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Description: | a photocopy of a newspaper cutting relating to 576 Squadron No1 group, Fiskerton where the Bomber Command crews flew Lancasters; donor was a Flight Sergeant at that time (1945) and was a bomb aimer
2 pages entitled 'The Fiskerton File' by Gray Campbell. in top left is printed 'The islander' on next page is headed 'Lest we forgrt' with a photo in the top right corner entitled 'Last trip of the Tow'
2 pictures one in right hand corner and one below, both with a brief description which begins 'The mighty four engined Lancaster was considered'. Between the photographs are also details of what is in the photographs one of which is a Lancaster, the other of the plane being awarded a medal after recording a record of operational sorties
Top of the page is a photograph below are the details of the photo in which 3 people are seen, 1 painting onto a Lancaster. Below is an article entitled '100 not out'
details and photograph entitled 'The home fire burning' the photo is of a Lancaster coming into land
details and photograph of Lancaster ; 1 item of 576 squadron, Fiskerton, completion of 100 sorties, photo shows the plane and crew
two photgraphs one a view of of Fiskerton airfield with details below stating ' Fido demonstration Fiskerton 1944'. below a painting of a Lancaster - details next to it read ' painting of a lanc on the wall of a hut'
photo of a lancaster with details above which read 'below, check list Fiskerton 24th March 1945'
copy of Lincolnshire Echo, September 5th 1961, with a picture of a Lanc at the top and details below entitled ' A Lancaster of note and its 100th misson'
part of a letter top reads 'I wrote the verse after a visit to Auckland's museum of Transport and Technology' below is a photograph and a verse next to it letter continues below
419-420-428 squadrons 6 group Bomber Command 'A tiny piece of Canada' memorial dedication Middleton St george June 15th 1985 'We Canadians are not a war like people' | Subjects: | Air Force | Temporal: | 1945 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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