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Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Vickers Wellington aircraft of No. 458 ...
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Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Vickers Wellington aircraft of No. 458 Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station, leaving England, en route for Gibraltar.SUK10288
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India. C. 1944-08. American and RAF ground crew sit in the shelter of one of the RAF Wellington ...
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India. C. 1944-08. American and RAF ground crew sit in the shelter of one of the RAF Wellington aircraft of the Strategic Air Force after they had prepared it for the operation against a heavily forti...SUK12734
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India. C. 1944. An all Australian crew of a Wellington Squadron which operates over Japanese ...
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India. C. 1944. An all Australian crew of a Wellington Squadron which operates over Japanese territory. Left to right: Flight Sergeant (F Sgt) R. N. B. McIntyre of Sydney, NSW; F Sgt H. T. O'Neill of ...SUK11770
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India. C. 1944-08. The crew of one of the RAF Wellington aircraft of the Strategic Air Force talk ...
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India. C. 1944-08. The crew of one of the RAF Wellington aircraft of the Strategic Air Force talk over their part in the attacks against a heavily fortified Japanese strongpoint at Ningthoukhong in Bu...SUK12735
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India. C. 1944-08. The flight commander of an RAF Wellington Squadron, Squadron Leader A. S. ...
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India. C. 1944-08. The flight commander of an RAF Wellington Squadron, Squadron Leader A. S. Ennis DSO DFC of Edgware thanks the ground crews for their work in providing 100 per cent serviceability of...SUK12736
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India. C. 1944-08. The starboard engine of one of the RAF Wellington aircraft of the Strategic ...
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India. C. 1944-08. The starboard engine of one of the RAF Wellington aircraft of the Strategic Air Force kicks up a cloud of dust after it had been started by the ground crew before taking off on the ...SUK12733
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India. C. 1944-05. The starboard engine of one of the Wellington bomber aircraft kicks up a cloud ...
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India. C. 1944-05. The starboard engine of one of the Wellington bomber aircraft kicks up a cloud of dust after it had been started by ground crew before taking off on the operation against Japanese d...SUK12234
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India. C. 1944-08. Turning over the propeller while preparing one of the RAF Wellington aircraft ...
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India. C. 1944-08. Turning over the propeller while preparing one of the RAF Wellington aircraft for the operations against a heavily fortified Japanese strongpoint at Ningthoukhong in Burma. Left to ...SUK12737
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Informal group portrait of members of the ground crew of No 460 Squadron standing under the nose ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal group portrait of members of the ground crew of No 460 Squadron standing under the nose of the Vickers Wellington bomber aircraft UV-G (G for George). Left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown...P03394.001
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Italy? C. 1945-04. After four and a half years service as the Allied night bombing force of the ...
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Italy? C. 1945-04. After four and a half years service as the Allied night bombing force of the Mediterranean, the Wellington aircraft, "good old Wimpeys", have now said farewell. Their last mission w...SUK14274
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Italy. C. 1944-03. An RAF Wellington crew, left to right: Flying Officer (FO) Harold Williams, ...
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Italy. C. 1944-03. An RAF Wellington crew, left to right: Flying Officer (FO) Harold Williams, air gunner of Andover, Hants; Pilot Officer (PO) George F. Horne, bomb aimer of North Harrow, Middlesex; ...SUK14818
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Italy. C. 1944. Group portrait of an Australian crew of an RAF Squadron operating with Wellington ...
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Italy. C. 1944. Group portrait of an Australian crew of an RAF Squadron operating with Wellington aircraft.SUK14807
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Italy. C. 1944-04. RAF Wellington bomber aircraft and United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Flying ...
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Italy. C. 1944-04. RAF Wellington bomber aircraft and United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Flying Fortress aircraft operating from the same airfields in Italy are bombing the same targets. The Welling...SUK12103
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Italy. 21 February 1944. Group portrait of some of the Australian aircrew who are serving with an ...
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Italy. 21 February 1944. Group portrait of some of the Australian aircrew who are serving with an RAF Wellington squadron. Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) R. Bint of Perth, WA (left), who has just complete...MED0623
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Kabrit, Egypt. c.1941. A view of the nose art on a Wellington aircraft, depicting an English dog ...
