IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Germany]]> Germany--Juist Island]]> Second is of starboard engines of a Lancaster in flight, captioned 'Taken from Uncle in flight - over ten tenths cloud'.
Third is of a Lancaster parked on a dispersal, a number of people gathered around it, captioned 'Uncle just before an op. Bomb doors gaping open'.
Fourth is of a Halifax on it's belly, bicycle in the foreground, caption 'An enlargement of the Halifax prang opposite'.
RH page, first, three men standing in a country lane with a church in the background, caption Frank, Ted and Dan'.
Second two aircrew, upper torso in front of wooden door captioned 'Doug and self, the navigation team'. Third is the same photograph as the third on previous page aircrewman in flying suit, captioned 'Ted photographed outside a Halifax'.
Fourth and fifth are of the Halifax, captioned ' A well pranged Halifax at Blyton, see further back - 18/3/44 - Z Zulu PO Bunton at ? but we all got out OK'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-03-18]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Andover]]> Germany]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Italy]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Poland]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> England--Great Yarmouth]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> William Cragg]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-12-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Holten]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> France]]> Netherlands--Tilburg Metropolitan Area]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Russia (Federation)--Arkhangelʹskai︠a︡ oblastʹ]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> 1944-09-23]]> 1944-09-24]]> The top right photograph on the left page shows a group of men and women standing outside a building.
The bottom right photograph on the left page shows a group of women standing next to a table. A tree trunk can be seen in the foreground on the right and a building in the background on the left.
The two photographs on the right of the left page have the caption "POULHAN".
The photograph on the right page shows aircraft in aircraft in a field. The photograph is surrounded by the captions "STEARMAN P. T. 17", "B. T. 13A (VULTEE)", "DARR AERO TECH" and "GASSING UP".
On the reverse of the photograph on the top right of the left page is a stamp dated "APR 25 1942" with the words "McCOLLUM'S PHOTO SHOP ALBANY .GA." Also the number "27" can be seen.
On the reverse of the photograph on the bottom right of the left page is a stamp dated "APR 17 1942" with the words "McCOLLUM'S PHOTO SHOP ALBANY .GA." Also the number "39" can be seen.
On the reverse of the photograph on the right page is a stamp dated "APR 15 1942" with the words "McCOLLUM'S PHOTO SHOP ALBANY .GA." Also the number "023" can be seen. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> 1942-04-15]]>
Top right shows a bi-plane standing on its nose with a broken propeller, with airmen standing around it. Another bi-plane can be seen in the background.
Bottom left shows bi-planes undergoing maintenance inside a hangar.
Bottom right shows accommodation huts with a bicycle propped up against one of the huts. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]>

The top right and bottom left show airmen standing around a Harrow K6949.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]>
D. G Southwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend]]> 1942-05-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Cosgrove, Teddy. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Devon]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Vegesack]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Dessau (Dessau)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> France]]> Germany]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Lorient]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Rhineland]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Bexhill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Cosgrove, Teddy. Album]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gorton (Manchester)]]> England--Caister-on-Sea]]> France]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> England--Manchester]]> England--London]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Scotland--Stevenston]]> England--Accrington]]> England--Littlehampton]]> England--Barnsley (South Yorkshire)]]> Poland]]> England--Bexhill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> Sri Lanka]]> England--Malvern]]> England--Devon]]> France]]> France--Cherbourg]]> Germany]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Denmark]]> Germany--Cologne]]> England--Caister-on-Sea]]> Scotland--Stevenston]]> Canada]]> North America--Niagara Falls]]> United States]]> Illinois--Chicago]]> England--London]]> New Brunswick--Fredericton]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> New Brunswick]]> Clyde Muir]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Heverlee]]> Belgium--Liège]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Scotland--Moray]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--East London]]> Belgium--Herve]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]>
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> nld]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> 1942-05-31]]>

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.]]>
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Retie]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> 1942-05-31]]>
#2 is a tangled mess with houses behind, captioned 'After the fire in a crashed Stirling'.
#3 is Robert leaning on a fence, captioned 'RLE 1944'.
#4 is a similar montage to #1, captioned '10,000lb of bombs made this hole 170 ft deep 1/4 mile wide'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Taunton]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Claresholm]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Eure]]> France--Paris]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> France--Fresnes (Val-de-Marne)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> fra]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> A handwritten annotation states 'Died in crash'.]]> EJ Dtheridge]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Étampes (Essonne)]]> 1944-06-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> fra]]> Map]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Seine-Maritime]]> On the reverse 'Chalkie - died in crash'.
[Holden's pilot was Flying Officer Bryan Esmond Bell.]]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
On the reverse 'Skipper F/O Tim Bell. Died in crash'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> On the reverse 'Survived crash -died in Buchenwald. 152583. Bomb aimer. Willie. F/O Phil Hemmens'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Finally there is an address by Abbe Plante, parish priest of Lyons-la-Foret, in English and French.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Lyons-la-Forêt]]> France--Fresnes (Val-de-Marne)]]> 1944-06-09]]>