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Alford, L B (Lydia Bessie) 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)

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)

Crouch R (Ronald) England, RAF, Pilot, Flight Sergeant

Flight Sergeant Ronald Crouch of Bridgwater, Somerset, and a former member of the 41st Taunton Squadron of the A.T.C. had his first success over Northern France recently, when he shot down an FW.190 and severely damaged another aircraft. He is flying with a crack Typhoon squadron, which shot down nine FW.190s in a recent sweep to the Paris area. One of these aircraft fell to Flight Sergeant Crouch's guns. Picture (issued 1944) shows - Flight Sergeant Ronald Crouch who shot down an FW.190 recently, beside his damaged plane when he returned to his base. IWM (CH 12230)

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