Photographic group portrait of members of No. 131 (Polish) Wing, Royal Air Force, posing with a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, July 1945.Inscription: "131 Wing. July 1945. "Item from a photograph album in the Leon Swietlikowski World War II…
Photomechanical print of British servicemen in a life raft, circa 1940s. The caption describes the raft as a "life-saving apparatus" carried by airships and notes that the photo was taken at the RAF exhibition at Grafton Galleries.Part of a…
Photograph of Captains Debenham and Gerrard, circa 1918. Inscription on verso: "Capt. Debenham. Capt. Gerrard."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.
Photograph of Captains Debenham and Gerrard, circa 1918. Inscription on verso: "Two of my flight commands, Capt. Debenham, Capt. Gerrard."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War…
Photographic group portrait of captured servicemen at Kamstigall prisoner-of-war camp, Pillau (present-day Baltiĭsk, Russia), circa 1918. The verso inscription identifies several of the men.
Inscription on verso: “Information furnished by L. C.…
Photographic postcard of prisoners of war at Kamstigall, Pillau (present-day Baltiĭsk, Russia), circa 1918. Several of the men are identified in the verso inscription as Royal Air Force pilots.
Inscription on verso: "R-L / W. J. Truman, 38 Sqd. / H.…
Photographic group portrait of captured servicemen at Kamstigall prisoner-of-war camp, Pillau (present-day Baltiĭsk, Russia), circa December 1918. The verso inscription identifies several of the men.
Inscription: "Hut 20. Kamstigall, 1/12/18."
Photographic group portrait of captured servicemen at Kamstigall prisoner-of-war camp, Pillau (present-day Baltiĭsk, Russia), circa December 1918. Several of the men have signed the image.
Inscription on verso: "L. C. Gilmour."
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Carroll W. McColpin is interviewed about his military service with the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part one, he describes his wartime experiences as a fighter…