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10 Group fighter operations room CH13685

10 Group fighter operations room CH13685

Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1943-1944. The interior of the No. 10 Group Operations Room at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. On the lowest level, in the lower right of the image, is the main p... More

10 Squadron RAAF Short Sunderland Mk.II W3984 RB-S in 1942 - RAF 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH7501

10 Squadron RAAF Short Sunderland Mk.II W3984 RB-S in 1942 - RAF 1939-...

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Sunderland II W3984/RB-S of No 10 Squadron RAAF, October 1942.

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. CH13880

15-year-old cadet Tommy McMordie from Luton Air Training Corps (ATC) i...

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

264 Squadron CH197 - A group of people standing in front of a plane

264 Squadron CH197 - A group of people standing in front of a plane

264 Squadron The pilots of 264 Squadron in front of a Boulton Paul Defiant fighter aircraft.

9 Squadron in Formation 1939-45

9 Squadron in Formation 1939-45

9 Squadron RAF Vickers Wellingtons flying in formation in WW2. Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A British Convoy Under the Protection of Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1943 C2644

A British Convoy Under the Protection of Royal Air Force Coastal Comma...

A British Convoy Under the Protection of Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1943 The convoy at sea.

A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. CH10865

A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Ham...

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. CH6411

A captured Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, F...

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 Collection of RAF Bombs CH15836

A Collection of RAF Bombs CH15836

A Collection of RAF Bombs Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. CS177

A crewman on board an RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson of No. 269 S...

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 of No. 313 Squadron in conversation with his rigger and fitter at Hornchurch, 8 April 1942. CH17971

A Czech Spitfire pilot of No. 313 Squadron in conversation with his ri...

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. C4995

A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 140 Squadron RAF warms up its...

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. CH15610

A Focke Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88S of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Fl...

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 CM923

A Fordson Armoured Car of No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF waits outside...

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 Game of Cards in the Crew Room Before the Airmen Take Off For Frankfurt CH12587

A Game of Cards in the Crew Room Before the Airmen Take Off For Frankf...

A Game of Cards in the Crew Room Before the Airmen Take Off For Frankfurt

A German 75mm anti-tank gun emplaced in a bandstand at Nieuland, near Middelburg in Holland, November 1944. CL1519

A German 75mm anti-tank gun emplaced in a bandstand at Nieuland, near ...

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. CH15362

A graphic line-up of all the personnel required to keep one Avro Lanca...

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. CH10853

A ground crew sergeant demonstrates the operation of the photo-reconna...

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 IX at Venafro, Italy, 12 May 1944. CNA2829

A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpi...

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 in flight over Egypt, October 1940. CM131

A Hawker Hurricane Mk I in flight over Egypt, October 1940. CM131

A Hawker Hurricane Mk I in flight over Egypt, October 1940. A Hawker Hurricane in flight over Egypt, October 1940.

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. CH2250

A Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 85 Squadron taxiing by the light of a f...

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. CR141

A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron RAF taxies out past Russ...

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. C5108

A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC of No. 28 Squadron RAF flys alongside the Ay...

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. CNA3035

A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced at Foggi...

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 Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF, 27 October 1943. CH11578

A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF, 27 October 1943. CH115...

A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF, 27 October 1943. Exhibiting its aggressive lines to advantage, Typhoon IB JP853/SA-K of No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF displays for the photographer during a visit to ... 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. CH8663

A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River ...

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. CM6629

A Lockheed Hudson Mk III of No. 233 Squadron at North Front airfield a...

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. CH120

A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of ...

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. CH182

A member of the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) machine-stitching a...

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 part of Nuremberg, devastated by Allied bombing, 28 May 1945. CL3414

A part of Nuremberg, devastated by Allied bombing, 28 May 1945. CL3414

A part of Nuremberg, devastated by Allied bombing, 28 May 1945. Oblique aerial view of heavily-damaged industrial and residential buildings in Nuremberg.

A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. CNA1329

A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire ...

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. CL570

A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoo...

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. CM3513

A portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park while commanding RAF squ...

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 Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10983

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10983

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Phillip Fricker, a twenty year old Flight Sergeant in the Air Training Corps (ATC) takes the roll-call at his local squadron in Dartford, Kent.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10988

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10988

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Phillip Fricker and other recruits march off to collect their kit at the Royal Air Force Aircrew Reception Centre, Regent's Park, London.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10990

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10990

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force In his dormitory, in a commandeered luxury flat, Phillip Fricker prepares to go on parade for the first time at the Royal Air Force Aircrew Reception Centre, Regent's Park, London.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10995

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH10995

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force On completion of his initial training, Phillip Fricker bids farewell to his colleagues and departs for aircrew training in South Africa.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1646

