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Interview with Bertram Arthur Yeandle
After leaving school, Bertram Yeandle joined the RAF apprentice scheme and trained as an engine fitter at RAF Halton. After completing his apprenticeship at RAF Cosford, he was posted to 148 Squadron, RAF Harwell, where he serviced Wellingtons. In…
Interview with Freda Fairweather
During the war, Freda Fairweather was called up to work for Avro’s and worked on Lancasters at RAF Waddington and RAF Swinderby. She describes cleaning the perspex windows and using her own box spanners to remove aircraft wings. She recollects…
Interview with John Allbon Bonds
John Bonds was brought up in London and remembers bombs dropping near him. He joined the RAF as an engine mechanic and after training worked on Spitfires before being posted to bombers. He was injured in an accident in a hangar and spent some time in…
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; hangar; RAF Biggin Hill; Spitfire
Jack leaving 18 Squadron
Jack on access steps to reproduction Wessex helicopter, aircrew pilot in flying suit standing next to him, drinks glasses raised. The reverse captioned 'Farewell to Gutersloh & thank you for the wonderful helicopter, handmade in the hangar of 18…
Tags: 18 Squadron; arts and crafts; hangar
Jim Ross in the gun turret of an Albemarle
Sergeant Jim Ross, wearing a Mae West and jacket with a whistle attached to the collar, is standing inside the gun turret of an Albemarle, the two machine guns are pointing at the camera. In the background, on the left, there is a parked Albemarle…
Kelly Field
Air to ground view of Kelly Field taken from turret. Barrel of gun visible top left. Hangars on the ground bottom left with aircraft parked on their right.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Photograph 1 and 2 are of the King and officers standing in front of a Boston. Photograph 3 is of the King being shown a vertical aerial camera set up. Photograph 4 is of the King and Queen with an officer looking at his watch. Photograph 5 is of the…
Lancaster
Top - Lancaster taxying in front of a hangar. Captioned 'Taxying out from Waddington to formate with Spitfires from Coltishall for 25th D Day anniversary at Ouistreham, June 1969'.
Bottom - front quarter view of parked Lancaster. Captioned 'waiting…
Bottom - front quarter view of parked Lancaster. Captioned 'waiting…
Lancaster just above the ground
On the right a Lancaster with wheels down just above the ground. On the left a hangar, on the right a man riding a bicycle.
The photographer is standing just to the south of the Runway 28 threshold, facing north. Number 3 Communal site is just…
The photographer is standing just to the south of the Runway 28 threshold, facing north. Number 3 Communal site is just…
Tags: hangar; Lancaster; RAF Bottesford
Lancaster Nose
The nose of a Lancaster with an airman in the cockpit.
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; hangar; Lancaster
Lancaster on dispersal
Lancaster R5669, letters OL-E (also known as “E for Edward”) from the side. Two other Lancasters are visible on the ground in the mid background facing in the opposite direction, in the far background there are two hangers and, in the air, a…
Tags: 83 Squadron; hangar; Lancaster
Lancaster on the ground
Lancaster 'AR-A' taken from the side on the ground. In the foreground is a wooden board with '4' on it and a T indicating the runway in use. Two other Lancasters and a hangar can be seen in the background.
Tags: 460 Squadron; hangar; Lancaster
Lancaster taking off
Lancaster over runway just after take off, airfield scene in background, another aircraft in circuit.
Tags: arts and crafts; hangar; Lancaster; runway
Lancastrian
Nose and front of a Lancastrian aircraft. In the background is a hangar and stores. It is named 'Star Light'.
Tags: hangar; Lancastrian
Large group of aircrew
A large group of aircrew some with Mae Wests/parachute harnesses standing and sitting on grass. There is a bicycle middle left and hangars in the background.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
Tags: aircrew; hangar; Nissen hut
Large Group of Airmen
The group of men is arranged in six rows in front of a hangar. It is captioned '1941 Either 11 OTU or 12 Squadron Binbrook. Sgt AE Cosgrove RAFVR 968259 (3rd row from top, 6th from right)'.
Large group of men in front of a hangar
A large group of men mostly wearing civilian dress but two in overalls and one in the centre wearing battledress and beret. Three men kneeling in front, with most standing in line and five behind on top of a Chipmunk aircraft. In the background…
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; hangar; pilot
Lockheed Constellation
Four-engined passenger aircraft facing left parked in front of a hangar. Passenger steps up to rear port door.
Tags: hangar
Malaya, Saigon, Borneo and Singapore
Photograph 1 is an air-to-air view of eight Lincolns, captioned 'Showing the flag. The start & return of trip round Malaya'.
Photograph 2 is an oblique aerial view of a city and river, captioned 'Saigon, Indo-China'.
Photograph 3 is and air-to-air…
Photograph 2 is an oblique aerial view of a city and river, captioned 'Saigon, Indo-China'.
Photograph 3 is and air-to-air…
Tags: hangar; Lincoln; military living conditions
Marion Clark and colleagues
Five photographs from an album.
#1 is a WAAF holding a dog. Behind is an ambulance. It is captioned 'Pat at Bentley Priory'.
#2 is three WAAFs and two airmen in the sun, captioned 'Joan, Bill, Peg, Maggie & Freddie, sunning themselves outside…
#1 is a WAAF holding a dog. Behind is an ambulance. It is captioned 'Pat at Bentley Priory'.
#2 is three WAAFs and two airmen in the sun, captioned 'Joan, Bill, Peg, Maggie & Freddie, sunning themselves outside…