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Recommendation for Distinguished Flying Medal - Sergeant James Thomas Ware
Photocopy of document. Tells of actions in shooting down Me-110. Notes that Ware had completed 51 operations over enemy territory.
Airman in front of Wellington
An airman wearing flying clothes with hands in pockets standing in front of a Wellington. Two bombs on trolley in long grass in the foreground. Submitted with caption 'Fg Off Don 'Pop' Elliott, navigator on 99 Sqn '39'40 at 24 OTU Honeybourne '44…
Airmen working on Wellington engine
Two airmen atop a Wellington port engine. Step ladder just inboard of the engine. Submitted with caption 'Engine trouble, 99 Sqn Waterbeach Mar '41 [Norman Didwell]'.
Corporal Norman Didwell
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing overalls. Submitted with caption 'Cpl Norman Didwell served as ground crew on 99 Sqn at Mildenhall from 1939 [Didwell]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Three airmen in front of Wellington
Three airmen, two with flying jackets and the third wearing a greatcoat standing in line in front of a Wellington. Submitted with caption 'Cpl C C Pettit DFM, Wg Cdr J F Griffiths DFC, Cpl A 'Bic' Bickerstaff DFM, 99 Sqn Newmarket [Norman Didwell]'.…
Damage tail of Wellington
Image showing part of rear fuselage, tail-plane and fin of a Wellington with skin stripped away. Submitted with caption 'A Mk.I with early 99 Sqn VF- codes after a flare ignited in flight Mildenhall early 1939, pilot Sgt Atkinson [Norman Didwell]'.…
Five airmen in front of Wellington
Five airmen wearing uniform tunics standing in line in front of a Wellington. Submitted with caption ' A freshman crew, 99 Sqn Newmarket '40 [Norman Didwell]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Six airmen in front of a Wellington
Six airmen, five on a stepladder while the other stands in front. All by the port wing root of Wellington. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn's Q Queenie at Newmarket 1940 [99 Sqn]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
99 Squadron aircrew
Eighteen airmen all wearing uniform tunic with brevet, sitting and standing in two rows in front of a Wellington. A dog sits in front of man in centre of front row. Submitted with caption '99 sqn Waterbeach Oct 41'. Additional information kindly…
A group of airmen
Thirty-eight airmen with a variety of uniform, sitting and standing in four rows in front of a single story hut. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn Waterbeach '41 [Norman Didwell]'.Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
99 Squadron personnel
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in three rows with a dog in front of a Wellington parked outside a hangar. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn personnel with Wellington LN-O Waterbeach Oct '41 [Norman Didwell]'.Additional information kindly…
99 Squadron personnel
A large group of airmen sitting and standing in four rows in front of a Handley Page Heyford. In the background a hangar. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn personnel with HP Heyford, Mildenhall c.1936'. Additional information kindly provided by the…
99 Squadron photograph
Spread over two images. Squadron personnel sitting and standing in four rows in front of a wellington parked with hangars in the background. Captioned 'No 99 (Bomber) Squadron Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, November 1939'. Submitted with captions '99…
Eleven airmen
Eleven airmen wearing uniform tunics standing and sitting at the entrance to a brick built barrack block. Three men are annotated with first names. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn ground crew at Mildenhall spring 1939 standing L to R Ken Ryman, Tony…
99 Squadron B Flight pilots
Twelve airmen, wearing uniform tunic with brevet, sitting and standing in two rows in front of a Wellington. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn B Flt pilots Mildenhall Nov 38 [Norman Didwell]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.…
99 Squadron B Flight photograph
A large group of airmen in uniform sitting and standing in five rows in front of a Handley Page Heyford. In the background a Hangar, Submitted with caption '99 sqn B flight Mildenhall 1936'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Letter from Wing Commander R J A Ford to Captain H E Taylor
Letter commending the actions of Captain Taylors men in rescuing members of an aircraft crew.
99 Squadron roll of honour 1939-42
List of men and dates on 99 (Madras Precidency) bomber Squadron No 3 Group.
Pilot in cockpit of a Liberator
A pilot looking out of the cockpit window of a Liberator. Two rows of operation tally symbols on fuselage below cockpit. Submitted with caption ' Wg Cdr Sandy Webster DSO DFC 99 Sqn Liberator Cocos Islands 1945'. Additional information kindly…
New year menu
99 Squadron cooks and MT section, meal menu for new year 1945.
Flight engineer group photo key
Names and data on personnel in unidentified photograph.
Six airmen in front of DH-9
Six airmen wearing tropical uniform, five in front sitting with pith helmets and one standing behind. All are in front of a DH-9 biplane. Submitted with caption 'DH.9A 99 Sqn Mianwali, India 1920'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Eight airmen
Eight airmen, six standing and two squatting in front. In the background part of a Wellington. Submitted with caption 'C-Charlie Feni 99 Sqn in India [Norman Didwell]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
Runway on approach
View from cockpit of aircraft on finals for runway on an atoll. Submitted with caption 'Approaching Cocos Islands in 99 Sqn Liberator [Norman Didwell]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor. Two versions of the same image,on the…
Squadron commander in cockpit of liberator
View of an airman looking out of the port cockpit window of a Liberator. Two rows of operation tally bombs symbols below cockpit. Submitted with caption '99 Sqn's CO Wg Cdr A Webster DSO DFC aboard Liberator 1945 [Norman Didwell]'. Additional…