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Tholthorpe Control Tower
Ken Hook
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; control tower; Lincoln
Henry Pollock at North Luffenham Control Tower
Photo 1 has three airmen working with Henry holding a phone. On the reverse is 'N Luff'.
Photo 2 has Henry on a telephone with a second behind. On the reverse '1950s N.…
Saigon and Bangkok
Photo 1 is a swimming pool at Saigon with airmen relaxing.
Photo 2 is a view from the veranda of the Transit hotel, Saigon.
Photo 3 is a view from the billets at Bangkok.
Photo 4 is the control tower at Bangkok.
Tags: control tower; sport
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Bombing and Gunnery Flights
Photo 1 and 2 are lines of Battles.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a Battle with the control tower behind.
Photo 4 is a starboard side view of a Cessna Bobcat'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bomb aimer; control tower; training
No 3 B.A.G.S. So this is McDonald!
Photo 1 is Sam's barracks, captioned 'Main St'.
Photo 2 is the control tower.
Photo 3 and 4 is a road turned to mud. A bulldozer is trying to clear the mud.
RAF Leeming Control Room Christmas Party
Four Women
Tags: control tower
Three RAF Controllers
Tags: control tower; ground personnel
WAAF Association Christmas card
The Avro Repair Organisation. Langar
Oxfords
Tags: control tower; hangar; Oxford
Medicine Hat
Tags: control tower; hangar; Oxford
Tiger Moths and a Harvard
Tags: control tower; hangar; Harvard; Tiger Moth; training
V Group News, February 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; civil defence; control tower; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; H2S; incendiary device; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Scampton; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; sport; training; wireless operator
Ray Charlton Memoir
Wellington O-KJ
Interview with Maureen and Sidney Stevens
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; bombing; civil defence; control tower; crewing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigsley; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Margaret Saint
Five Canadian Tiger Moths lined up on airfield
Tags: aircrew; control tower; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
Don Falgate in control tower
RAF Skellingthorpe
Interview with F N Larard
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; control tower; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; perception of bombing war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force