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1646

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Inside Euston Combined Recruits Centre an officer shows prospective recruit Michael Suthers information relating to the various categories of service with the Royal Air Force... More

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1648

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1648

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Having decided to join the Royal Air Force for flying duties, Michael Suthers fills in his application form at Euston Combined Recruits Centre.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1649

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1649

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force To assess his fitness for service with the Royal Air Force, Michael Suthers undergoes a preliminary medical examination at Euston Combined Recruits Centre.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1650

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1650

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force To assess his fitness for service with the Royal Air Force, Michael Suthers undergoes a preliminary medical examination at Euston Combined Recruits Centre.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1651

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1651

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force To assess his fitness for service with the Royal Air Force, Michael Suthers undergoes a preliminary medical examination at Euston Combined Recruits Centre.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1652

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1652

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force After passing his preliminary medical at Euston Combined Recruits Centre, Michael Suthers is given instructions of when and where he is to report for examination by a Royal A... More

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1655

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1655

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Michael Suthers and other volunteers take a written intelligence test as part of their selection board at the Royal Air Force Depot, Uxbridge.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1656

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1656

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Michael Suthers is informed that he has passed his selection board at the Royal Air Force Depot, Uxbridge.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1657

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1657

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force As part of his selection board at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge, new recruit Michael Suthers undergoes a thorough medical examination, which includes a dental check-up.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1658

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1658

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force New recruit Michael Suthers is interviewed by two officers as part of his selection board at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1659

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1659

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Having passed their selection boards, Michael Suthers and other new recruits are sworn in by an officer at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1662

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1662

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force As part of his selection board for flying duties at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge, new recruit Michael Suthers undergoes a thorough medical examination, which include... More

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1663

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1663

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force As part of his selection board for flying duties at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge, new recruit Michael Suthers undergoes a thorough medical examination, which include... More

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1664

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1664

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force Michael Suthers and other new recruits have a meal in the canteen at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge before appearing for interview at their selection board.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1665

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1665

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force New recruit Michael Suthers is fitted with his uniform at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge.

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1666

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force CH1666

A Recruit Joins the Royal Air Force New recruit Michael Suthers receives his uniform at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge.

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 CL3300

A Royal Air Force Regiment sentry stands guard whilst German technicia...

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 Royal Observer Corps control centre, November 1943. CH11758

A Royal Observer Corps control centre, November 1943. CH11758

A Royal Observer Corps control centre, November 1943. General view of personnel at work in an ROC Centre.

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. CH11528

A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk ...

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. CH832

A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at O...

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. CH839

A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scot...

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. CH839

A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scot...

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 Spitfire of No. 19 Squadron is refuelled at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940. CH1372

A Spitfire of No. 19 Squadron is refuelled at Fowlmere, near Duxford, ...

A Spitfire of No. 19 Squadron is refuelled at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940. Refuelling a Spitfire of No 19 Squadron at Fowlmere during the Battle of Britain, September 1940.

A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940. CH1367

A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed betw...

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. CL1451

A Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE of No. 412 Squadron RCAF, armed with a 2...

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. CF271

A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII of No. 155 Squadron about to take off f...

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 Trainee Rear Gunner Learning How To Identify Enemy Aircraft CH3567

A Trainee Rear Gunner Learning How To Identify Enemy Aircraft CH3567

A Trainee Rear Gunner Learning How To Identify Enemy Aircraft Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Type F.8 Mk II aerial camera being carried for installation in a Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance aircraft at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. CH10844

A Type F.8 Mk II aerial camera being carried for installation in a Sup...

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. CH2978

A US-built Consolidated Liberator Mk I approaching Aldergrove in North...

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. C2056

A vertical aerial photograph taken during a raid on Berlin on the nigh...

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 Corporal Ach-gd Watches From the Control Tower As An Aircraft Comes in CH8136

A Waaf Corporal Ach-gd Watches From the Control Tower As An Aircraft C...

A Waaf Corporal Ach/gd Watches From the Control Tower As An Aircraft Comes in

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. CH10864

A WAAF flight officer photographic interpreter with two Canadian pilot...

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 Postmistress at Fighter Station CH8409

A Waaf Postmistress at Fighter Station CH8409

A Waaf Postmistress at Fighter Station A.C.W. June, a 21 year old New Zealand WAAF has become the first official 'post-mistress' of the RAF at an RAF fighter station in the south of England.

A WAAF section officer and her assistant issue new items of flying kit to aircrew at an RAF bomber station, August 1944. CH13713

A WAAF section officer and her assistant issue new items of flying kit...

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

A Young Sergeant Pilot Working Out a Course in the Navigation Room CH7466

A Young Sergeant Pilot Working Out a Course in the Navigation Room CH7...

