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RAF Elsham Wolds
A diagram of the airfield with the A15 trunk road, built in the 1970s, overlaid.
End of Jack's first operation to Germany
A damaged Wellington with the nose almost separated from the fuselage. Four airmen are standing by the aircraft. On the reverse, 'End of my first op to Germany, 16 Dec 1940 - Mannheim 7-15 hrs, Jack Marr Captain, 2nd pilot George Morhen (late), W op…
Bomb dump
An airman standing between two rows of bombs piled three high. Captioned 'Retribution in waiting: a scene in one of the many hundreds of bomb dumps in this country. Apart from all the other complicated organisation necessary to stage a heavy raid on…
Bob's aircraft
Left page: from top, descriptions of the Magister, Anson and Whitley aircraft, annotated 'RAF aircraft in which Bob did his training'.
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11…
Whitley aircraft, B-DY, C-DY and E-DY, flying in formation; bottom, crashed Whitley MH-H, annotated 'Usworth 17 11…
Norm George Smith video interview
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Norman George Smith completed his Australian training as a pilot before being posted to the UK. He was posted to 463 Squadron where he completed ten trips before the war ended. Although he was an officer Norman would borrow his navigator’s jacket…
Six armourers, RAF Binbrook
Six individuals standing in a row, brick buildings in the background. Captioned 'The boys from the Bomb dump Binbrook'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tractor pulling a line of bomb trolleys
A airman driving a tractor pulls a line of bomb trolleys each carrying two general purpose bombs past a revetment.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Armourer working in bomb dump
An airman watches as a pair of general purpose bombs are lifted from piled rows of bombs in bomb dump.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Armourers working in bomb dump
Two armourers guide two general purpose bombs being lifted by a hoist from piled rows of bombs in bomb dump.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Armourers working in bomb dump
Two armourers guide two general purpose bombs being lifted by crane from piled rows of bombs in bomb dump.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Armourers working in bomb dump
A group of armourers working with crane to lift bombs from bomb dump.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Armourers preparing small bomb containers
Six airmen working on or looking on at small bomb containers. Two other airmen stand on the left.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Defused SC bombs
A group of SC bombs with their fuses removed.
Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.
Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.
Alma Leedham's memoir
Tells of early life in London, joining the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force in 1941 and training as a driver. Relates experiences at RAF Scampton and then with 57 Squadron as a tractor driver pulling bomb trolleys. Subsequently went to East Kirkby.…
RAF Westcott
Map plan of RAF Westcott showing airfield / runways, dispersals, bomb store area, various facilities sites and Westcott village area. Top right off the end of runway just beyond a road marked A41 is an aircraft symbol annotated 'Lancaster overshoot,…
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Sheila Wilmet grew up in Liverpool and was 15 when war was declared. She describes the devastation of bombing in 1941, spending nights in an Anderson shelter, and navigating unexploded bombs during her commute. She volunteered after viewing a…
Bomb on trolley
A 12000 lb bomb on a bomb trolley . In the background a camouflaged revetment with other smaller bombs.
Tallboy bomb and crane
A large bomb is being lifted by crane above a bomb trolley attached to a tractor. There are two men to the left, the rearmost holding one of the bomb's fins. A man stand to the right of the bomb with another sitting in the crane. Reported as labelled…
Bombs in bomb dump
In the front a number of 1000 lb bombs without tails piled three deep. Behind a 12,000 lb bomb on a trolley with an airman sitting on the right end. In the background trees and open fields. On the reverse '51:68'. Additional information about this…
Bombs in bomb dump
In the front a 1000 lb bomb on a trolley. Behind a 12000 lb bomb on a trolley. In the background left trees. Taken in 1944. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Bombs in bomb dump
A corporal wearing tunic and side cap on the right with another airman behind on a tractor. They are looking at a 12,000 lb and a 1000 lb bomb on trolleys in the centre of the image. There are other parts of bombs on the left and an earth bank behind…
Interview with Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders joined the RAF as a wireless operator rear gunner and served on 114 Squadron during the war. As a boy, he remembers seeing the airship R 101 and the Hindenburg flying in the distance. He describes his training in England and in Egypt at…
Interview with Malcolm Francis Morris
Malcolm Francis Morris was a child when war broke out and remembers joining the RAF as a boy entrant. He then served as an armament technician during the Cold War. He describes his training at St Athans and being then posted to Aden, where he was in…
Interview with Gordon Topham
Gordon Topham was born in Salisbury, but his family settled in Norwich, Norfolk and he joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 17, qualifying as a flight engineer in July 1944. Gordon’s father used to drive steam wagons and was involved with…