At bottom a three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap captioned 'Don on the bridge at Topcliffe'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Wickham, Harry William. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1942]]>
J Beisly]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-08]]> 1944-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Photo 2 is eight airmen in flying kit standing in the snow at the nose of a Whitley, captioned 'Jim & Crew pre take off 1941'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1940]]> 1941]]>
On the reverse:
'After Cologne 1 March 1941 DY-R 102 Sqdn RAF Topcliffe'

'All Sgts
L to R
Rear Gunner 1. Nick Canter +
Pilot 2. Oscar Rees
Wireless Operator 3. Ted Hantle
2nd Pilot 4. Harry Wragg
Navigator 5. Tom Moodie +'

'I joined 1, 2 and 3 above in 5th June 1941, replacing the 2nd Pilot.
Sgt Philip Winter 748547'.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PWinterP1506]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-03-01]]>