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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1943-03"
Propaganda leaflets
Middle, left report of an aircraft landing on a car.
Middle centre, woman holding a baby, reports of engagements and births of babies.
Bottom left, report of the death of Lieutenant Geoffrey William…
Naples 1945, Port Elizabeth 1942-3
Four photographs of Port Elizabeth, two of his billet.
Identification kindly…
No 103 Squadron Honours board, 42 ANS Port Elizabeth
RH page, four photographs from No 42 ANS, Nov 1942 - March 1943.
Tags: 103 Squadron; aircrew; RAF Elsham Wolds
Some Elsham Wold staff. No 6 course leaving celebrations
RH…
No 103 Squadron leaders and Geoff is awarded his navigators badge
Tags: 103 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Elsham Wolds; training
Vire and Cape Town
Lancaster 'Mike Squared' and Cape Town
RH page more tourist photographs of Cape Town page captioned 'Cape Town March 43'
Tags: 103 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art
'Old Mike Squared' and Cape Town
Rob Hayton on course photograph
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; training
Personnel
Banff and RAF Woolfox Lodge
Left - two airmen wearing flying jackets standing in woods. Captioned 'Doug and Dickie, Woolfox Lodge 43'.
Right - and…
Tags: aircrew; RAF Woolfox Lodge
Lancaster KO-J and operation against Skoda Works
Bottom right -…
Tags: 115 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Kenneth Gill - service history
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Letter to Kate Thompson from Abbé Thevenin
of the aircraft being shot down, the dreadful mutilated condition of the crews bodies and the subsequent funerals of the crew. Describes the village where the incident happened with some…
Handley Page Halifax
A large group of airmen
Tags: 4 Group; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; navigator; RAF Driffield; training; wireless operator