A Young Sergeant Pilot Working Out a Course in the Navigation Room

Abbeville-Drucat, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3329

Abbeville-Drucat, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3329

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Bombs explode on the northern dispersal area at Abbeville/Drucat airfield, France, during an atttack by 18 Lockheed Venturas of No. 21 Squadron RAF and No. 464 Squadron RAAF.

Active Service on the Home Front CH54

Active Service on the Home Front CH54

Active Service on the Home Front Lockheed Hudons supplementing the strength of the Coastal Command, operating from British shores in the far north, are carrying out some of the offensive reconnaissance patrols ... More

Aerial Operations of the Royal Air Force in Italy, November 1943 C3950

Aerial Operations of the Royal Air Force in Italy, November 1943 C3950

Aerial Operations of the Royal Air Force in Italy, November 1943 Bombs from aircraft of the Tactical Bomber Force showering roads and defended positions at Lanciano, Italy in support of the 8th Army Sangro Rive... 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. C2364

Aerial photograph taken during RAF Bomber Command's raid on the North ...

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

Aerial Photographs of Tobruk C5496

Aerial Photographs of Tobruk C5496

Aerial Photographs of Tobruk This aerial picture of Tobruk shows ships, some sunken and other afloat. Some of the garrison can be seen embarking from the town which they defended so bravely during the long mont... More

Aerial Photography during the Second World War C1314

Aerial Photography during the Second World War C1314

Aerial Photography during the Second World War Bomb-aimer holding an F24 aerial camera in the nose of a Blenheim (possibly of No 139 Squadron RAF) during an unescorted aerial photography mission over France.

Aerial Photography during the Second World War CH6011

Aerial Photography during the Second World War CH6011

Aerial Photography during the Second World War A hand-held F24 aerial camera. The F24 was first produced by the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1925 and was used by the Royal Air Force for day and night aerial... More

Aerial Reconnaissance View of Liverpool, Great Britain C5428

Aerial Reconnaissance View of Liverpool, Great Britain C5428

Aerial Reconnaissance View of Liverpool, Great Britain Vertical aerial view from 1,800 feet of the waterfront from the Pier Head to the Albert Dock, and of the city east to Derby Square, showing the extensive b... More

Aerial view of the RAF flying boat base at Korangi Creek, near Karachi, India, July 1945. CI1456

Aerial view of the RAF flying boat base at Korangi Creek, near Karachi...

Aerial view of the RAF flying boat base at Korangi Creek, near Karachi, India, July 1945. Aerial view of the flying boat base at Korangi Creek, near Karachi, India, from the south-west.

AI Mk VIIA radar in Bristol Beaufighter VIF CH16665 cropped

AI Mk VIIA radar in Bristol Beaufighter VIF CH16665 cropped

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Air Interception radar: AI Mark VIIIA scanner unit mounted on the nose of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF night fighter. The transmitter unit is not shown, but was fitted to t... More

AI Mk VIIIA receiver in Beaufighter CH16667

AI Mk VIIIA receiver in Beaufighter CH16667

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Air interception radar: the installation of the AI Mark VIIIA receiver unit on the starboard side of the radar operator's position in a Bristol Beaufighter night fighter.

AI Mk. VIIA radar in Bristol Beaufighter VIF CH16665

AI Mk. VIIA radar in Bristol Beaufighter VIF CH16665

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Air Interception radar: AI Mark VIIIA scanner unit mounted on the nose of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF night fighter. The transmitter unit is not shown, but was fitted to t... More

AI Mk. VIIIB radar in De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIII CH16610

AI Mk. VIIIB radar in De Havilland Mosquito NF.XIII CH16610

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945. Airborne Interception Radar: AI Mark VIIIB installed in the nose of a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XIII night fighter. The transmitter box is at the top, mounted above the sc... 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 CH11054

Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding taking the salute with Air Marshal Sir ...

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 Fighter Com CH11054

Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding taking the salute with Air Marshal Sir ...

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. CM6013

Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Air Officer Commanding RAF Transport C...

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 D C T Bennett CH13645

Air Marshal D C T Bennett CH13645

Air Marshal D C T Bennett. Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. CH9683

Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (left) observes as Wing Commander Guy Gi...

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

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1296

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1296

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of officer in British military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1719

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1719

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1751

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C1751

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C242

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C242

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection These Australian airmen who arrived in England will shortly commence their training with the Coastal Command. They will form a new squadron to fly Sunderland fl... More

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3044

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3044

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Annotated duplicate of C 2056 which is published online

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3386

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3386

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Cropped duplicate of C 3221 whic is published online

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3960

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3960

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection 12th BG USAAF photograph; not RAF/SAAF

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C443

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C443

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Some of the men of the Royal Air Force who took part in the reconnaissance flight to Vienna and Prague.

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4849

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4849

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4869

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4869

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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