Crews Collection (page 2)

German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. Davis
Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War

Fatal fire at HMV record store, Oxford Street, London
Fatal fire at the HMV record store, Oxford Street, London, 27 December 1937, showing firefighters in action with hoses at night. Date: 1937

Beginning of World War Two, where sailors are relaxing in a destroyer escorting a Convoy. Date: 1939

Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134
United States Navy - Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134 (MSN 17250), at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage and disposal. Initially converted to JKC-135A test aircraft and then to NKC-135A King Crow I?

WW2 - R. A. F. Air Crews Drawing Parachutes
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force air crews drawing their parachutes. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Flying Practice
A photograph which portrays a British WW2 Royal Air Force instructor detailing crews for flying practice, all are fully outfitted. Date: circa 1940s

Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531
CIA / Air America - Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531 (msn 8440, ex 44-85531). at Clark Field in the Philippines, either before, or after, covert missions over Tibet

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Filming at Elstree Studios
Film director T. Hayes Hunter (1884-1944) working with actors Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) and Edna Best (1900-1974) during the filming of The Calendar at Elstree Studios. Date: 1931

North Sea tuna
Crew members of the trawler Silver Line pose with their haul of five giant tuna fish, caught 120 miles out from Scarborough. Date: 1939

Caricature illustrations, Our Saturday Selection, by Phyllis Kermode, illustrator. Showing the Oxford and Cambridge boat race teams, with quotations, No 4, your bags aren't baggy enough

Handley Page Hastings T. 5 TG517
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Hastings T.5 TG517, of the Strike Command Bombing School at RAF Lindholme, in Lincolnshire

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

The Crew of the Miguel de Cervantes give the Socialist sal
Photograph showing the stern of the Republican cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, with the crew giving the Socialist clenched-fist salute, 1936

NAUMACHIA OF NERO
A naumachia staged by the emperor Nero in a flooded amphitheatre near the site of the Vatican : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death Date: circa 60

NAUMACHIA OF DOMITIAN
A naumachia staged by the emperor Domitian in a flooded amphitheatre : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death unless spared by the emperor Date: circa 90

The RAF Crew Memorial, Hartenstein Museum Grounds
This was the brainchild of Alan Hartley (standing beside the Memorial), the founder of the RAF Down Ampney Association, which remembered all the crews that flew the re-supply aircraft during

A scene from Escapade, with Luise Rainer on the right
A scene from Escapade (1935), with Luise Rainer on the right and Laura Hope Crews (seated left). The identity of the thrid woman in the middle is not known

Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews by H. M. Bateman
Pictured at Putney by our artist with the blues. The Light Blues and the Dark: Wild caricatures of the Eights for the University Boat-Race. Date: 1912

Merryweather fire-engine 1905
New motor fire-engine just adopted by the London Fire Brigade, could do 50 h.p and was capable of delivering 500 gallons a minute. Date: 1905

Blitz in London -- firefighters outside a church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters with vehicle and hosepipes outside a church with an ornate gothic doorway during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood station
The firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine. Date: 1870

LCC-LFB engines and crews, Shoreditch fire station
Located at 140 Tabernacle Street, City of London EC2, Shoreditch fire station was built in 1896 for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

LCC-MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

LCC-LFB horse drawn vehicle, South Croydon Fire Station
LCC-LFB horse drawn vehicle and crew outside South Croydon Fire Station. Date: circa 1900s

LCC-LFB horse drawn vehicles outside a fire station, with crew on board, and policemen standing on either side. Date: circa 1900s

Shadwell Fire Station crew and fire engines on display. Date: circa 1920

LFB Shadwell Fire Station firemen group photo
LFB Shadwell Fire Station firemen, group photo, August 1930. Date: 1930

C A Whitcombe - British Professional Golf Champion
Charles Albert Whitcombe (1895-1978) - British Professional Golf Champion - Crews Hill Golf Club. Captained the Ryder Cup side four times. Date: 1920s

Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hose, WW2
Blitz in London -- a group of firefighters in action with a hosepipe, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Duke Street, Strand, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire crews at work with hosepipes in Duke Street, off the Strand, 17 April 1941. Date: 1941

Turnout by fire crews and appliances outside their station

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Southwark HQ
A Dennis pump ladder and crew. The Dennis pumps were introduced in 1934-5. This pump saw service in the Blitz and continued peacetime service until it was withdrawn in 1955

LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19
Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store

LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escape
The adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations

LCC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in use
A wheeled escape ladder being used in the bridged position as a crane whilst LFB crews undertake a rescue, by line, from the basement area of a building under demolition

Croydon Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath horse fire engine
Thornton Heath was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade -- the other two were the main Croydon headquarters station and South Norwood

West Ham Fire Brigade, Plaistow fire station and steamer
Plaistow fire station and steamer, belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade. Located to the east of the London Fire Brigade district, West Ham contained four fire stations of which Plaistow was one

Self-propelled fire engine at LFB HQ, Southwark
The Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -although built in large numbers, the Helldiver was never popular with it crews

LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958

Fire at Chinacraft store, Oxford Street, London
LFB firefighters in attendance at the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. A policeman keeps pedestrians and traffic moving past

Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2
Firefighters at work in in Londons main shopping district, Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

LCC-LFB Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric turntable ladder
One of two similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

LFB - a Shand Mason MFB steam pump and crew
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted regular annual displays and reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian horse-drawn steam fire pump with the crew in period dress

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport

Merryweather Fire King steam pump and crew, Southwark HQ. In 1899 Merryweather modified its steamer pumps to also propel the vehicle, and thus Londons first non-horse-drawn fire engines arrived

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