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  1. A Halifax four-engined bomber

    Art

    Maker: Unknown

    This British war poster shows a photograph of a Handley Page Halifax Mark II being checked before take-off.

    ARTV08521

  2. A Handley Page Halifax B.III bomber of 462 Squadron RAAF taxiing at its base at Driffield. The ...

    Photograph

    A Handley Page Halifax B.III bomber of 462 Squadron RAAF taxiing at its base at Driffield. The aircraft, MZ296, was lost on 15 October 1944 while returning from a raid on Duisburg. Damaged by AA and l...

    UK0963A

  3. Air Crew Europe Star : Flight Sergeant J A Nicholson, 158 Squadron, RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Air Crew Europe Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's name.

    REL49820.002

  4. Album relating to the service of Warrant Officer John Geoffrey Orr RAAF, No. 51 Squadron, RAF

    Photograph

    Photograph album documenting the service of 426755 Warrant Officer (WO) John Geoffrey (Geoff) Orr RAAF, (later AM), No. 51 Squadron, RAF. WO Orr served in Bomber Command after training in Australia, C...

    AWM2018.874.2

  5. Australia Service Medal : Flight Sergeant J A Nicholson, 158 Squadron, RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Australia Service Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL49820.005

  6. BAY OF BISCAY, 1943-07-30. GERMAN SUBMARINE TAKING EVASIVE ACTION DURING AN ATTACK. THIS U-BOAT ...

    Photograph

    BAY OF BISCAY, 1943-07-30. GERMAN SUBMARINE TAKING EVASIVE ACTION DURING AN ATTACK. THIS U-BOAT IS ONE OF THREE ATTACKED BY SUNDERLAND "U" OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF, HALIFAX "B" OF NO. 502 SQUADRON RAF...

    AWM2019.98.2

  7. British War Medal : Flight Sergeant J A Nicholson, 158 Squadron, RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    British War Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's details.

    REL49820.004

  8. Bullet riddled Halifax bomber turret door - Warrant Officer N F Williams, 35 Squadron RAF

    Technology

    Maker: Handley Page Ltd

    Bullet riddled door from the rear turret of a Handley Page Halifax bomber which bombed Dusseldorf on the night of 11/12 June 1943.

    RELAWM34748

  9. Campbell, Ivan Harold (415506 Flying Officer, 462 Squadron, RAAF)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Batten, Antony Granville

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 415506 Flying Officer Ivan Harold Campbell, 462 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1999. Wallet 1 of 1 - Wallet consists of a typed manuscrip...

    MSS2011

  10. Cockram, John Crothers (Flying Officer, b.1924 - d.2017)

    Private Record

    Maker: Cockram, John Crothers

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 419379 Flying Officer John Crothers Cockram, 466 Squadron, 462 Squadron, and 96 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada, United Kingdom, and...

    AWM2017.586.3

  11. Colin James Challis, as a Flying Officer, interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War

    Sound

    Maker: Challis, Colin James Field, Laurence Melville (Laurie)

    Colin James Challis, as a Flying Officer, interviewed by Laurence (Laurie) Field about his service in 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War

    S01616

  12. Constable, Donald Frank (Flight Lieutenant, b.1919 - d.1944)

    Private Record

    Maker: Constable, Donald Frank Mace, H A Various

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 409383 Flight Lieutenant Donald Frank Constable, 78 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia and the United Kingdom, 1941-1956. Wallet 1 ...

    PR04055

  13. [Daylight raid by Halifax and Lancaster bombers on Cologne] (Ops 263)

    Film

    Maker: RAF Film Production Unit RAF Bomber Command

    RAF Bomber Command operational film No 263 of daylight raid on Cologne (Köln). Identified unit is 346 Squadron (Free French) RAF operating Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers. Various shots of Halifax ...

    F02600

  14. Defence Medal : Flight Sergeant J A Nicholson, 158 Squadron, RAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Defence Medal, impressed around edge with recipient's name

    REL49820.003

  15. (4129230) Dixon, Francis William (Flight Lieutenant)

    Sound

    Maker: Dixon, Francis William

    Francis William Dixon, Flight Lieutenant, Halifax Bomber pilot of 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), interviewed by Susan Green for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War...

    S00507

  16. Dorricott, Leonard 'Len' William (Sergeant, b.1923 - d.2014)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dorricott, Leonard 'Len' William

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 1230753 Sergeant Leonard 'Len' William Dorricott, RAF. The collection consists of an Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book detailing Dorricot...

    AWM2016.417.1

  17. Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    Part of the interior of a Handley Page Halifax bomber, showing seated flight engineer in flying dress. Study for 'Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber (ART25689).

    ART22982

  18. Green, Alfred Henry (Warrant Officer, b.1923 - d.2003)

    Private Record

    Maker: Green, Alfred Henry

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 422500 Warrant Officer Alfred Henry Green DFC, No. 462 Squadron. The collection consists of one large leather-bound foolscap "minute book". The b...

    AWM2017.699.1

  19. Halifax the bomb Aimer

    Art

    Maker: Adams, Dennis

    A bomb aimer in the nose of a Halifax bomber.

    ART22961

  20. Joseph B. Herman as a Flight Lieutenant pilot, 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), relates his experience of bailing out of his Halifax aircraft without a parachute during air operations over Germany in 1944.

    Sound

    Maker: Herman, Joseph Bernard Petersen, Jack

    Recording of the audio of a story broadcast on the television current affairs program "Today Tonight". Narrated by Jack Petersen from the Queensland Air Museum and Aviation Historical Society of Austr...

    S00113

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