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Stirling and Fighter Affiliation
Photo 1 is Terry Ford landing a Stirling.
Photo 2 is a a view to the front as the aircraft is landing.
Photo 3 is a Stirling's starboard engines during a corkscrew manoeuvre.
Photo 4 is a Hurricane breaking off an…
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; Hurricane; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; Stirling
Terry Ford's crew and Terry Ford flying a Stirling
Photo 1 is an unidentified crew of six at the tail of a Wellington III.
Photo 2 is a view out of a Stirling taking off.
Photo 3 is Terry Ford at the controls of a Stirling.
A fourth photograph is missing.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; Stirling; Wellington
Terry Ford’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. One
Allen Gould’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
He starts by describing crewing up at Silverstone. His opinion of the Stirling was that it was awful on the ground and in the air.
His first operation was a second 'dickie' (an observer)…
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Seven airmen and their Stirling
On the reverse they are identified and autographed -
'Skipper AG Edgar RAF
Navigator Robert J Brooks RAAF
Air Bomber Allan J. Millard RAAF
Wireless Op…
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; Stirling; wireless operator
George Ellams, Flying Log book
Tags: 199 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 95 Squadron; B-24; C-47; Defiant; Lancaster; Lancastrian; Lincoln; RAF Alness; RAF North Creake; RAF Oulton; Stirling; Sunderland; York
Bomber Command No 223 Squadron, RAF Oulton, No 199 Squadron, RAF North Creake
Second is of ten individuals standing and kneeling in front of a…
199 Squadron
Second is of small car, captioned "Crew - bus", my first car bought when on ops with 199 Sqdn.'
Third is of right-hand forward nose of a…
199 Squadron
Second is of a Stirling just getting airborne, captioned 'Dusk take off', ' Nan taken by ground staff as we left for Germany on our last trip April…
Tags: 199 Squadron; RAF North Creake; Stirling
95 Squadron
Second is of damaged Sunderland captioned, 'Pranged, landed with wing and tail damage No 95 Squadron 1943'.
Tags: 95 Squadron; Stirling; Sunderland
The Gremlin Teaser
Tags: 199 Squadron; gremlin; nose art; Stirling
Charles Turner's flying log book
RAF shows the North its Secrets
Stirling
Photo 2 is a starboard side ground view of a Stirling Mk 1.
Photo 3 is a port/rear side ground view of a Stirling Mk 5.
Tags: Stirling
Ron Gard’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 12 Squadron; 40 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Binbrook; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Ventura; Wellington; York
Short Stirling
Tags: 149 Squadron; 8 Group; Lancaster; RAF Methwold; Stirling
Short Stirling
Stirling parachute supply drop
Photo 2 is the supplies on parachutes.
Tags: RAF Methwold; Resistance; Stirling
Reg Poynton and Kay, Short Stirlings
Photo 2 is the nose of a Stirling showing the outline of a seated naked lady, captioned 'Q for Queenie'.
Photo 3 is two Stirlings having collided on the ground.
Photo 4 is…