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Lancaster Bombing Up
Front/port view of a Lancaster being loaded with bombs., watched by the aircrew.
Lancaster
A front/starboard view of a Lancaster on the ground. On the reverse 'Not the best on the squadron, but nearly as good as. "C" rarin' to go. We took her on one trip. Cedric Peck (Wivenhoe Garage) on the Groundcrew - told mum that I flew HIS a/c. (Had…
Four Airmen on a Lancaster
Four airmen in flying helmets and Mae Wests on the wing and fuselage of a Lancaster. The photograph was taken out of the cockpit escape hatch. In the foreground is the blister in the top of the copy for the loop aerial leading on to a low astrodome.…
Six Airmen
A line of six airmen in flying helmets and parachute harnesses. Two men are smoking cigarettes, and one man is bending over to pick up his parachute. On the reverse 'Botting, (our ex-engineer), Bob, Josh, Bill, Nick & Joe'.
Operational Crew List
A list of aircraft and crew for an operation to Wurzburg.
Leuna Chemical Plant
A newspaper cutting with an aerial photograph of the chemical plant at Leuna.
1943 pocket diary
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The diary records the publicly announced operations and bomber losses over Europe for 1943.
Another entry records the death and funeral of Sergeant Bill Forster (1533997 Royal Air Force) who flew with 156 Squadron did not return from an operation 12…
Another entry records the death and funeral of Sergeant Bill Forster (1533997 Royal Air Force) who flew with 156 Squadron did not return from an operation 12…
No 75 Squadron Stirling, air and ground crew
The crew and ground crew are standing in front of the door area of Stirling V of No 75 Squadron RNZAF at Newmarket in 1942.
On the reverse 'L-R Sgt Roe, LAC Lobley, F/O Omerod, F/O Hosie, Wall,
P/O Bailey, Sgt Lillystone, Sgt Ottaway, Sgt…
On the reverse 'L-R Sgt Roe, LAC Lobley, F/O Omerod, F/O Hosie, Wall,
P/O Bailey, Sgt Lillystone, Sgt Ottaway, Sgt…
Bruce Hosie
A leading aircraftman standing by the left engine of an Anson.
An airman sitting in the cockpit of a single seat aircraft which is covered in a thick layer of frost or snow.
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An airman sitting in the cockpit of a single seat aircraft which is covered in a thick layer of frost or snow.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the…
Victoria Falls
A sign for the falls, describing its height above sea level and distances to Cape Town, Beira and Bulawayo.
Training photograph
Thirty three bareheaded men in uniform arranged in three rows; one row sitting with two rows standing behind. Four of the men are wearing armbands on their left sleeves. John is in the front row, fifth from the left. On reserve 'S. Rhodesia 12-1-43…
Man in headdress
A man wearing a headdress incorporating feathers and horns stands alongside a two wheeled cart in a park. There are a number of other carts and uniformed men beyond the carts and multi storey buildings are in the background.
Airspeed AS 10 Oxford in fight
Air-to-air view of Airspeed AS 10 Oxford Mk.1 over a flat rural landscape with fields and woodland.
Trunks and turbans
John, standing at the centre of a group of seven men in swimming trunks and towel turbans. On reverse 'At the swimming pool. You can see Pat, Jim and myself 1st 2nd 3rd from the right'.
At the pool
Eight men wearing swimming trunks with trees beyond. John is second right at the back. On the reverse 'At the swimming pool the whole of the gang is here. Can you spot 'ern' '.
John at the Round House Hotel
John, wearing desert uniform, with shorts and shirt and tie, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On reverse is 'Yours truly on Round House steps'.
Men in a car
Nine uniformed men, all wearing safari pith helmets, sat in and on an open topped car. There is a post and wire fence alongside and there are wires on poles beyond.
On the steps of the Round House Hotel
John, wearing long trousered uniform, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On the reverse 'At the Round House'.
Afternoon tea
Four uniformed men sat around a round table having tea. John is sat on the far left. On the reverse 'Tea at Matopos after mending puncture. Part of the lake can be seen in the background'.
Round House Hotel
A view of the front of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Dark sky and bushes in the foreground. On the reverse 'The Round House Hotel which I have talked a lot about'.
During the Second…
During the Second…
To mother and father
John sitting outside a grass walled building. One is annotated 'To mother and father with fondest love John'.
Towel turbans
Four men wearing towels as turbans with one shrouded in a sheet. Two are holding knives pointed at one man kneeling in front. The groups is outside a single storey corrugated roofed building with canvas openings.
Outside a hut
John, dressed in desert uniform with short and rolled up sleeves. He is leaning on an oil barrel outside a grassed walled building with a rolled up canvas doorway. On the reverse 'This was taken outside my old hut'.
Three aircrew
A man suspended off the ground by the shoulders of two others. All three are wearing desert uniform and holding pith helmets. Two of the men are holding cigarettes and they are arranged in front of a single storey, grass roofed building.
John in uniform
John dressed in uniform and his white banded side cap standing in front of a pitched grass roofed single storey building.