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Denis Alexander's service badges
#1 Leading aircraftsman's badge
#2 Tropical eagle
#3 Engineer's brevet
#4 Observer brevet
#5 Corporal's stripes
#6 Sergeant's stripes
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; observer
The record bomber crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Bomber crew's 228 operational record flights
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Newspaper with article Folkestone man in record crew
Tags: aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
"We are seven - " hold bombing record
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; flight engineer; Halifax; navigator; pilot; propaganda; wireless operator
The DFC plane
Bomber Crew's 228 Operational Flight Record
Ex-mech crawls into wing, comes out with a gong
Bomber Command record and transcripts
Lancasters at sunset
On the reverse is 'British Official Photograph. "T for Tommy makes a sortie". There is information about the…
Sergeant Richard Wensley
Tags: 242 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; flight engineer; Halifax; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF St Athan; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Wratting Common; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; V-1; wireless operator; York
Richard Wensley’s Royal Air Force Flight Engineers Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 242 Squadron; 46 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; missing in action; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Merryfield; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; shot down; Stirling; training; York
Richard Wensley
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
Six airmen and a Norwegian reporter
On the reverse 'Honefoss, Norway May 10, 1945. Left to right (facing) Gordon Flt/Engr, me bomb aimer, Jack navigator, Don wireless op, Stan gunner, Laura, Ron…
Idwal Davies' badges
#1 the box containing the badges posted to Idwal's family member.
#2 the box opened showing the badges inside.
#3 and 4, six brevets front and rear.
#5 RAF Warrant Officer's badges.
#6 and 7 Luftwaffe breast eagle.
#8 and 9…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; flight engineer; navigator; observer
Swimming club
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
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The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Air Ministry Orders
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Defford; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Athan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Wilmslow; Spitfire; Sunderland; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Crew of Lancaster ND345
Second row, from left: Pilot Officer Ronald Halperin DFC, navigator; Flight Officer James Moffat DFC, air gunner and Squadron leader Andrew Muir DFC, air gunner, wearing Sidcot suit.
Third row, from…
Letter from Idwal Davies to Mr Enoph
The Crew (A Gunner's tale)
61 Squadron operations 1943
Tags: 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator
Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two
Tags: 1658 HCU; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Meteor; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; wireless operator
My Crew
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Colerne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Alf Morrill and fellow crew members
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; flight engineer; Halifax; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Alf Morrill's badges and identity discs
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer