Browse Items (2400 total)
Sort by:
Interview with Colin Bell
He discusses his eight months in the United States as an instructor and his 50 operations on the Light Night Striking Force, as well as transporting Canadian built Mosquitos to the UK. (Also present was Colin's friend Mark Vickers).
Findings of medical board
For George Thomson indicates fitness.
Summary of medical board
For George Thomson navigator medical classification A3B.
Loading a 6 pounder gun onto a Horsa
With its side hinged nose open a gun is guided up a ramp into the fuselage of a Horsa glider by a group of seven airmen. Reverse printed 'A.M.Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C beg 5' and 'Loading up of Horsa Mk 2 at Woodbridge, 6 Pdr…
Interview with Leslie Turner
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.
RAF Station Hurn
Airmen attaching tow lines to a Horsa glider. On the left the rear of an Albemarle can be seen. Reverse, printed 'A.M Crown Copyright Reserved' and stamped 'Photographic section 29 Nov 1943 RAF official, Crown copyright reserved, RAF station Hurn'…
Lancasters flying in formation and aircrew
Seven photographs mounted in three rows on the left hand page. The top row of photographs show airmen in uniform standing outside. The tail of a Lancaster can be seen in the background of the image on the top row, right. On the second row the picture…
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
![EDwyerJHPDwyerWM[Date]-118.jpg](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/square_thumbnails/1930/52148/EDwyerJHPDwyerWM[Date]-118.jpg "EDwyerJHPDwyerWM[Date]-118.jpg")
Jack writes the mail is slow. He spent two hours in a snow storm in the rear turret.
Jack
Top: 76 men and women wearing academic gowns arranged in parkland.There are mature trees and a building beyond. Captioned 'Jack Nottingham University back row 6th from right. on back is written J Allen 19 yrs'.
Bottom left: Head and should portrait…
Bottom left: Head and should portrait…
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes about his children's surprise presents. He has got leave from 26th to 2nd January. He writes about uniforms and the cold.
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that the weather has been 'lousy'. Pay parade has been unpleasant in the cold weather. He has been to the cinema.
Ground crew
Left: Two sergeants, wearing leather jerkins, work on the engine of an aircraft. One sits at the top of a set of steps and the second, with gauntlets stands below.
Right top: 61 men in desert uniform arranged in five rows in front of a corrugated…
Right top: 61 men in desert uniform arranged in five rows in front of a corrugated…
Ground personnel and Lancaster
42 airmen in uniform and side caps arranged in three rows in front of Avro Lancaster PO E of 467 Squadron.
Group photograph with Canberra
55 men comprising RAF officers and aircrew with Air Training Corps cadets arranged in three rows in front of a Canberra. In the background is a hangar with the initials MT mounted at the apex.
Biplane and Royal Flying Corp personnel
Ten men arranged around a biplane fuselage with the wings and fabric covering removed.
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that he is leaving for Feltwell via Liverpool and London.
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that he does not have much spare money after paying for his messing. He has been to the cinema.
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that his new posting is like a holiday camp. They have sports organised and the food is good. He has sent her £15 and asks for some laundry to be cleaned.
Hawker Hardys and Fairey Gordons
From the top: One: A line of four Hawker Hardys with equipment to one side. Two: A Fairey Gordon with damaged propeller, its nose and starboard wing tip on the ground and tail elevated in the air. Roundels are on the wings and a man stands to one…
Avro 504K
Biplane, with number F8748, showing on its tail, attended by ground personnel and an officer. Includes a description of the history of the aircraft, its features and uses.
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack writes that things are very quiet with almost no flying. He mentions rumours about re-equipping with Spitfires.
Fighter Command Communication Squadron badge and motto
An officer in uniform standing outside holding a framed picture of the badge (crest) and motto of the Fighter Command Communication Squadron. The reverse of the print is annotated [indecipherable].
Fighter Command Communication Squadron presentation ceremony
Seven officers in uniform standing to attention on an airfield. The officer on the left of the line up has a framed picture in his left hand. The officer at the front is saluting. A fighter aircraft can be seen in one of the hangars in the…