15-year-old cadet Tommy McMordie from Luton Air Training Corps (ATC) in a Wellington bomber's rear turret at No 12 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, 17 September 1944. Boys f More
A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A Canadian photographic-reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, More
A captured Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, with the RAE's chief test pilot, Wing Commander H J "Willie" Wilson at the controls, August 1942. Captured Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3 More
A crewman on board an RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 Squadron, using an F.24 camera during an ice patrol from Kaldadarnes in Iceland, 5 May 1942. A crewman on board a Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 More
A Czech Spitfire pilot Karel Vykoukal of No. 313 Squadron in conversation with his rigger and fitter at Hornchurch, 8 April 1942. A Czech Spitfire pilot Karel Vykoukal of No 313 Squadron in conversation with hi More
A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 140 Squadron RAF warms up its engines at Melsbroek in Belgium, before taking off on a night photographic reconnaissance sortie, 15 February 1945. A De Havilland Mosquito More
A Focke Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88S of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, 22 February 1945. Aircraft of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight at Collyweston, Northampton More
A Fordson Armoured Car of No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF waits outside Baghdad, while negotiations for an armistice take place between British officials and the rebel government during the Iraqi Revolt, May 194 More
A German 75mm anti-tank gun emplaced in a bandstand at Nieuland, near Middelburg in Holland, November 1944. The Germans installed this gun in the bandstand at Nieuland, near Middelburg, to cover the cross roads More
A graphic line-up of all the personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 11 June 1942. The personnel required to keep one Avro Lanc More
A ground crew sergeant demonstrates the operation of the photo-reconnaissance camera in a de Havilland Mosquito of No. 540 Squadron RAF at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A ground crew sergeant demonstrates t More
A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII at Venafro, Italy, 12 May 1944. A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpi More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 85 Squadron taxiing by the light of a flare at Debden, before taking off to intercept night raiders, 14 March 1941. A Hawker Hurricane Mark I night fighter of No. 85 Squadron RAF More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron RAF taxies out past Russian sentries at Vaenga, near Murmansk, October 1941. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB, Z5253 'GA-25' of No. 134 Squadron RAF taxies out past Russ More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC of No. 28 Squadron RAF flys alongside the Aya bridge, which spans the Irrawaddy River near Mandalay, Burma, during a low-level reconnaissance sortie, March 1945. A Hawker Hurricane Mar More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced at Foggia in Italy prior to a sortie over the Adriatic, 24 July 1944. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced on an airfield More
A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River Humber, at No. 17 Balloon Centre at Sutton-on-Hull in Yorkshire, January 1943. A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on t More
A Lockheed Hudson Mk III of No. 233 Squadron at North Front airfield at Gibraltar, March 1942. Hudson III T9459, part of No 233 Squadron's detachment at North Front airfield, with the famous Rock of Gibraltar p More
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of aircrew candidates in London, May 1940. Medical tests for aircrew candidates in London. A medical officer conducts a convergence test on a More
A member of the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) machine-stitching a patch onto a kite balloon at an RAF station, May 1940. A member of the WAAF machine-stitching a patch onto a kite balloon at an RAF station.
A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. More
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter-bomber at Le Fresne-Camilly in Normandy, 24 July 1944. A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typho More
A portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park while commanding RAF squadrons on Malta, September 1942. Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, a New Zealander who was a principal Royal Air Force commander in the Battl More
A Royal Air Force Regiment sentry stands guard whilst German technicians assemble captured Mannheim radar equipment at Grove airfield in Denmark in preparation for sending it to the UK for evaluation, 2 August More
A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk V of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 21 October 1943. A sergeant on flying control duty reports in as a Halifax V More
A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban in Scotland, patrols over a Canadian troop convoy on its way to Greenock, 31 July 1940. Sunderland Mark I, L2163 'DA-G', of No. 210 Squa More
A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. Short Sunderland Mark I, P9604 'RB-J', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Detachment based at Oban, Argyll, about to take off from Oban Bay.
A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. Short Sunderland Mark I, P9604 'RB-J', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Detachment based at Oban, Argyll, about to take off from Oban Bay.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1A of No 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force being re-armed betw More
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE of No. 412 Squadron RCAF, armed with a 250-lb GP bomb under each wing, taxies out for a sortie at Volkel, Holland, 27 October 1944. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXE of No. 412 Squad More
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII of No. 155 Squadron about to take off from Tabingaung, Burma, January 1945. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII of No. 155 Squadron RAF, creates a cloud of dust as the pilot opens up More
A Type F.8 Mk II aerial camera being carried for installation in a Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance aircraft at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A Type F.8 Mark II aerial camera with 20-inch lens bein More
A US-built Consolidated Liberator Mk I approaching Aldergrove in Northern Ireland after an eight-hour ferry flight across the Atlantic, May 1941. Liberator Mark I, AM922, approaching the Northern Irish coast to More
A vertical aerial photograph taken during a raid on Berlin on the night of 2/3 September 1941. The broad wavy lines are the tracks of German searchlights and anti-aircraft fire. Vertical night aerial photograph More
A WAAF flight officer photographic interpreter with two Canadian pilots of a photographic reconnaissance squadron, examining newly-developed 8" x 7" film at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A WAAF flight offic More
A WAAF section officer and her assistant issue new items of flying kit to aircrew at an RAF bomber station, August 1944. In the clothing store at an unidentified bomber station in August 1944, a WAAF section of More
Aerial photograph taken during RAF Bomber Command's raid on the North German port of Lubeck on the night of 28/29 March 1942. Vertical aerial photograph taken during the major night raid on Lubeck, Germany on 2 More
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding taking the salute with Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command, at a parade on the third anniversary of the Battle of Britain at Fi More
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding taking the salute with Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command, at a parade on the third anniversary of the Battle of Britain at Fi More
Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Air Officer Commanding RAF Transport Command, Middle East, saying goodbye to the Sheikh Khalifa, cousin of the ruler of Bahrain, and his two sons, 18 January 1945. Air Commodore More
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (left) observes as Wing Commander Guy Gibson's crew is debriefed after No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 17 May 1943. Debriefing of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's crew. Squadr More