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Kabrit, Egypt. c.1941. A view of the nose art on a Wellington aircraft, depicting an English dog leaning against a window smoking a cigarette, wearing a top hat and a jumper with a roundel on its ches...P03249.006
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Letters of Ronald Henry Etherton, November - December 1943
Digitised Collection
Maker: Etherton, Ronald Henry
Letters relating to the Second World War service of 423088 Flight Sergeant Ronald Henry Etherton, 19 Operational Training Unit. In letters to his sweetheart, Jean Ayre, written between November and ...AWM2020.22.5
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Log book of Thomas Joseph Lynch, 1942-1944
Digitised Collection
Maker: Royal Australian Air Force
Log book relating to the Second World War service of 414807 Flight Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Lynch, 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. This flying log book records flights that Lynch took part...AWM2019.22.212
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LONDON - A FORMATION OF R.A.F. WELLINGTON BOMBERS WHICH ARE BUILT FOR ATTACKING PURPOSES. THEY ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
LONDON - A FORMATION OF R.A.F. WELLINGTON BOMBERS WHICH ARE BUILT FOR ATTACKING PURPOSES. THEY MUST THEREFORE BE ABLE TO FLY GREAT DISTANCES AND AT GREAT HEIGHTS SEEKING OUT THE ENEMY'S MILITARY KEYPO...005137
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LONDON - A FORMATION OF WELLINGTON BOMBERS. THESE WERE USED IN THE FIRST BIG RAID OF THE WAR. ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
LONDON - A FORMATION OF WELLINGTON BOMBERS. THESE WERE USED IN THE FIRST BIG RAID OF THE WAR. VERY HEAVILY ARMED, IT CAN CARRY ONE-THIRD OF ITS WEIGHT AS A USEFUL LOAD FOR 3200 MILES.005148
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'Mae West' 1941 flap life jacket : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Yellow Air Ministry 1941 pattern Mae West flap life waistcoat of yellow cotton twill, fitted with inflatable internal bladders in a stole pattern at the chest and neck. The lower right front of the wa...REL34346
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MALTA. 1943. GROUND CREWS OF NO. 450 SQUADRON RAAF PREPARE KITTYHAWK FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT FOR ...
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MALTA. 1943. GROUND CREWS OF NO. 450 SQUADRON RAAF PREPARE KITTYHAWK FIGHTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT FOR OPERATIONS SUPPORTING THE INVASION OF SICILY. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE VICKERS WELLINGTON, HANDLEY PAGE HA...SUK11288
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Middle East. C. 1944-03. Left to right: Sergeant W. MacGuffie of Whitehaven, Cumberland, ...
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Middle East. C. 1944-03. Left to right: Sergeant W. MacGuffie of Whitehaven, Cumberland, rear-gunner; Flight Sergeant S. Jeacocke of Maryborough, Qld, wireless operator/air gunner; and Wing Commander ...SUK11964
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Middle East. C. 1943-02. Wing Commander Lewis Johnston of Winton, Qld, Deputy Commanding Officer ...
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Middle East. C. 1943-02. Wing Commander Lewis Johnston of Winton, Qld, Deputy Commanding Officer of No. 328 Wing of the North African Coastal Air Force who, while out in an RAF Wellington aircraft, "s...SUK14797
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. NO. 37 SQUADRON RAF PILOT IAN AT CONTROLS OF WELLINGTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT. ...
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. NO. 37 SQUADRON RAF PILOT IAN AT CONTROLS OF WELLINGTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT. (DONOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER: D. MOGG)P00809.001
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. NO. 37 SQUADRON RAF REAR GUNNER SCOTTY IN TURRET OF WELLINGTON BOMBER ...
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. NO. 37 SQUADRON RAF REAR GUNNER SCOTTY IN TURRET OF WELLINGTON BOMBER AIRCRAFT. (DONOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER: D. MOGG)P00809.002
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. 37 SQUADRON RAF WELLINGTON, "W" FOR WILLIAM, AIRCRAFT PREPARING FOR OPERATION. ...
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MIDDLE EAST, 1942. 37 SQUADRON RAF WELLINGTON, "W" FOR WILLIAM, AIRCRAFT PREPARING FOR OPERATION. (DONOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER: D. MOGG)P00809.003
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Molesworth, England. C. 1941-11. Group portrait of members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, based at an ...
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Molesworth, England. C. 1941-11. Group portrait of members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station which has been newly-formed and equipped with Wellington bomber aircraft. Left to right: 40...SUK10298
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Molesworth, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) A. L. G. Hubbard, left, and ...
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Molesworth, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942. Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) A. L. G. Hubbard, left, and Group Captain (Group Capt) A. R. Combe at RAF Station Breighton. Wg Cdr Hubbard is CO of the newly-formed N...SUK14985
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Morse sender : Flight Sergeant E R Wood, Royal Air Force
Technology
Royal Air Force, Morse sender. Operated with the Marconi T1154/R1155 radio set, the type used in Lancaster and Mosquito aircraft. Component references 10F/7741, 10A/7790, 10A/7789.REL/16708.001
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Norfolk, England. 1945-07-14. Warrant Officer C. H. Younger, RAAF, of East Hawthorn, Vic, who ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Norfolk, England. 1945-07-14. Warrant Officer C. H. Younger, RAAF, of East Hawthorn, Vic, who bailed out of a Wellington Bomber aircraft over Paris 1942-05, and was a prisoner of war (POW) for nearly ...UK3102
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Northwest Africa. C. 1943-06. After floating for seven hours in a dinghy off the Tunisian coast, ...
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Northwest Africa. C. 1943-06. After floating for seven hours in a dinghy off the Tunisian coast, the crew of a Wellington bomber were rescued by a Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft of the Air/Sea ...SUK11051
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'Omnopon' morphine syringe ampoule and record card : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF
Technology
Maker: Roche Products Ltd
Small 1.1 cc aluminium tube sealed with a integral syringe needle, capped with a tiny cork, within a protective glass ampoule. The throat of the tube is marked 'Tubunic'. The tube is marked 'Poison (i...REL34360.001
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Outdoor group portrait of members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station which has ...
