Black and white photograph of Crossapol beach in March 1944.
Crossapol beach in March 1944.
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2007.84.9
Black and white photograph of four airmen from 518 Squadron in March 1944.
Four airmen from 518 Squadron in March 1944. L-R: Flight Sergeant Maurice Foster (WAG), Flight Lieutenant Fred Green (Pilot), Flight Sergeant John `Taffy` Jones (Flight Engineer), Flight Sergeant John Friend (Met Observer).
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Black and white photograph of three airmen from 518 Squadron in February 1944.
Three airmen from 518 Squadron in February 1944. L-R: Flight Engineer John ‘Taffy’ Jones, WAG Lin Steer, WAG Maurice Foster.
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Black and white photograph of of a Nissen hut at RAF Tiree in March 1944.
The Nissen hut at RAF Tiree where Flying Officer Maurice Foster lived for his twenty-two month posting. The photograph was taken in March 1944.
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Black and white photograph of a Halifax from 518 Squadron in 1944.
Halifax P (Mk 2-1A LK966) of 518 Sqadron on Tiree just before take-off on its historic flight on 1st June 1944. The weather report from that flight was responsible for delaying D-Day from the 5th to 6th June.
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Colour photograph of Flight Sergeant Maurice Foster of 518 Squadron.
Flight Sergeant Maurice Foster, a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in the Royal Australia Air Force, who was posted with 518 Squadron to Tiree in November 1943 to December 1945.
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Black and white photograph of members of 518 Squadron in March 1944.
Members of Halifax P Peter`s No. 8 crew in the back of a transport on their way to test a Halifax the evening before an operational trip on Tiree in March 1944. L-R: Flight Sergeant Jerry Bruce (WAG), Johnny Friend RAF (Met Observer), Maurice Foster RAAF (WAG), Reg Irving RCAF (Second Pilot) and Lin Steer RAAF (WAG).
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Black and white photograph of airmen `Taffy` Jones and Maurice Foster in 1944.
518 Squadron Flight Engineer `Taffy` Jones and WAG Maurice Foster in their flying gear outside Hut G14 on 5th March 1944.
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Black and white photograph of the RAF mess buildings at Tiree after a snowstorm in March 1944.
The RAF Officers`, Sergeants` and Airmen`s Mess buildings at Tiree after a snowstorm in March 1944.
