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- Tags: tractor
Tales of 463 Squadron RAAF
Tags: 455 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing up; FIDO; fitter airframe; fitter engine; Fw 190; gremlin; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Mosquito; nose art; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; RAF Bottesford; RAF Elvington; RAF Waddington; service vehicle; Stirling; tractor; Wellington; wireless operator
Lancasters parked in snow
Tags: bomb trolley; bombing up; Lancaster; service vehicle; tractor
Aircraft
Lancaster Bombing Up
Tags: aircrew; bomb trolley; bombing up; ground crew; Lancaster; nose art; service vehicle; tractor
Lancaster at Wigsley 1943
Personnel and aircraft
#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.…
German scenes
Top right - entranceway of a large columned building with 'RAF' inscribed above with pedestrian and cyclist in the foreground. Captioned 'Landestheatre…
Tags: hangar; service vehicle; tractor
Aircraft
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight,…
Halifax under Service
The Boys Behind the Bombers
Bombing up
From information kindly provided by the donor. '115 Sqd Lanc Bombing up. Bomb trolleys & Lanc'.
Halifax
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital…
Tags: dispersal; Halifax; service vehicle; tractor
Airmen, Trainees and an Oxford
Tags: ground personnel; Lancaster; Oxford; service vehicle; tractor; training
Maurice Stimpson and Crew
Tags: aircrew; dispersal; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; pilot; service vehicle; tractor
Lancaster Paintings
Group of air and ground crew on a tractor
Tractor pulling a line of bomb trolleys
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Bomb trolleys and Halifax
Air and Ground Crew
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…
Tags: aircrew; Anson; ground crew; ground personnel; service vehicle; tractor
Aubrey Read and three other airmen with a tractor
Tags: service vehicle; tractor
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Schräge Musik; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Lancaster Bombing Up
Halifax
Tags: bomb trolley; Halifax; service vehicle; tractor
Stan Shaw on a Tractor
Tags: ground personnel; service vehicle; tractor; Wellington