American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Boeing Model 299 Fortress. Fortress Mark IIA, FK197, outside the Scottish Aviation workshops at Prestwick, Ayrshire, where it was being fitted with specia More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Boeing Model 299 Fortress. Fortress Mark I, AN537 NR-L, of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Ballykelly, County Londonderry, on patrol over a convoy. The a More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Liberator. LB-30 Liberator, AL504 "Commando", the personal transport aircraft of the Prime Minister, photographed at Northolt, Middlesex, on More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Liberator. The main cabin interior of LB-30 Liberator, AL504 "Commando", the personal transport aircraft of the Prime Minister, photographed More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Liberator. The extra cabin fitted in LB-30 Liberator, AL504 "Commando", the personal transport aircraft of the Prime Minister, photographed a More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 28 Catalina. Catalina Mark IB FP244/G-AGFM 2 "Altair Star", operated by QANTAS, flying along the coast of Ceylon at the conclusion of More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 28 Catalina. Catalina Mark IIIA, FP529, taxying at Prestwick, Ayrshire, after a transatlantic ferry flight. This aircraft served with More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator GR Mark VI, KG869 ZZ-K, of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Lagens, Azores, in flight. Note the Leigh Light fit More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator GR Mark IIIs, FK228 M and FL933 O, of No. 120 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft at Aldergrove, Cou More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator C Mark II, AL627, of BOAC, flying past the coast of Arran towards Prestwick, Ayrshire, after a flight across th More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator Mark II, AL581 ‘M’, of No. 1653 Conversion Unit based at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, approaching to land at Pr More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator GR Mark IIIA, LV345 'E', parked in a dispersal at Aldergrove, County Antrim, at the culmination of its service More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 81a Tomahawk. A Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIA, AH896 RM-Y, of No 26 Squadron RAF based at at Gatwick, Sussex in flight, banking toward the camera.
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 81a Tomahawk. Tomahawks of No. 26 Squadron RAF based at Gatwick, Sussex, in flight. AH893 RM-D and AH896 RM-Y are Mark IIAs, while AH791 More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Douglas Db7 and Db-7b Boston. Boston Mark IIIAs (BZ389RH-E nearest) of No. 88 Squadron RAF, fitted with smoke-laying equipment in the bomb-bays, prepare More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Douglas Db7 and Db-7b Boston. Boston Mark III, Z2183 'E', of No. 24 Squadron SAAF, in flight on an air test shortly after the Squadron re-equipped with th More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Lockheed L-214 and L-414 Hudson. Hudson Mark III (long-range version), T9465 UA-N Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees, of No. 269 Squadron RAF Detachmen More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Martin Model 179 Marauder. Marauder Mark I, FK138, at Prestwick, Ayrshire, shortly after arriving from the USA. This aircraft subsequently served with No More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- North American Na 73 and Na 102 Mustang. Mustang Mark Is, AG550 XV-U and AM112 XV-X, of No. 2 Squadron RAF based at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, in More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- North American Na-82 Mitchell. Mitchell Mark I, FK161, of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment based at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, making More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Beech Model 18 Expediter. Expediter Mark II, HB275, of No. 231 Group RAF Communications Flight based at Alipore, India, on the ground at an airfield in n More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Consolidated Liberator. Consolidated Liberator B Mark II, AL530 'Q', of 'B' Flight, No. 108 Squadron RAF based at Fayid, Egypt, in flight. On the disba More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Martin Model 187 Baltimore. Baltimore Mark IV, FA463 U, of No. 223 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Celone, Italy, after completing 102 operational sorti More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- Martin Model 187 Baltimore. Baltimore Mark II, AG793 ‘N’, of No. 55 Squadron RAF, operating from landing grounds in the Western Desert, in flight with ot More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- North American Na-16 and Na-66 Harvard. Three Harvard Mark Is, N7125 L, N7095 N and N7061, of No. 20 Service Flying Training School based at Cranbour More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- North American Na-82 Mitchell. Mitchell Mark II, FV914 VO-A, of No. 98 Squadron RAF based at Dunsfold, Surrey, unloading its bomb load over a flying-bo More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator C Mark I, AL578 "Marco Polo", of No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, on the ground at Lyneham, Wiltshire. This long-servi More
American Aircraft in Royalair Force Service 1939-1945- North American Na 73 and Na 102 Mustang. Mustang Mark I, AG456 ‘XV-B’, of No. 2 Squadron RAF, preparing to depart on a reconnaissance practice flight at Sa More
American pilots of No 71 'Eagle' Squadron rush to their Hawker Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 17 March 1941. American pilots of No 71 'Eagle' Squadron rush to their Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 17 March 1941.
