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Lancaster at Wigsley 1943
A Lancaster being refuelled. There is a man driving a tractor and a trolley has oxygen bottles. Captioned 'Lancaster Wigsley 1943'.
RAF Wigsley Station Sick Quarters
#1 is five ground crew standing in front of two crash trucks.
#2 is 12 men and women from the SSQ staff.
#3 is 12 men and women in front of trucks, captioned 'Staff'.
#4 is a red and white control caravan.
#5 is an ambulance.
#6 is a Nissen hut…
#2 is 12 men and women from the SSQ staff.
#3 is 12 men and women in front of trucks, captioned 'Staff'.
#4 is a red and white control caravan.
#5 is an ambulance.
#6 is a Nissen hut…
RAF Wigsley Station Sick Quarters personnel and Lincoln
#1, 3 and 7 are Lincoln Cathedral. #2 are swans on River Witham, Lincoln. #4 are the staff of RAF Wigsley SSQ, 1943. Captioned' Berry, Duncan,Gibbs, Williams, Corthine, Hobley, Smith, Moor, Sinclair, Green, Crowther'. #5 shows an ambulance, labelled…
Members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of seven members of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force holding a folded barrage balloon with another one holding the balloon bag which has handles and a printed D on the side. There are vehicles behind and a hedgerow with a utility pole and…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon. One Fordson Sussex balloon winch tender and two further vehicles. Hedgerow with utility pole with woodland beyond.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
Eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirt sleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon. Two others sitting with a balloon anchor with two Fordson Sussex balloon winch tenders and two other vehicles behind. Hedgerow with utility pole…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of nine members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon on the ground. Two members sit to one side on a balloon anchor. There are two Fordson Sussex balloon winch tenders, two further vehicles…
Airmen and members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A group of ten airmen standing behind two rows of seven kneeling and four sitting Women's Auxiliary Air Force members. Five airmen wear peak caps and five side caps; two have half brevets on their uniform, one wears corporal stripes and one officer…
Airmen and members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A group of ten members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and three airmen in front of a Fordson Sussex balloon winch tender. Five of the women are sat in two rows on the ground and the remaining are standing. The airmen are wearing side caps and one…
Airmen and Member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Group of 11 airmen standing behind two rows of seven kneeling and four member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force sat on the grass. The women are wearing berets and five of the men wear peaked caps and six side caps. Two of the men have half brevets…
Airman and RAF Lorry
An airman in khaki and shorts sitting on the front bumper of an RAF Ford lorry. Written on the bumper is 'Shropshire Lass'.
A second photograph has him leaning on the front of the same lorry. On the reverse is stamped 'MAAF RAF Camera Club Serial NE…
A second photograph has him leaning on the front of the same lorry. On the reverse is stamped 'MAAF RAF Camera Club Serial NE…
Airman and RAF Car
An airman, in khaki, standing at the front of an RAF car 'RAF 86401'.
Airmen
Top left - half length image of an airman wearing jacket and side cap. Captioned 'Just married'.
Top left centre - half length image of two airmen wearing battledress. The one on the left has pilot's brevet and peaked cap.
Top centre right - four…
Top left centre - half length image of two airmen wearing battledress. The one on the left has pilot's brevet and peaked cap.
Top centre right - four…
Airmen larking in front of lorry
Two laughing airmen grabbing a supine airmen by shoulders and legs in front of a lorry. One is sergeant, the other a flight sergeant. Another airman is climbing on the bonnet. In the background buildings and an airman walking.
Seven airmen
Seven airmen, four with no shirts sitting in a group on grass. Another airman walks behind them. In the background two B-24s with lorries alongside. Foreground left top, guns from the rear turret of a B-24. Another B-24 in the distance and parts of…
Three airmen and three dogs
Three airmen wearing khaki uniform with sergeant rank crouching down, with dogs, all in front of a lorry.
Four airmen and lorry
Four airmen wearing khaki uniform with sergeant rank, one sitting in drivers seat and the others sitting or leaning on front of a lorry.
Airman standing by lorry
A airman wearing battledress with half brevet standing alongside a lorry with hand on drivers door.
Airman in lorry
An airman in drivers seat of a lorry with arm out of the window.
Airman in lorry
An airman in drivers seat of a lorry with arm out of the window.
Malcolm club in Foggia
Four story building on street corner in town. Sign above door 'The Malcolm Club RAF'. On the reverse 'Foggia'.
Lorry in flooded road
A lorry with a group of airmen in the back, travelling down a flooded road with camp buildings and tents on the left. Another lorry in the background further down the road. Oil drums floating in flood water. On the reverse '[...], Sept 7th 1945'.
Seven airmen sitting on grass
Seven airmen, four with no shirts sitting in a group on grass. Another airman walks behind them. In the background two B-24s with lorries alongside. Foreground left top, guns from the rear turret of a B-24. Another B-24 in the distance and parts of…
Lorry and driver
View of front of a lorry with driver with air out of window, Uniform has corporal rank. Two versions of the same image.
Personnel and aircraft
Description - Five photographs in an album.
#1. Six airmen, Hawkes, Robert Wilfred is front left. It is captioned: ' THE CREW' -(SIGNED ON BACK)' and is a copy of item #39143 in the collection.
#2. A view of the pilot's station in a Lancaster.…
#1. Six airmen, Hawkes, Robert Wilfred is front left. It is captioned: ' THE CREW' -(SIGNED ON BACK)' and is a copy of item #39143 in the collection.
#2. A view of the pilot's station in a Lancaster.…