A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group inside No 1 Hangar at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham)
Imperial War Museum Colour photograph of 94th Bomb Group airbase.
Country: United States of America
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Alford, L B (Lydia Bessie) United Kingdom, England, WAAF, Nursing Orderly, Corporal
The first British women to reach the battle zone of Western Europe were nursing orderlies of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. A week after D-Day, as the earliest landing strips were laid down on the Normandy hinterland, the first three nursing orderlies, led by Corporal Lydia Bessie Alford, of Eastleigh, Hants, England, arrived by air. The first WAAF nursing orderlies selected to fly on air-ambulance duties to France, standing in front of a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B2/Bazenville, Normandy. From left to right: Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts of Oswestry, Corporal Lydia Alford of Eastleigh and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck of Wellingborough. IWM (CL 122)
Country: United Kingdom
Allen, E (Ethan) U.S.A., R.A.F., Pilot, Flying Officer
Flying Officer Ethan Allen of New York City, N.Y. Picture (issued 1944) recently made his seventh attack on a U-boat in ten month's service with a Coastal Command Liberator Squadron operating from England. He was captain of "C" for "Charlie" when his second pilot sighted a fully-surfaced U-boat silhouetted in the moonlight. The U-boat opened fire on the aircraft but met a fierce reply from the Liberator and by the light of the moon the crew saw hits on the conning-tower whilst their depth charges, released from 100 feet straddled the submarine. They flew for 5 1/2 hours over the area but saw no more of the U-boat. Flying Officer Allen enlisted with the R.C.A.F. in 1941 and for his first five months in England, he flew as second pilot. He was born in Biarritz and lived in France and Switzerland until his family moved to the U.S.A. in 1937. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Flying Officer Ethan Allen of New York City, N.Y. IWM (CH 12150)
Country: United States Of America
Allen, S, United Kingdom, WAAF, R.A.F. Transport Command, air ambulance attendant, Corporal
Original wartime caption: Corporal S. Allen of Roxford Road, Bournemouth, W.A.A.F. Air ambulance attendant, flying with R.A.F. Transport Command, helped in attending to some of the thousand Rhine casualties that were flown back to the United Kingdom during Easter. She has done 38 trips, and has always served in the Medical Branch of the W.A.A.F. during her three years' service. She was one of the first to volunteer for this work when W.A.A.F. flew in air ambulances after D-Day. Picture (issued 1945) shows - Corporal S. Allen photographed while waiting for another trip to bring back wounded from the Continent. IWM (CH 15010)
Country: United Kingdom
Baker E M, South Africa, SAAF, 5 Squadron SAAF, Pilot, Major
The outgoing Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, Major E M Baker (left), standing by his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III, FR781 'GL-H' "Raynor", at Cutella, south of Vasto, Italy, accompanied by the Squadron Engineering Officer, Lieutenant W A Gillham. Having commanded the Squadron for five months Baker was repatriated to South Africa, but returned to Italy in May 1944 to serve on the staff of No. 239 Wing RAF. In the foreground is a 1,000-lb MC bomb on its trolley. IWM (CNA 2491)
Country: All Other Countries
Bargielowski Jakub, Poland, Roval Air Force (Polish), 303 Squadron, Pilot.
R.A.F. (Polish) Jakub Bargielowski D.F.C. former fighter pilot 315, 303 squadron 1941 - 1946
Country: Poland
Barnham, D, Dennis, United Kingdom, England, RAF, 601 Squadron, Pilot, Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant Dennis Barnham, flight commander of No. 601 Squadron RAF, in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB at Luqa, Malta, at a time when his victory tally was five enemy aircraft (4 German and 1 Italian). Pilot Officer M H Le Bas looks on June 1942. IWM (GM 1001)
Country: United Kingdom
Batchelor, G, United Kingdom, England, WAAF, Electrician, Leading Aircraftwoman
Original wartime caption: Picture issued 1945 shows - Leading Aircraftwoman G. Batchelor, an electrician, of 2a Waltheof Gardens, Tottenham, checking the wiring of a Mosquito engine. IWM (CH 15781)
Country: United Kingdom
Blackett, W, United Kingdom, England, RAF, Airfield Construction, Leading Aircraftman
Leading Aircraftman W Blackett, of Barnsley, at work with a tape measure during the construction of the first airfield to be built by the Royal Air Force in Normandy, near St Andre, 6 August 1944.IWM (CL 705)
Country: United Kingdom
Buck Bill, Canada, Royal Canadian Air force, No.35 Squadron Pathfinder Division, Navigator, DFC
By Barbara Westfall - My Dad on the right of this photo, Bill Buck RCAF and was with 35 Sqaudron, Pathfinders Division. He was a navigator. Earned the DFC. So proud of my Dad!
Country: Canada
Burton Joy, England, WAAF, No. 1 Balloon Centre, Aircraftwoman 1st Class
Joy Burton was in the WAAF and was killed in action on June 23rd 1944 aged 21 years. She was part of a barrage emplacement in Kidbrooke in SE London when they were his by a V1 rocket. Joy lived in Wokingham, Berkshire with her parents , Tom and Claire and her younger sister, Poppy. I am looking for anyone who had knowledge of her and the family and particularly her fiancé, Norman Fryer who was also in the RAF.
Joy’s Nephew (Jeff Dean) is looking for anyone who had knowledge of her and the family and particularly her fiancé, Norman Fryer. Please contact us with any information you may have to pass onto Jeff.
Country: United Kingdom
Butler, G,A, United Kingdom, England, RAF, 11 Squadron, Pilot, Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader G A Butler, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Commanding Officer of No. 11 Squadron RAF, stands by the nose of his Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC at Sinthe, Burma. Note Butler's personal insignia on the nose of the aircraft. IWM (CF 559)
Country: United Kingdom
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