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Hamburg
Target photograph of Hamburg with no ground visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '1587 Bin 27/28/7/43 NT 8' 19,000' - 245 01.32 HAMBURG RD B 1x 4000lb 3x 1000lb 48x 30lb 600x 4lb PII F/L LANE 0.460'.
Bochum
Target photograph of Bochum with no ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '890 HLM. 13/14 5 43 //NT "5" 19000 - 024 0219 BOCHUM RD.T. 1x 14000. 540x 4LB. 48x 30LB P10 F/O LANE T.460.'.
Düsseldorf
Target photograph of Düsseldorf with some ground features visible. Captioned '3' and '826 BIN 11/12/6/43 // NT. 8" 18,000 - 050 01.2l DUSSELDORF RD D 1x4000lb. 600x 4lb. 30x 4lb. inc.P.II. P/O LANE Y.460'.
Hamburg
Target photograph of Hamburg with some ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '1449. BIN. 24,25/7/1943 // NT. 8" 19,500' - 190 0106. HAMBURG RD. 8 1x 4000lb 3x 30lb 48x 30lb 600x 4lb PII F/O LANE O.460'.
Duisburg
Target photograph of Duisburg with no ground features visible through light flashes. Captioned '4' and '862 HLM 12/13.5.43.//NT.8" 18000 - 200 0237 DUISBURG RD. M.IX4000. 540x4lbs.PII. F/O LANE O.460'.
Ernest Olaf Lane's pilots flying log book. Three
Pilots flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 1 May 1943 to 28 January 1945 detailing his time with 460 Squadron and operations flown. Cappy flew 22 night time operations as pilot, all in a Lancaster. The targets were Essen,…
Ernest Olaf Lane's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. One
Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for Ernest 'Cappy' Olaf Lane covering the period 30 April 1940 to 15 October 1944 detailing his training and operations flown. Cappy flew 51 operations, 18 as second pilot to Sergeant Lewis, Sergeant…
Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book
Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 1st February 1944 to 3rd October 1945. Completed training at 1662 Conversion Unit and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Posted to 460 Squadron for operations in March 1944. After completing his…
Seven Airmen including Norman Long
A group of seven airmen seated or leaning on the front of a car.
On the reverse each man is identified.
On the reverse each man is identified.
Norman Long's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Norman Long's log book as bomb aimer from 26 September 1943 until 21 June 1945. Trained at 48 and 42 Air Schools, 3 AFU, 30 OTU, 1662 HCU, 1 LFS before operational posting to 460 Squadron (RAAF). Served at RAF Hixon, RAF Blyton, RAF Hemswell, RAF…
Edward Beckett
Short biograph of Edward Beckett, Geoff's oldest brother. Front page - half photograph of squadron in front of ns on the wings of a Lancaster. Annotated 'LAC Ted Beckett with 460 (Australian) Squadron 1943. Ted marked with dot below wing of Lancaster…
Distinguished Flying Medal
A newspaper article with eight awards of DFMs.
460 Squadron Operational Record
A list of operations conducted by 460 Squadron 22 November 1942 to 11 May 1945
Letter to Don Gray from Bill Grey
Don Gray is Junior and Bill Grey, Senior. He has news of 460 Squadron. Their latest aircraft was wrecked after an engineer selected the undercarriage up. They wrecked their new aircraft after an aborted raid on Hasselt. Fortunately the bombs did not…
Letter to Don Gray from Bill Grey
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A letter to Don referring to their operation over Friedrichshafen. It includes a copy of the navigator's log and a newspaper article.
Flight Engineer Don Gray DFM
An autobiography of Don's RAF service. It includes reminiscences of specific trips, an extract on his DFM and a footnote by his son about his sense of humour.
Bombs, Airmen, Ground Crew and Lancaster
A group of men, some standing and some sitting on bombs, in front of a Lancaster 'AR-Q'.
On the reverse 'Son A Gray DFM' and a stamp 'Central Press Photos Ltd'.
On the reverse 'Son A Gray DFM' and a stamp 'Central Press Photos Ltd'.
460 Squadron Memorial Dedication Ceremony, Binbrook
A large group of veterans and spectators seen from the air at a ceremony at the 460 squadron memorial. On the reverse 'Dedication of 460 Squadron Memorial, Binbrook'.
Caen
A target photograph taken on an operation to Caen.A cluster of Target Indicators can be seen to the left of centre and some roads can be seen around them.It is captioned: '5551.BIN. 7.7.'44 //8" 3000' → 163 º 2151 CAEN. C. 11 x 1000. 4 x 500 c21…
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
12 pages listing 204 aircraft that were flown by No. 166 Squadron. Six columns record each aircraft's registration number, the date received, where it came from, the code letters and details of it's loss or disposal. For some aircraft the number of…
Seven Airmen
Seven men standing by the tail of an aircraft. On the reverse 'RAF Binbrook Dec 1944
Mike Eaton -Pilot
Ken Fyvie - Navigator
Bob Malin - Engineer
Mac Donald - W/Ops
Norm Long - Bomb Aimer
Tom Cavanagh - Gunner
Junior Greenbank - Gunner'.
Mike Eaton -Pilot
Ken Fyvie - Navigator
Bob Malin - Engineer
Mac Donald - W/Ops
Norm Long - Bomb Aimer
Tom Cavanagh - Gunner
Junior Greenbank - Gunner'.
Pilot Officer Mike Eaton
The airman is standing at the back of a Halifax holding a gun barrel. On the reverse is 'P/O Eaton 460 Sqdn RAF Binbrook Lincs Nov 1944'.
Lancaster Nose
An airman leaning out of the cockpit of a Lancaster. On the nose is written 'Snifter' with a dog leaving a mess over a map of Germany and a swastika.
On the reverse 'Feb 1945 "Chopping's Beaut Kite" 460 Sqdn. RAAF Binbrook'.
On the reverse 'Feb 1945 "Chopping's Beaut Kite" 460 Sqdn. RAAF Binbrook'.
My trip from San Francisco to New York, on route to United Kingdom with RAAF 1943
A detailed description of a train journey across the United States, including comments about America, and descriptions of the many towns and cities passed through. He describes some of his and his companions' activities, and makes several comparisons…
Axe Retrieved from Field at Thin-le Moutier, France
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A brief description of the crash of Lancaster, LM100, 'PO-D'.