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- Tags: military living conditions
Tented camp
Three airmen and a snowman
Service life
Top right: Jack, standing far left with four other airmen in uniform in front of a pyramid.
Bottom left: A grounded Wellington with the covers off the port engine, There are…
Pont Gouin and Military Barracks
Rue Richelieu and Military Barracks
Frank Dennis' memoir
Tags: 1659 HCU; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 163; military discipline; military living conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Leeming; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Manston; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window; wireless operator
Overseas life
Tags: 105 Squadron; 110 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 203 Squadron; 37 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; crash; ditching; evacuation; Hurricane; incendiary device; killed in action; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Evanton; RAF Kabrit; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; Swordfish; Wellington
Stirlings, Doug Box, and prisoner of war barracks interior
#2 is a head and shoulder portrait of Doug Box.
#3 is a crowd of prisoners of war in a barracks.
Prisoner of war theatre, POWs and outdoor church service
#2 is inside a barracks with many prisoners of war in various uniforms and clothing.
#3 is an outdoor church service with a large group of attendees. Many have a triangle on the backs of their…
Prisoner of war radio and inside barracks
#3 is a view inside a barrack hut. Men are sitting around tables. Boxes and packages are on shelves along the far wall.
Prisoner of war funeral, French prisoner and barracks with prisoners outside
#2 is a half length portrait of a French man.
#3 is a barracks with many POWs milling about. Washing has been hung to dry outside the hut.
Prisoners of war sunbathing, parade and garden
#2 is a march past of German guards, watched by German officers. Huts in the background.
#3 is a garden with flowers inside the camp. A watchtower is on the outside of the fence.
Prisoner of war camp, funeral and scavenging
#2 is a funeral of a British prisoner of war, the coffin draped with a Union Flag. Ten mourners.
#3 is prisoners of war scavenging amongst tin cans.
Prisoner of war queue for food and photographer
A third image is a photographer taking a photograph beside the fence. A notice with skull and crossbones is hanging from the barbed wire.
Klim tin cooker
Three airmen
Airmen and airwomen positioned in front of Mosquito
On the reverse 'Evening News and Hampshire Telegraph'.
Large group of airmen in a bar
Tags: mess; military living conditions
Harry Brabin memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force