Right. A group of 21 airmen standing and sitting for the camera in front of a building. All are wearing battledress and forage caps and many can be seen with a brevet above the left pocket. Some have a hand on shoulder on another. A climbing shrub on the building wall is in flower. On the reverse is written: 'F/Eng 463 Sqdn, Aus'. The album page is labelled: 'AUS 463 sqdn CREW'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ward, Hugh Vivian Toms. Album]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]>
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Bottom. Five aircrew standing at the starboard side of a Lancaster. Three are wearing battledress, one is in a tunic and the fifth is wearing a Mae West. The squadron code letters 'JU' and the last two characters of the aircraft registration number, '26' can be seen on the rear fuselage. There is a sixth person partially visible at the right edge of the photograph.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ward, Hugh Vivian Toms. Album]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]>
Right page top. Seven airmen in a room. The reel of a ciné projector in the foreground.
Bottom left. Full length image of an airman standing in front of a blank wall of a building. He is wearing battledress with a half brevet.
Bottom right. Six ground crew beside the rear fuselage of a Lancaster. Five airmen are standing, three wearing leather jerkins and one crouching in front. The letter 'K' of the squadron code is visible on the fuselage.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ward, Hugh Vivian Toms. Album]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
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'463 Squadron Don -2nd from right'
'(Missing Bill Morgan Bomb Aimer)']]>
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> The image is captioned '6586 Wad.11.10.44//8" 6900 <-- 355. 1449. Flushing 105. x 11 x 1000 4 x 500 C. 23. F/O Huxtable X. 463'.
On the reverse is stamped AM Crown Copyright Reserved' and handwritten calculations and 'Mott'.]]>
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On the reverse is stamped AM Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Mott'.]]>
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Audrey was 23 when the war started and was conscripted on 15 December 1942 electing to join the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. After her kitting out at RAF Innesworth she did some basic training at RAF Morecambe, then posted to RAF Lindholme and eventually to RAF Waddington where she worked as an administrator in the officer's mess. At that time there were four squadrons on the station: 9, 44, 463 and 467 Squadrons.
Audrey's duties in the officer's mess included checking the crews against the battle orders to ensure only crews flying that night got the special pre-flight meal and waiting on tables for VIP dinners, including Wing Commander Nettleton VC. She describes her friendships with the other staff and especially with bomber crews, mostly nice and respectful. Audrey and others would gather on the perimeter track to see them off. She and many others were billeted in a beautiful old building, known as "The Waafery”. Audrey describes her busy social life, dancing at many venues and winning jitterbug competitions. Remembers being called ‘belle gambe’ [beautiful legs] by Italian prisoners of war.
Audrey also describes the events of one night when an enemy fighter followed the aircraft home and strafed the airfield, hitting the incendiary dump, which exploded.
After the war, Audrey eventually worked for the local authority’s adoption service after the tragic death of her husband at a young age.]]>
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