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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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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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Bombs being loaded into Halifax
Two airmen stand either side of a general purpose bomb being hoisted from a trolley into the main bomb bay of a Halifax. To the left and airman pulls a bomb trolley and another stands with his back to the bomb. Two airman are at the bottom of a…
Armourer loading general purpose bomb
An airman wearing tunic guides a general purpose bomb being hoisted into the bomb bay of a Halifax. Another airman is pulling another bomb trolley towards the bomb bay. On the left in the distance two officers are standing talking. Another Halifax…
Armourer loading general purpose bomb into Halifax
An armourer stands guiding a general purpose bomb being hoisted from trolley into the main bomb bay of a Halifax. To the left another airman stands by a another bomb trolley with small bomb containers. A further airman stands on the port upper wing…
Line of bomb trolleys in front of a Halifax
A line of bomb trolleys each with two general purpose bombs leads to the front of a Halifax. An airman sits on the rearmost trolley reading. Another group of airmen stand by the front trolleys, another two are working on top of the port wing and…
Line of bomb trolleys in front of a Halifax
A line of bomb trolleys each with two general purpose bombs leads to the front of a Halifax. An airman sits on the rearmost trolley reading. Another group of airmen stand by the front trolleys, another two are working on top of the port wing and…
Tractor pulling a line of bomb trolleys
A airman driving a tractor pulls a line of bomb trolleys each carrying two general purpose bombs past a revetment.
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Armourers working in bomb dump
A group of armourers working with crane to lift bombs from bomb dump.
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Airman and bomb trolley underneath a Halifax
Two airman stand on a bomb trolley with small bomb containers looking up into the starboard wing bomb bay of an aircraft. two airmen stand on the left of the trolley watching.
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Armourers loading small bomb containers and general purpose bombs into a Halifax
Two bomb trolleys sit underneath aircraft, one with small bomb containers and the other with a general purpose bomb Two airman are working on top of the wing, one stands under the wing bomb bay, one by the small bomb container trolley and another…
Armourers loading small bomb containers
One airmen guiding a small bomb container, hanging on loading wires leading to under wing bomb bay. Another airman stands by bomb trolley with more small bomb containers. On top of the wing, two airmen are winching up the container while another sits…
Airmen around a bomb trolley with small bomb containers
Two airmen pushing, and one guiding, a bomb trolley towards the underneath of a Halifax. A airman wearing battledress with hands in pockets stands on the right watching. Another group of airman stand behind the trolley watching while a further man is…
Loading small bomb containers
Three armourers loading a small bomb container into the bomb bay of a Halifax. Two airmen wearing battledress, the one on the right with pilot's brevet look on. A bomb trolley with another small bomb container in front.
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Bomb trolleys and Halifax
On the right a nose of a Halifax. To the left bottom, two bomb trolleys, the first with small bomb containers and the second with general purpose bomb, all surrounded by eight ground personnel. Tractor behind trolleys and two other Halifax in the…
Air and Ground Crew
Photo 1 is Ray and colleague, annotated 'Flying Control Types'.
Photo 2 is three ground crew on a tractor, annotated 'Ground Crew Gatwick'.
Photo 3 is two airmen annotated 'Paddy & Geordie'.
Photo 4 is Ray topless at an outside table, annotated…
Photo 2 is three ground crew on a tractor, annotated 'Ground Crew Gatwick'.
Photo 3 is two airmen annotated 'Paddy & Geordie'.
Photo 4 is Ray topless at an outside table, annotated…