Browse Items (104 total)
- Tags: superstition
Admiral Shyte-Awk
Below - explanation that Admiral Shyte-Awk was the aircraft…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Lancaster; nose art; pilot; superstition
Popeye mascot
The mascot was recovered from the crash of Lancaster WS-O LM432. The aircraft was flying from Manston…
Samuel Guyan comments and memoirs
He sings several songs including 'Ops on a Stirling' to the tune of Waltzing Matilda,…
Marion Clark Interview
Letter from Harold Wakefield to his parents
Memoirs of Flt/Sgt William Brookes, 78 Squadron, RAF Breighton
Flight Lieutenant FC Jenkins
Conquest-Hospital Radio interview with Jack Newton
Badge
Tags: heirloom; superstition
Keith Ganney's After Lunch Speech
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Wedding Invites, Telegrams, Cards and Mementos
Item 1 is an invitation to George and Barbara's wedding.
Item 2 is a sprig of white heather.
Item 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 are congratulations telegrams.
Items 6, 7, 8, 10 - 15, 22, 23, 25-30 are gift tags.
Item 9,…
Tags: love and romance; superstition
Letter and transcript of telephone inteview
Tags: 15 Squadron; 3 Group; 622 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); control caravan; crewing up; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; military discipline; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Mildenhall; RAF St Athan; RAF Woodbridge; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Window
Four Airmen and a Mascot
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; navigator; superstition
Leather pouch and contents
Tags: superstition
Wedding of Bruce and Margaret Wilson
Photograph shows groom in uniform, two other airmen, bride with long white dress, veil and bouquet and holding horseshoe charm on a ribbon; two bridesmaids in…
Tags: aircrew; love and romance; pilot; superstition
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Tags: arts and crafts; superstition
Gremlins in the fog
Tags: arts and crafts; gremlin; home front; superstition
Gremlin Who's Who
1. Gremlin photoflash (Will Gremlin)
2. Gremlin crews for the convenience of Mark VIII (Georgie Gremlin)
3. Gremlin…
Tags: arts and crafts; gremlin; superstition
Key ring with keepsakes
- a small humanoid figurine,
- an anchor with a cable wrapped around it,
- a blue enamelled 3-leafed clover,
- a small black wooden pig,
- a very small metal book with photographic pages of Lincoln…
Tags: heirloom; superstition
Rabbit's foot
Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: superstition
Wooden Elephant
Tags: 44 Squadron; heirloom; superstition
Wallet
Tags: heirloom; superstition
G Cruickshank operations playing cards
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; mine laying; superstition