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Stirling and crew bombing up
Stirling BK784 being bombed up. There are trestles at the engines and personnel standing around or sitting on a bomb trolley.
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'BK784'. Forward part of aircraft on dispersal with hangars in the…
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'BK784'. Forward part of aircraft on dispersal with hangars in the…
Halifax and Land's End
Top left - front quarter view of a Halifax parked on snow covered dispersal with bomb trolley in front. Captioned 'Our old "Love" in dispersal - Foulsham, Jan 1945'. Included is enlarged view of this photograph.
Top right - rock formation. Captioned…
Top right - rock formation. Captioned…
Halifax
Front quarter view of a Halifax parked on snow covered dispersal with canvas covers over cockpit and engines. A bomb trolley in front. Other aircraft in the distance behind. Submitted with caption 'L Love'.
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Airmen, Trainees and an Oxford
Three photographs. #1 is 11 airmen and ground crew under the front of a Lancaster. #2 is a group of 12 trainees standing in the snow in front of a wooden hut. #3 is an Oxford being towed by a tractor. This photo is repeated on a separate sheet.
Maurice Stimpson and Crew
Maurice and eight crew members, including ground crew. They are sat on a tractor in front of a Lancaster. On the reverse '2 Groundcrew from L Harold, Johny, Joe, Robinson, Roy, Bill, Maurice.'
Photographs of airmen
Top - a large group of airmen wearing battledress sitting and standing in four rows.
Bottom - a group of airmen wearing battledress, most with side caps and one a tin helmet sitting on a rocky hillside.
Bottom - a group of airmen wearing battledress, most with side caps and one a tin helmet sitting on a rocky hillside.
Alberta
Top left - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing by a doorway. Captioned 'Jock Ross, Calgary'.
Bottom right - an Oxford parked on airfield with fuel bowser in front. Behind left a control tower. Captioned 'Penhold, Oct 1942'.
Bottom right - an Oxford parked on airfield with fuel bowser in front. Behind left a control tower. Captioned 'Penhold, Oct 1942'.
Bill Eyles and two other aircrew
Three airmen wearing battledress and peaked or side caps sitting on a bomb trolley with part of a Lancaster in the background. A further Lancaster in the distance ion the left. On the reverse 'Don Carruthers (DFM), Bill Eyles (DFM), Bert Warner…
Lancaster Paintings
Two paintings of a Lancaster from an album. In the first, by David Shepherd, the Lancaster is being readied for an operation with bombs being loaded and a fuelling truck waiting. In the second three Lancasters are taxying for take off.
Bombing up
View of the front of a Halifax with two bomb trolleys with general purpose bombs underneath. Four airmen are clustered round the rearmost bomb trolley. There is a gantry by the starboard inner engine. Submitted with caption '78 Sqn bombing up'.
Halifax on runway
A Halifax with engines running on threshold of runway preparing to take off. On the edge of runway on the right a runway caravan and large group of personnel watching. Behind in the distance a Halifax taxiing.
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Halifax landing by runway caravan
On the right an airborne Halifax with wheels down just above the ground while below a man watches. To the bottom centre and left a small truck towing a check pattern runway caravan wit wind sock behind. Submitted with caption LV874 EY-P Popeye's…
Group of air and ground crew on a tractor
A large group of airmen mostly wearing battledress with side or peaked caps, some with brevet standing by or on a tractor with the port wing of a Halifax behind. On the reverse 'Air and ground crew of S-Sugar, "C" Flight No 78 Squadron'. Two versions…
Four airmen and Halifax
Two aircrew wearing Mae West/parachute harnesses, the one on the left is standing doing up his gear by two groundcrew (one obscured behind undercarriage wheel). The other aircrew is on the right under the aircraft. In the background two other Halifax…
Airman writing
A sergeant wearing battledress and flying boots sits on an unidentifiable object with parachute harness and Mae West behind him on the ground. He is writing on a pad of paper. To the left the rear of a bus and to the right the front of a…
Airmen on bus
Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus with rear doors open. Three people including one woman and a man wearing Mae West stand to the rear of the bus. Three men, two wearing Mae West stand to the left and one man is walking past a car on the…
Aircrew boarding bus
Two airmen are sitting in the rear of a bus with open rear doors whilst another climbs in. On the right and airman wearing battledress with sweater underneath and flying boots stands waiting with another man obscured behind him. On the left a flight…
Aircrew behind a bus
An airmen is visible sitting in a bus with rear doors open. Two aircrew both wearing Mae west/parachute harness and one a flying suit stand talking behind the bus. The man on the left holds a map. Four other men stand behind them partially obscured.…
Airmen boarding transport
Several airmen are visible sitting in a bus while a Women's Auxiliary Air Force corporal closes one of the rear doors. Two other men stand behind the bus. Two aircrew wearing Mae West/parachute harnesses stand to the left behind the bus. On the…
Nine airmen
Nine men, some obscured by others, three wearing Mae West/parachute harness including one with flying suit, one sitting in the rear of a vehicle with open rear doors and the others standing in a group behind the vehicle.
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Aircrew mounting transport
Ten airmen, two up in the rear of vehicle, two waiting to climb in and six others standing in a group in front of a car. Three are wearing Mae West/parachute harnesses and others wear flying boots.
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Nine airmen
Nine airmen, four with Mae West and/or parachute harnesses, most with flying boots and one with flying suit standing in a group behind a vehicle with open rear doors. In the background a single story hut.
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Nine airmen
Nine airmen, some wearing flying clothes and others having visible brevet, standing in a group behind a vehicle with open rear doors. In the background a single story hut.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No…
Aircrew climbing into vehicles
On the left two aircrew are lined up behind a lorry ready to climb in. On the right four airmen, three lined up behind and one half way into, the back of a van. Some are wearing Mae West. The rear door of the van has 'MAX SPEED 30 MPH' stencilled on…
Aircrew waiting by lorry
Four airmen, one wearing Mae West, standing by the front of a lorry. Four other airmen, two wearing Mae Wests are standing in front of a single story building in the background.
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