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- Tags: RAF Waddington
- Type is exactly "Photograph"
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Ronald Carter's Biography
At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Seven Airmen and a Lancaster
Hubert Tatley and his crew
The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt…
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Lancasters, Boston, Stirling and Liberators
#2 is the nose of a Lancaster with the crew underneath, captioned 'The Famous "G" George 148 Ops'.
#3 is a front view of a Lancaster in the snow, captioned…
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bombing up; Boston; Lancaster; RAF Waddington; Stirling
Lancaster commemorative drawing and spoof photograph
Left: A commemorative sketch of a Lancaster flying above clouds or smoke, with its bomb bay doors open. Below is written: 'SGT BROOME. F/LT WALKER. SGT WARD. 44 SQUADRON TURIN. 4/5.2.43, …
Tags: aircrew; arts and crafts; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Squadron standard party
Tags: 44 Squadron; hangar; RAF Waddington
Aircrew and ground crew
Left, bottom. Six airmen grouped at the side of a Lancaster. Four are…
44 and 463 Squadron aircrew
Tags: 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Aircrew
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Lancasters
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Lancaster
Top right -…
Lancaster newspaper cuttings
Lancaster
Bottom - front quarter view of parked Lancaster. Captioned 'waiting…
Lancaster airborne
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Waddington
Launching of the "The Lancaster at War"
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Flight Lieutenant Freddie Spencer DFC
Tags: 106 Squadron; 120 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 19 OTU; 630 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF Walney Island; searchlight; training; Whitley
Seven Aircrew Standing in front of ‘Wardens Post Division’
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; navigator; observer; pilot; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe
467 Squadron RAAF
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Waddington; shot down; wireless operator
50/61 Squadron Events
#2 is a programme for a 5-/61 squadron annual reunion dinner.
#3 is a colour photograph of a soldier.
#4 and 5 are tickets for No. 50 squadron Disbandment Ceremony.
Memorials at Lincolnshire Airfields
#1 is 617 squadron memorial at RAF Woodhall Spa.
#2 is 44 squadron memorial at RAF Waddington.
#3 and 4 is a plaque at 'The Wild Life' pub at Skellingthorpe.
#5 is a memorial at East Kirkby.
#6 is a close up of the…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; final resting place; memorial; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Honington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa
RAF Skellingthorpe 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…
John Joyner's scrap book
Many of the entries are post war and a number refer…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; entertainment; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
Lancaster and Lincolns at RAF Waddington
Tags: 50 Squadron; Lancaster; Lincoln; RAF Waddington
50 Squadron bomb aimers
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lincoln; RAF Waddington