RAF Metheringham collection - album 1 - air and ground crew
Title
RAF Metheringham collection - album 1 - air and ground crew
Description
Twenty items. Photographs of air and ground crew, many from 106 Squadron. One message from air officer commanding group and attendees at ceremony.
The collection has been licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive by the RAF Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection has been licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive by the RAF Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2019-01-31
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
Identifier
FOMetheringhamAF
Collection Items
Six aircrew
Six airmen wearing tunics with brevet and side caps. The one on the left is a pilot officer the rest are sergeants. They are standing in line in front of a hangar. Submitted with caption 'Six unidentified aircrew photographed outdoors at an…
Six sergeant aircrew
Six airmen wearing tunic with brevet and side caps standing in line in front of a hangar. Submitted with caption 'Six sergeant aircrew photographed outdoors with hangar in the background. Two wear pilot brevets; one an observer brevet and three air…
Nine aircrew
Nine aircrew wearing tunics with brevet sitting and standing in two rows. Submitted with caption 'Formal group photograph of nine aircrew. Two wear pilot brevets, five wear observer brevets and the remaining two wear unidentified half-brevets .…
Squadron Leader John de Lacy Wooldridge
Half length image of an RAF pilot wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and medal ribbon, and peaked cap standing in front of an aircraft with nose art. Submitted with caption 'S/Ldr John de Lacy “Dim” Wooldridge standing by the side of a Mosquito,…
Message to station commander, Coningsby from OC No 5 Group
Offers highest praise from C-in-C Bomber Command on the attack of Düsseldorf for the magnificent effort by his squadrons, watermarked with the 106 Squadron crest. Submitted with caption 'Message from AOC No 5 Group to Station Commander Coningsby,…
Sergeant Maurice Phair
Head and shoulder portrait of a pilot wearing tunic with pilot's brevet. Submitted with caption 'Formal portrait of Sgt Maurice Phair from Maine USA who flew for the RCAF. Annotated on rear: "Maurice A Phair" '.
106 Squadron photograph
A large group of airmen in front of and standing on a Lancaster. Submitted with caption '106 Sqn aircrew and ground personnel in group photograph with a Lancaster. Identifiable in the centre of the third row from the front is W/Cdr Guy Gibson, the…
Stadspark Steenbergen memorial
Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…
Ten men
Submitted with caption 'Ten men, mainly dressed in civilian outdoor clothing, standing outdoors. Location and date unknown'.
A group of aircrew
Submitted with caption 'Group of aircrew standing near an aircraft. Seven of the group are wearing flying kit'.
Jack Tucker and J L Cooper and crew
Top - head and shoulders portrait of an air gunner. Submitted with caption 'Sgt F J Tucker, both MUG and RG in P/O J L Cooper's crew, 106 Sqn. Annotated on rear "Jack Tucker 1946"'.
Bottom - submitted with caption 'Seven aircrew standing at the rear…
Bottom - submitted with caption 'Seven aircrew standing at the rear…
Members of 106 Squadron on taxiway with Manchesters
A large crowd of aircrew on taxiway with Manchesters parked in background. Submitted with caption ' Members of No. 106 Sqn RAF, including the Commanding Officer, W/Cdr Guy Gibson (standing middle, front row), celebrate at RAF Coningsby after…
Aircrew and Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Top - three pilots wearing tunics in front of Lancaster with nose art. Submitted with caption 'W/Cdr Guy Gibson (centre), S/Ldr John Searby (left) and S/Ldr Peter Ward-Hunt (right) in front of 106 Sqn Lancaster ED593, "Admiral Prune II". Syerston,…
Three aircrew on top of Lancaster nacelle
Submitted with caption 'Official RCAF photograph of three personnel sitting on a Lancaster engine nacelle. Two can be confirmed as aircrew: one is wearing an air gunner's brevet, the other an observer's brevet. There is no clear indicator that any of…
Three aircrew with newspaper
Three airmen one with life preserver and one with parachute harness, the one in centre is reading a 'wings abroad' newspaper while the other look over his shoulders. Submitted with caption 'Official RCAF photograph of three sitting aircrew, one…
Two aircrew by notice board
Submitted with caption 'RCAF official photograph of 2 aircrew members. Annotation on rear of photograph reads: "Maurice?" Notable is the pilot, who carries a "USA" shoulder title. Research confirms that this is Sgt Maurice Phair from Maine USA who…
Two aircrew by Lancaster wheel.
Submitted with caption 'RCAF official photograph of two RCAF aircrew stood by Lancaster wheel. Annotated on rear of photo: "Left John White; Right E (Ted) White, Pilot". John White wears a wireless operator's badge.
Groundcrew and people in civilian dress
Top - eight groundcrew in front of Lancaster PB676. Submitted with caption 'Eight ground crew. The annotation on the rear of the photograph reads: "Left to Right: Bernard Miles, Howard Main, Hank Nicholson, Lofty Guy, Paddy Donnachie, Stan Brickles,…
Album cover
Blue cover with notes 'Sgt M A Phair. F/O Ted White, Sgt J Wilson, official RCAF photograph taken at Coningsby in 1942 (Aug) also Coningsby rugby XV June 1st after 1000 bomber raid'.
Five aircrew
Five aircrew wearing battledress standing in front of rear turret of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'RCAF official photgraph of five aircrew, wearing battledress, at the rear of a Lancaster. At extreme left is Sgt John Wilson who was the crew's…
Collection Tree
- RAF Metheringham collection
- RAF Metheringham collection - album 1 - air and ground crew