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Outdoor group portrait of members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, based at an RAF Station which has been newly-formed and equipped with Wellington bomber aircraft. Identified from left to right: 404539 Serg...SUK10299
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Podgorica, Yugoslavia. C. 1944-12. Strike photograph of the daylight attack by Liberator, ...
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Podgorica, Yugoslavia. C. 1944-12. Strike photograph of the daylight attack by Liberator, Wellington and Halifax aircraft of the RAF on the Yugoslav town of Podgorica. German escort vehicles with troo...SUK13486
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Portrait of Wellington pilot, Pilot Officer "Moss" Tunstall of Qld, and Wellington Bombardier ...
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Portrait of Wellington pilot, Pilot Officer "Moss" Tunstall of Qld, and Wellington Bombardier Sergeant A. M. Shaw of Nottingham, England. During their seven days leave they decided to tour southern It...SUK11904
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RAAF Pattern 37 water bottle with attached clasp knife : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Finnigans
Pattern 37 full bodied RAF/RAAF webbing water bottle carrier and attached brass buckle shoulder strap, originally dyed grey (this is evident on the shoulder strap). The water bottle is a standard Brit...REL34352.001
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RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942. 407210 Flying Officer G. Viner of Adelaide, ...
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RAF Station Breighton, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942. 407210 Flying Officer G. Viner of Adelaide, SA, standing by his car, a Sports 44 Morgan, the registration letters of which, by a coincidence, were t...SUK11380
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. ...
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. 460 Squadron RAAF which was attacked by a night fighter over Denmark while on the way back from a raid...SUK11374
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. ...
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. 460 Squadron RAAF which was attacked by a night fighter over Denmark while on the way back from a raid...SUK11375
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. ...
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged Wellington bomber aircraft of No. 460 Squadron RAAF which was attacked by a night fighter over Denmark while on the way back from a raid...SUK11377
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged wheel of a Wellington bomber ...
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RAF Station, Breighton, Yorkshire, England. 1942-04-26. Damaged wheel of a Wellington bomber aircraft of No. 460 Squadron RAAF which was attacked by a night fighter over Denmark while on the way back ...SUK11376
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RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-01. Rear turret of Wellington ...
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RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-01. Rear turret of Wellington aircraft "V for Victory" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF.SUK10136
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RAF Station Leconfield, England. c. 1943. The crew of Wellington LN289 standing under the nose of ...
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Maker: Unknown
RAF Station Leconfield, England. c. 1943. The crew of Wellington LN289 standing under the nose of their aircraft which has the nose art painting of a kangaroo smacking Adolf Hitler up a flight of stai...P03179.001
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RAF Station Leconfield, Yorkshire, England. C. 1943-07. Portrait of a pilot of No. 466 Squadron ...
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RAF Station Leconfield, Yorkshire, England. C. 1943-07. Portrait of a pilot of No. 466 Squadron RAAF, 411284 Pilot Officer J. H. Cameron of Warialda, NSW, at the controls of a Wellington Bomber aircra...SUK11392
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Rolls Razor Imperial No 2 shaving set : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Rolls Razor Ltd
Rectangular chrome plated case with rounded edges and a latched lid on each side, with the lids bearing a repeating key pattern. A small circular maker's impressed mark appears on each side, with one ...REL34356
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Royal Air Force ensign flown at RAF Station Binbrook : 460 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: S Walder Pty Ltd
Pale blue wool bunting RAF ensign with Union Jack in the upper left canton and a dark blue, white and red RAF roundel set into the fly. The hoist is of white canvas and has a length of sisal rope thre...REL31784
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403540 Sergeant John Kevin Wood, RAAF and R78542 Warrant Officer Robert Leslie Spence, Royal ...
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403540 Sergeant John Kevin Wood, RAAF and R78542 Warrant Officer Robert Leslie Spence, Royal Canadian Air Force, who evaded capture when their Wellington aircraft DV504/G of 40 Squadron RAF was forced...128194
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Signal mirror : Flight Lieutenant T E W Howes, RAAF, 70 Squadron RAF
Technology
Maker: Air Ministry
Air Ministry signal mirror, as issued with 1932 pattern Mae West life jacket. Circular mirror with a black painted nickel rim and a black painted brass backing, with a pair of integral loops through w...REL34355
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SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. MODERN VERSION OF THE "LONG LONG TRAIL" - A BOMB TRAIN ATTENDED BY POLISH ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. MODERN VERSION OF THE "LONG LONG TRAIL" - A BOMB TRAIN ATTENDED BY POLISH GROUND STAFF READY FOR LOADING INTO A WELLINGTON. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).008312
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SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. WELLINGTON HEAVY BOMBER OF R.A.F. IN FLIGHT. THESE AIRCRAFT HAVE A RANGE OF ...
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Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. WELLINGTON HEAVY BOMBER OF R.A.F. IN FLIGHT. THESE AIRCRAFT HAVE A RANGE OF 3,200 MILES. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).008313