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

BBeisleyJWTBeisleyJWTv1.pdf
Outlines his training and 30 operations on 433 Squadron flying Halifax and then Lancaster. Writes of Halifax crash shortly after arriving and describes his actions on a busy night on an operation to Bochum when they were hit by antiaircraft fire.…

PWinterP1505.jpg
5 crew members dressed in sheepskin flying jackets and flying boots standing in front of damaged starboard wing of a Whitley.

On the reverse:
'After Cologne 1 March 1941 DY-R 102 Sqdn RAF Topcliffe'

'All Sgts
L to R
Rear Gunner 1. Nick…

PTyrieJSB19010003.jpg
Photo 1 is a Whitley in flight. It is captioned 'Whitley MkV 1940 77 Sqdn, Topcliffe 1941'.
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'.

PCothliffKB15030072.jpg
Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above.

PCothliffKB15030086.jpg
Seven airmen arranged in a row. Their names are listed in a caption above.

PSelbyK2110.jpg
A head and shoulders portrait of Rochelle Burns in uniform.

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

PWickhamHW19010003.jpg
Three cuttings, big planes hit Berlin, heaviest bombs on Essen works and 5000 acres of Cologne are in ruins.
At bottom a three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap captioned 'Don on the bridge at Topcliffe'.
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