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“Sgt James Canniff 106 Squadron shot down on night mission to Frankfurt on 25/8/42 He is buried in Holland.”
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#1 is three Lancasters flying over an Oxford and Mosquito.
#2 is of four Lancasters parked on grass. One is ZN-G]]>
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Bottom left - a man wearing swimming trunks standing in long grass and holding a peeled banana with a hut and trees in the background. Captioned '"Shorty" shoots a line!'.
Bottom right - four airmen, three sitting and one standing behind all wearing battledress and side caps. Behind is a Nissen hut with open door and two bicycles leaning against side. Captioned 'ground crew on "Z" Zebra 106 Sqdn, 45'.
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Top right - seven aircrew wearing a variety of uniform or flying clothes standing in line under the nose of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster III, 1943, (self, Alfie, Doug, "Shorty", Dickie, "Mo", "Bloody"), Metheringham, 106 Squadron, Bomber Command, 1st tour'.
Bottom left - eleven airmen (air and ground crew) sitting and standing in two rows with one man in rear turret of a Lancaster ZN-Z. Captioned 'Lancaster III 1945, (Doug, "Bloody", self, "Shorty", Bill, Syd, Jack, Pete, "Sport", "Taff", "Dixie"), Metheringham 106 Squadron, 2nd tour'.
Bottom right - seven airmen all wearing battledress with brevet sitting and standing in two rows in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned 'Doug, "Sport", "Bloody", Pete, "Dixie", self, "Shorty", 106 Squadron Metheringham, 1945. 2nd tour, (F/O Cunnison, F/O Sandford DFC, F/O Blood DFM, F/O Lynch DFM, F/O Dean DFC, Self, F/O Groombridge DFM)'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> 1942-01-28]]> 2017-07-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Rutland]]> 1940-09-13]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Second is of four aircrew standing under a palm tree, captioned 'Bari Italy October 1945, Under the swaying palms'.
The third is missing, this was captioned 'The crew 106 Squadron and listed their names.]]>
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John Harrison was a crew member on this aircraft, the flight engineer was killed and the wireless operator injured.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1943-12-30]]>
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