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  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "BATCHELOR K S (GROUP CAPTAIN)" (photographs) Made by: RAF Shepherds Grove

    The scene at Shepherds Grove, Suffolk, on the day after Short Stirling B Mark III, EF252 of No. 1657 Conversion Unit swung off the runway, following an engine failure during take off, and hit the watch office, 27 July 1944.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL GENERAL SUBJECT PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force Official Photographer.

    Avro Lancaster B Mark 1, ME701 'JO-F', of No. 463 Squadron RAAF, parked in its dispersal at Waddington, Lincolnshire. This aircraft was badly damaged over France while pathfinding for a raid on railway targets during the night of 28/29 June 1944, and...

  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL GENERAL SUBJECT PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

    Ground staff wave off Avro Lancaster B Mark III, LM583 'PO-O', of No. 467 Squadron RAAF, as it begins its take-off run at Waddington, Lincolnshire, on a daylight sortie to occupied Europe. The painted tail fin indicates a G-H Leader's aircraft, i.e. an...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "ROLLINSON W W" (photographs)

    Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, MZ817 'DT-O', of No. 192 Squadron RAF after crash-landing while taking off from Foulsham, Norfolk, on a radar surveillance sortie in the evening of 9 December 1944. 22 mission symbols are visible by the "Pete the...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "DUNCAN NEIL A" (photographs)

    Insignia on the nose of Handley Page Halifax B Mark III "Honey Chile" of No. 426 Squadron RCAF at Dishforth, Yorkshire, during the severe winter of 1944-1945. The names of the crews' wives or girlfriends, and bomb symbols indicating 39 successful...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "DUNCAN NEIL A" (photographs)

    Handley Page Halifax B Mark IIIs of No.426 Squadron RCAF parked in and beyond No.2 Hangar at Dishforth, Yorkshire. An Airspeed Oxford of No.1664 Conversion Unit is also visible in the hangar at right.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "CABINET OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command, attended by photographic interpretation officers, studies aerial reconnaissance photographs of a recent raid in the Bombing Interpretation Room at Bomber Command...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "RIDEAL E C (SQUADRON LEADER)" (photographs)

    Personnel of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF grouped in front of a Lockheed Ventura Mark II at Methwold, Norfolk. Standing eighth from the left is the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander G J "Chopper" Grindell On his right is the 'A' Flight commander, Squadron...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "CRESSWELL (MRS)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

    Groundcrew of No. 9 Squadron RAF, clearing snow in front of a trailer bearing a 12,000 lb 'Tallboy' deep-penetration bomb, at Bardney, Lincolnshire, in the winter of 1944 - 1945. A wing of one of the Squadron's Avro Lancasters is seen in the foreground.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

    part of "RIDEAL E C (SQUADRON LEADER)" (photographs)

    Lockheed Ventura of No. 140 Wing taking off from Methwold, Norfolk.

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