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"Fred" by Sylvia White (his cousin)
Fred's life story from early days sneaking downstairs to drink the dregs at his parent's public house, playing rugby and studying hard, becoming an accountant, learning to be an accurate rifle shooter then joining the RAF as a an air gunner. He…
101 Squadron Battle Order 7 September 1941
A battle order for 101 Squadron listing aircraft and crew. Handwritten at the top is 'Ops -Berlin'.
101 squadron Lancaster dropping incendiaries
Newspaper cutting of Lancaster captioned 'Through the clouds the fire bombs fall........ Showers of incendiaries released from the bomb bay of a Lancaster hurtle down through the cloud to the city of Duisburg below. A picture released last night of…
101 Squadron No 1 Group Bomber Command
A framed photograph of 101 squadron on VJ day 15th August 1945. A large group of squadron personnel are arranged in six rows on front of a Lancaster.
Aachen
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Aachen.
Aachen
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Aachen.
Air Borne Cigar
Lancaster, B-SR, dropping a cloud of incendiaries, and showing the ABC aerials on the fuselage. Hand written caption pointing to the masts 'The A.B.C. masts a third one was under the nose'.
Air Gunner
A biography of Fred. In addition it includes histories of aircraft and squadrons he served in, Details are included of airfields he served at. Additionally there are biographies of various servicemen associated with Fred's squadrons and service.
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Airborne Cigar Lancaster dropping bombs
Air-to-air photograph of a Lancaster dropping a mixed bomb load on a daylight operation.
Aircrew preparing for an operation
A large group of aircrew in flying kit, filling their Thermos flasks from a small urn, briefing room background, captioned 'Hot drink to take out'.
Aircrew in flying clothing standing in groups talking, airfield background, captioned 'Wearing trial…
Aircrew in flying clothing standing in groups talking, airfield background, captioned 'Wearing trial…
Airmen's funeral at Vevey
Airmen and soldiers at the funeral of the two Lancaster crews at Vevey, Switzerland. In the foreground are the wreaths on top of the coffins. In the background tall trees and mountains. On the reverse 'Vevey-St. Martins 101 & 166 sqn funerals'.
Augsburg
Navigation calculations for operation to Augsburg. His aircraft returned early with engine failure.
Aulnoye
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Aulnoye.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Berlin
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Berlin.
Braunschweig
Navigation calculations and a chart for operation to Braunschweig.
Caterpillar Club Information Sheet
Fred's account of the night he baled out after a mid-air collision.
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Flying log book for C G McVickers, Wireless operator, covering the period from 6 April 1943 to 16 August 1965. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying duties with 90, 97, 12, 100, 101, 199, 192, 220, 210, 224 and 205…