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- Tags: hangar
Presentation of Fighter Command Communication Squadron badge
Tags: hangar; RAF Northolt
Fighter Command Communication Squadron presentation ceremony
Station HQ Souther Field near Americus, Georgia.
Tags: hangar; station headquarters
St Omer/Longuenesse
To war in a Wimpy - the life and times of Flight Sergeant Ron Williams RAF
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…
Tags: 150 Squadron; 205 Group; 21 OTU; 216 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; hangar; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
61 Squadron group photo
On the reverse is a list of the 102 men with some of their names.
On a separate sheet is the same list.
On a third sheet is a list with some of the missing names.
Dorniers attack an English Airfield
Tags: bombing; Do 17; fuelling; hangar; propaganda; service vehicle; shelter
Wellingtons parked on airfield
Gen's Story
Tags: 105 Squadron; 106 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; C-47; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; ground crew; hangar; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; love and romance; Magister; mess; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Carlisle; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Henlow; RAF Hucknall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Red Cross; searchlight; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 5; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Course photograph
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; hangar; pilot; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; training
Squadron photograph
RAF Elsham Wolds
Course photograph
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; hangar; RAF Brough; training
Five pilots being introduced to senior officer.
To war in a Stirling - the life and times of Flight Lieutenant Stanley Robert Grafton DFC RAFVR
Tags: 10 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 3 Group; 90 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; B-17; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; fuelling; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; military service conditions; mine laying; nose art; observer; Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Torquay; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wing; RAF Wratting Common; service vehicle; Stirling; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Arthur Mace's diary 8th January 1942 to 15th March 1944
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.
Tags: 214 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; Botha; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; medical officer; mess; mine laying; missing in action; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lasham; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Lancaster parked on dispersal
Tags: 460 Squadron; dispersal; hangar; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; RAF Binbrook
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
Twelve airmen
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; hangar; RAF Mildenhall