American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF gathered in front of one of their Hawker Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 17 March 1941. American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF gathered in f More
An aerial view of a convoy in the Atlantic, 1941. Two escorts can be seen in the foreground. An aerial view of a convoy in the Atlantic. During the course of the war 366,852 tons of Allied Merchant shipping wer More
An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. An air-gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun More
An Air Training Corps cadet secures his parachute, before an air experience flight in a de Havilland Tiger Moth at Biggin Hill, Kent, 4 January 1942. A cadet learns how to fit a parachute, before a flight in a More
An aircrew cadet taking part in a demobilisation rehearsal at the RAF Personnel Dispersal Centre, Uxbridge, 17 October 1944. One of the aircrew training cadets who volunteerd to take part in the demobilisation More
An aircrew training cadet who volunteered to take part in a demobilisation rehearsal, checks out the fit of his 'demob suit' at a civilian clothing centre in Wembley, 17 October 1944 . One of the aircrew traini More
An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V of No. 58 Squadron RAF takes off on a night sortie from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, June 1940. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1463 'GE-L', of No. 58 Squadron RAF, takes More
An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 103 Squadron pauses on the flarepath at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, before taking off for a raid on Duisburg, 26 March 1943. In the background three searchlights form a cone to i More
An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 103 Squadron pauses on the flarepath at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, before taking off for a raid on Duisburg, 26 March 1943. In the background three searchlights form a cone to i More
An Avro Lancaster of No. 514 Squadron RAF over the target during a Bomber Command attack on oil storage tanks at Bec d'Ambes in the Garonne estuary, 4 August 1944. Vertical aerial photograph taken during a dayl More
An Avro Lancaster silhouetted over the Italian port of La Spezia on the night of 13/14 April 1943. Annotated section of a vertical aerial photograph taken during a night raid on the docks at La Spezia, Italy. More
An engine fitter watches the CO of No. 504 Squadron, Squadron Leader R. Lewis, in his Spitfire Mk VC at Middle Wallop, December 1942. An engine fitter identified only as 'Lofty' featured in a series of official More
An operations map at RAF Coastal Command Headquarters at Northwood in Hertfordshire, 9 July 1943. Ten million square miles of sea. The vast extent of Coastal Command's theatre of operations is graphically displ More
An RAF sergeant shares an alfresco lunch with two Dutch women at Nieuland, near Middelburg, soon after the town had been liberated by Allied forces, November 1944. An R.A.F. sergeant shares an alfresco lunch wi More
Armourers checking the bomb load of an Avro Lancaster of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, before a night bombing operation to Bremen, 13 September 1942. Armourers make final checks on the bomb More
Armourers install .303 Browning machine guns into the rear turret an Armstrong Whitley Mk V of No. 58 Squadron RAF at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, June 1940. Armourers install .303 Browning machine guns in the re More
Armourers loading bombs onto a Spitfire Mk XVI of No. 603 Squadron RAF at Ludham in Norfolk, March 1945. Armourers set the tail fuses on a clutch of 500-pounders in front of a Spitfire XVI of No 603 Squadron at More
Armourers replenish the ammunition in a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 7 September 1940. Armourers replenish the ammunition in Hawker Hurricane Mark I, More
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V of No. 19 Operational Training Unit based at Kinloss, Morayshire, parked at Abingdon, Berkshire, while visiting No. 10 OTU, September 1940. Whitley Mark V, N1503 M, of No. 19 More
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepared for a leaflet-dropping sortie at Driffield, Yorkshire, 7 March 1940. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being pr More
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 58 Squadron RAF, being prepared for a sortie at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, June 1940. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs (P5028 'GE-R' and N1469 'GE-H') of No. 58 Squad More
Australian pilots of No. 452 Squadron relax outside their dispersal hut at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 18 June 1941. Australian pilots of No. 452 Squadron relax outside their dispersal hut at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 18 June 1941.
Avro Manchester Mk I of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Waddington, Lincolnshire, 12 September 1941. The forward section of an Avro Manchester Mark I of No. 207 Squadron RAF, while running up the port Rolls-Royce Vultu More