the memorial.
#1 and 2 are of the village sign outside the Skellingthorpe Village Hall.
#3 is a view of the memorial with the wreaths left at the ceremony.
#4 and 5 are the standards and attendees at…

PHowellJ1702.jpg
An air-to-air photograph of four Hampdens including L4125 flying over RAF Hemswell.

Identification kindly provided by Jayne Barraclough of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.

PClarkM17010001.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is five airman and four WAAFs with a Union Flag. It is annotated 'Pat's 21st birthday party taken on Bishop's Bridge just outside 'The Bell' on the Market Raven [sic] Road'.
#2 is two airmen and nine WAAFs…

PClarkM1702.jpg
Three photographs.
#1 is Marion standing in the snow at the tail of a Wellington, code 'GR', 301 Squadron.
#2 is Marion and a colleague standing at the tail of the same aircraft, code 'GR-H'. The ground is snow covered.
#3 is an airman in flying…

PClarkM1704.jpg
Five photographs from an album.
#1 is a WAAF holding a dog. Behind is an ambulance. It is captioned 'Pat at Bentley Priory'.
#2 is three WAAFs and two airmen in the sun, captioned 'Joan, Bill, Peg, Maggie & Freddie, sunning themselves outside…
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