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Head and shoulders of pilot Andy Anderson, Royal Australian Air Force.

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Head and shoulders portrait of Sergeant Vernon Grogan, service number 1584474, mid-upper gunner.

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Head and shoulders of Thomas Tobin, service number 1873924, wireless operator.

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Unidentified aerial oblique photograph of a damaged urban area and large marshalling yard. Captioned 'J/83'.

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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…

LAndersonAA428289v1.pdf
Incomplete pilots flying log book for A A Anderson covering the period from 19 April 1944 to 31 May 1945. Detailing his training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Bitteswell, RAF Bruntingthorpe, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston, RAF…

MWoodC1451225-160325-02.pdf
Notes taken during Colin Wood's training. They cover navigation, wireless, radar, meteorology, intelligence, geography and operations.

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OWoodC1451225-160325-01.pdf
Service and release book of Colin Wood (2 March 1942 - 27 July 1946).

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Lists crew member Sergeant George Wilfred Simpson Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, flight engineer from 463 Squadron, Lancaster RA542 piloted by Flying Officer A Cox on Tonsberg operation 25/26 April 1945 and Sergeant George William Oliver Conspicuous…

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Poem written on RAF Waddington notepaper called The Homing Bomber. It describes a damaged bomber and its wounded crew making its way back to the UK.

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Good character reference for Derrick Allen after being laid off due to lack of work for company in wartime.

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MAllenDJ1880966-150901-05.jpg
Map of the area near La Reid, Belgium annotated to show the area of the farm at Vioux Pre near to Bois de la Reid.

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Full length portrait of Derrick Allen in civilian clothes standing with foot on tree stump. In the background trees. On the reverse 'D.J.A, 1945'.

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Full length portrait of Derrick Allen in suit standing with pipe in his left hand. In the background a brick building with door on the left and window on the right. On the reverse 'Derrick in his demob suit [.......]'. Second photograph same as the…

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Front of a Lancaster showing front turret and bomb aimer's cupola. Aircrew wearing flying helmet and goggles in the cupola looking at camera. In the background open ground and hedges. On the reverse 'W/O Sutton Air Bomber April 1945'.

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Two aircrew, one kneeling in front wearing a peaked cap, one standing behind on top of a Lancaster engine. Both are wearing battledress. Two propeller blades are visible. In the background a perimeter track and airfield. On the reverse 'F/Lt Evans,…

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Head and shoulder portrait of officer wearing tunic with air gunner brevet and peaked cap. On the reverse 'H R Harvey 1946, Derricks RAF friend'.

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Derrick Allen is sitting in the driving seat of an Austin 12-6 car looking out of the open side window. Aubrey Allen is standing to his left. Both are wearing civilian clothes. In the background a wooden building with a thatched roof on the left…

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Engineer log completed by David Sanders for a sortie in Lancaster NG266 on 27 April 1945.

MSandersDS1869292-160314-07.pdf
Contains details of 22 operations where David Sanders flew as flight engineer. Includes all up weights, bomb loads, fuel loads, snags, numbers of aircraft, defences, remarks and number of aircraft missing on operations.

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Various views of a Dalton dead reckoning computer Model G made by the Stanley manufacturing company limited, Toronto Canada.

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Various views of a Dalton computer circular slide rule for calculating true height from ground pressure, temperature and indicated height.

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Reconnaissance photograph of the destroyed Zeitz synthetic oil plant, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. On the left side within a grid a large number of damaged oil tanks, manufacturing buildings and installations. On the right three destroyed oil tanks at…
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