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56 Airmen
56 Airman wearing tunic and side caps in four rows. Front row sitting on ground, second on chairs and the rear two standing. Title 'No 4 Flight, No 4 Squadron, 10 I.T.W, RAF, July 1941. On the reverse signatures. H R Madgett is eleventh down in…
576 Squadron Order of Battle No.290
List detailing 25 aircrews, headed, 'No.576 Squadron RAF Station Fiskerton, Order of Battle NO.290'.
617 Squadron veterans
A group of five veterans in civilian clothing. Captioned 'From Left: Leonard Cheshire, Ralph Cochrane Johny Farquier'.
62 Airmen and an Oxford
62 trainees and officers in four rows in front of an Oxford.
66 airmen
66 airmen arranged in five rows in front of a brick building. The airmen have trainee flashes on their sidecaps.
75 Squadron Battle Order
A battle order for 6/7 December 1944 detailing aircrew and aircraft involved in the operation. The target was Merseburg synthetic oil plant.
75 Squadron return to Mepal
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is 14 aircraft over Mepal after an operation to Le Havre.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford at the ladder at the rear of his Lancaster.
Photo 3 is 15 Lancasters breaking formation to land at Mepal.
Photo 4 is six…
Photo 1 is 14 aircraft over Mepal after an operation to Le Havre.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford at the ladder at the rear of his Lancaster.
Photo 3 is 15 Lancasters breaking formation to land at Mepal.
Photo 4 is six…
85 Course officers school photograph
Thirty-seven officers, all wearing tunics, many with brevet, and peaked caps sitting and standing in four rows. In the background huts. All names at the bottom, Flying Officer Mills is third from left in back row.
91 A Charlottetown P.E.I.
24 airmen arranged in three rows. All the airmen have pilot's wings.
A Biography of Maurice Stimpson
A biography of Maurice covering his birth in 1921 to his death in February 1944.
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Biography of Squadron Leader David James Baikie Wilson, DSO, DFC and Bar (1917 - 1947). He flew operations as a pilot with 214, 196 and 617 Squadrons before becoming Head of Aerodynamic Development and Testing, and Test-Pilot at A V Roe & Co Ltd.…
A Chibanoff and Crew
The aircrew of DK253. Seven airmen arranged in two rows. Underneath a caption has their names.
A POWs Memories
Comments on target (Frankfurt) and odds on being shot down. It was their 19th operation and out of 124 aircrew shot down that night only 10 survived, five from their crew. Mentions evading, capture, initial treatment and journey to camp (Stalag Luft…
A year in the Life
Ken Brind's autobiography detailing his tour of operations.
A-Able aircrew
Seven aircrew leaving a Lancaster 'A’, parked on a dispersal with bomb doors open following a daylight operation to Duisburg 14 October 1944. All aircrew are wearing life vests, carrying crew bags and helmets; two wearing Sidcot suits, two with…
Accident card
Accident report for Halifax II, 78 Squadron, pilot J Jenkinson. Notes port engine cut - petrol shortage. Captain could have landed earlier. Flt engineer must have misjudged [....], recommends no further action. Note with title and date.
Account of crash of Wellington W5421 and Flt Lt Roy Langlois's crew and Belgian Comet escape line
Includes photographs of twelve squadron officers, the crashed aircraft, some of the crew, Jack and Mary Newton and Sgt R D Porteous. Recounts the last sortie of the crew to Aachen when they had to jettison their bombs, an engine caught fire and they…
Admiral Shyte-Awk
Top - photograph of an airman in the cockpit of a Lancaster. On the fuselage below nose art of duck with peaked cap walking down road with sign to Berlin. Row of bomb symbols underneath.
Below - explanation that Admiral Shyte-Awk was the aircraft…
Below - explanation that Admiral Shyte-Awk was the aircraft…
Aerial Photographs, Canada
Four aerial photographs from an album.
#1 is a view across forests and a town.
#2 is a city, islands and bridges.
#3 is a pilot at the controls of an aircraft.
#4 is a grid street with a river under the wing of an aircraft.
Captioned 'MAR 1942'…
#1 is a view across forests and a town.
#2 is a city, islands and bridges.
#3 is a pilot at the controls of an aircraft.
#4 is a grid street with a river under the wing of an aircraft.
Captioned 'MAR 1942'…
Air and ground crew beneath an aircraft
Seven aircrew and three ground personnel, arranged in two ranks, are beneath an aircraft on a dispersal. The front rank of four are kneeling on a tarpaulin, whilst the other six are standing behind. The rear rank are all wearing their uniform caps,…
Air and ground crew standing in front of a Wellington
Group of fourteen aircrew and ground crew standing in line in front of a Wellington. Most are wearing tunics and two are wearing battledress. Aircraft has name "Edward III' on the nose below the turret. In the background trees. David Donaldson is…
Air and groundcrew in front of a Halifax
Fifty-six personnel in four rows in front of a four engine bomber. All personnel are wearing tunic and side caps apart from two officers in the back row. Officer in the centre of rear row has pilot's brevet and man on his right a half brevet.
Air gunners course photograph
Two formal course photograph,first 15 sergeants in three rows, hand written names, captioned 'A/Gs No 42 Course', This was at No 8 AGS at Evanton, Scotland. Second is of 17 pilots, posed in three rows, captioned Pilots No 42 course. On the reverse a…
Air tactics
Poem written in the Far East by Flying Officer D F Page, a 17 Squadron pilot.
Aircrew
Top - seven aircrew, three sitting in front and four standing behind. All are wearing tunics with brevet and peaked or side caps. In the background are huts. Submitted with description 'F/O Burroughs' crew. Undated but location believed to be RAF…