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PFordTA17110045.pdf
24 airmen arranged in three rows. All the airmen have pilot's wings.

See all Archive items 91 Squadron was a originally a Fighter Command squadron. It formed in January 1941 and operated Spitfires. It undertook a number of different roles including reconnaissance and fighter sweeps over northern France. It was…

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43 airmen arranged in four rows at the front of a large building. Underneath each man is named on a printed caption.

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Two photographs of Sunderlands. Page captioned 'No 95 Squadron R.A.F. Gibraltar, Malta, Freetown, Bathurst, Dakar, Port Ettienne'. First photgraph captioned 'Archimedes II EJ144, A for Able my boat for 12 months "Port Ettienne" Sahara desert May…

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First photograph of sunken Stirling captioned, 'Salvage, No 204 squadron aircraft crash, Bathhurst, B.W.Africa.'. Second is of damaged Sunderland captioned, 'Pranged, landed with wing and tail damage No 95 Squadron 1943'.

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First of George Ellams wearing topee with palm trees in the background, captioned 'First tour May 1942'.
Second is of George Ellams and with Abu Kamara, captioned 'No 95 Squadron R.A.F. Station Jui, Freetown, B.W. Africa, Abu Kamara and self'.…

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Large group of airmen posed in front of Lancaster. Colin Wood is immediately in front of the man who is 4th left in the back row.

7th from the right on the bottom row is Flight Lieutenant Edward Raymond Brown DFC. He flew 31 operations (25 with 83…

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Front and reverse of cloth badges of the crests for 97 and 9 Squadron.

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Copy of a photograph of a group of RAF personnel with no visible brevets. They are arranged in seven rows, with the front four seated and the last three standing. There are two markers at the left-hand side indicating the rows in which Eric Horsham…

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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses From September 1939 to April 1940, 97 Squadron was a training squadron equipped with Whitleys based at RAF Abingdon where it became 10 Operational Training Unit. The squadron reformed in March 1941 in 5…

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A large group of airmen in a mixture of battle dress and flying gear with parachute harnesses and Mae Wests kneeling and standing in front of three crew busses.
97 Squadron aircrew at RAF Woodhall Spa waiting to join their aircraft to fly to…

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Vertical arrow through circle. Moto - achieve your aim.

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Three photographs of the left, centre and right of a squadron group identified as 97 Squadron. A dog mascot is front and centre.

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The aircraft is dropping bombs, there is a depiction of an explosion over a river with docks. In the distance searchlights are focused on a target. There is some anti-aircraft fire. The names of the crew are written on the card – 'Sgt Lennox, Sgt…

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Drawing of Lancaster dropping seven bombs. Each bomb has a crew member's name – Sgt Lennox, F/Sgt Quinn, Sgt Ketley, Sgt Archer, Sgt Jordan, Sgt Martin, Sgt Page. Captioned ‘Turin – 28/29 Nov 42 97 Squadron’.

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An enamelled badge of the 98 Squadron, both sides.

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses At the start of the war 98 Squadron was at RAF Hucknall equipped with Battles. It had short spells at RAF Scampton and RAF Finningley and was originally a non-operational training squadron despite being…

MMcDermottC1119618-161216-12.pdf
Briefing notes for gunners for an attack on Hamburg marshalling yards.

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In 1938, 99 Squadron was the first squadron to be equipped with Wellingtons. At the start of the war it was part of 3 Group at RAF Mildenhall but moved by mid-September 1939 to RAF Newmarket, via a few…

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Small colour image of 99 Squadron badge.

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Squadron members posed in four rows in front of a Lincoln. On the reverse captioned 'Subject front third from left.'

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Badly damage image of a aircrew man wearing flying suit, carrying a parachute and standing on grass. His face is not visible. In the background parts of building/tents.

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