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Letter to Wally Layne's wife from 97 Squadron adjutant
Tags: 97 Squadron; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; Red Cross
Recommendation for non-immediate award of DFM for Sergeant Kenneth Saw
Letter from the Prime Minister to A.O.C.-in-C. Bomber Command on Augsburg operation
This stone was unlaid at Wilhelmshaven by 97 Sqdn
97 Squadron operation honours, Turin 28/29 November 1942
97 Squadron operation honours, Milan, 14/15 February 1943
Flight Sergeant Stanley Archer
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; animal; dispersal; Lancaster
Stanley Archer
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew
Flight Sergeant Stanley Archer and three other airmen
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; pilot
Lancaster 97 Squadron and Hampden aircraft and crews
Augsburg bombing
Bomb aimers briefing 31 July 1944 - Joigny-La-Roche
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; RAF Waddington; target indicator; Window
Tengah Open Day
Photograph 2 is the nose of a Spitfire.
Photograph 3 is a Vampire flying by.
Photograph 4 is front view of a Lincoln.
They are captioned 'Open Day, Tengah, Singapore 1948. Beaufighter, Spitfire,…
Tags: 97 Squadron; Beaufighter; C-47; Lincoln; Spitfire
Beaufighter, Spitfire and Lincoln
Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of a Spitfire taken from a Lincoln, captioned 'Spitfire breakaway, Shallufa Egypt…
Tags: 97 Squadron; Beaufighter; Lincoln; RAF Hemswell; Spitfire
Lincoln and Sigs Inst Course
Photograph 2 is ten airmen arranged in two rows, the front row of six is seated with four men standing behind. It is captioned…
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Lincoln; RAF St Athan; training; wireless operator
Ted Haywood & Tom Carter
The second is a larger version of the same image and on the reverse is
'F/Sgt Tom Carter W/Op
F/Sgt Ted…
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Arthur Tindall and his crew
Arthur Tindall is second left.
On the reverse is a photographer's mark '9741'.
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; pilot; wireless operator
Thirty-five airmen
Submitted with caption 'Back row left to right. Edward Pullen, became a Wing Commander, killed in action 20 December 1943 when serving with 50…
Deelen airfield
Lancaster
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already…
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; Lancaster
John Nettleton VC
Tags: 185 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 97 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Fw 190; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Hampden; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stalag Luft 3; training; Victoria Cross
Portrait of Harry Horne
Tags: 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; arts and crafts