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PCavalierRG17010033.jpg
Photograph 1 is of Reginald George Cavalier amongst several loaded bomb trolleys. In the background are trucks and aircraft.
Photographs 2 and 3 are of a group of airmen watching a 4000 lb bomb being lifted on slings. Captioned '1000 lb…

POtterP16020018.jpg
Photograph 1 is of camouflaged brick buildings.
Photograph 2 is of airmen eating at rows of tables in a mess hall.
Photograph 3 is a head and shoulders portrait of an aircrew member on an aircraft.
Photograph 4 is of a man sitting reading in an…

PDawsonSR1628.jpg
81 aircrew, officers and non commissioned officers in four rows in front of a Hampden. Two engines are visible and behind is an open hangar door. On the reverse, names are underlined in red, green or both colours.

PDorricottLW1512.jpg
A Lancaster framed by the door of the hangar. Behind there is a second Lancaster in a hangar and the front half of a third Lancaster parked outside.

PDorricottLW15090035.jpg
Nose and front of a Lancastrian aircraft. In the background is a hangar and stores. It is named 'Star Light'.

PDorricottLW15090058.jpg
Three airmen standing at the tail of a Lancaster. A tow bar is attached to the rear wheel. The machine guns have been removed from the rear turret. Behind is an open hangar.

PTwellsE15070059.jpg
A Lincoln and a Varsity taken from the starboard side, looking across a barbed wire fence.

A Lincoln with an experimental nose. In the foreground a man is sitting with his back to the camera, on his left is an Alsatian dog. Behind him is a VW…

PClydeSmithD16020014.jpg
Top left, a man in shirt and shorts sitting on the left on a beach alongside to the right a woman in dress.
Top centre, an man in shirt sleeves sitting on a beach.
Top right, five pilots standing in a row in front of a lorry. All are wearing…

PLeedhamA1601.jpg
Alma Leedham grew up in London and worked for Hawker aircraft on the Hurricane at the start of the war . She later trained as a driver in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She served at RAF Scampton driving tractors taking bombs to the aircraft.…

PPopeKMJ18010021.jpg
Lancaster over runway just after take off, airfield scene in background, another aircraft in circuit.

PPopeKMJ18010033.jpg
Three photographs, two of members of Kenneth Pope's crew, in uniform, in a snow covered area in front of mess or barrack blocks. Third is of part of RAF Waddington, with snow covered, mess or barrack blocks in foreground, hangar and other large…

PPopeKMJ18010035.jpg
Three photographs, one group of eight airmen, some aircrew in uniform in front of left hand main wheel of large aircraft.
Second, of a sergeant in an overcoat with garden background, captioned 'In pensive mood at Lochlomand [sic] 'Bill…

PTroglioP18040009.jpg
Five airmen, in combinations of dress uniform and flying gear, are standing or crouching on the grass in front of an hangar. Aviere Paolo Troglio, in overalls, is the first from the right. In the background some aircraft are parked under a canopy,…

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PWrigleyJ17040012.jpg
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…

PLarmerLO15010003.jpg
One hundred plus 51 Squadron personnel in five rows in front of a Halifax. In the background on right the top of a hangar.

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PLarmerLO15010004.jpg
Front quarter view of the starboard side of a Halifax on runway with tail up. Hangar in the background. On the reverse 'Halifax 'U' Uncle. 51 Squadron, damaged on take-off 23.3.45'.

PCoultonWA16010006.jpg
Top left - a group of 13 airmen in tropical uniform on the front of a small fabric covered lorry. There is a Nissen hut in the background. Captioned, ’32 Sqdn Boy’s Aqir’.

Top right - three men in tropical uniform. Two have rifles (with…

PBrittainJT17420001.jpg
Over 200 personnel sitting and standing in seven rows in front of a Lancaster. In the background a hanger with doors open. A enlargement show a portion of the photograph with an airman identified as John Brittain ringed in red. Additional information…

ABondsJA180702.mp3
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…

PWardEM16010020.jpg
Top left, airfield with B-17 parked, hangar in background, part of right hand Halifax engines in foreground. Captioned 'September 1945', 'Gibraltar'.
Top right, eight individuals in uniform, standing under left outer wing of a Halifax. The rock of…

PWardEM16010012.jpg
Top, a photograph of cloud formations taken from the ground with aircraft and hangars in the background. Captioned 'T1918 STD 19TH APRIL 45 CLOUDS BRAWDY'.
Bottom, a photograph of cloud formations taken from the ground with building roofs in the…

PLaphamR15020005.jpg
Avro Aldershot J6852 in front of Avro Hanger. On the reverse '1000 HP Avro Napier Bomber, Hamble 1922'

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PLaphamR15020009.jpg
Side view of Avro Aldershot J6852 in front of a hanger. A man is standing on right. On the reverse a note from Roy Chadwick.

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PLaphamR15020011.jpg
Avro Aldershot in front of hanger. On the reverse '1000 HP Avro Napier bomber, Hamble 1922'.

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PFalgateD16030075.jpg
Shows airfield, runways and hangars. On the reverse 'Picton station 1500ft'. Captioned 'Royal Canadian Air Force Picton Ontario Canada. Near Lake Ontario, Picture taken from 1500ft.'
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