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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI727

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI727

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 CI75

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI75

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Arjan Singh as the Flight Lieutenant with Indian pilots of No.1 Squadron by a Hawker Hurricane IIc. L to R : Ibrahim, Homi Ratnagar, Arjan Singh, Henry and Murcot.[1]

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI801

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI801

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of World War Two military equipment, vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI81

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI81

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Hawker Hurricane Mark I, Z4575 'L', of No. 2 Squadron RIAF at Risalpur, while converting to the Hurricane and before moving to Eastern India for training in sup... More

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI867

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI867

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI995

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI995

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

Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, 1939-1945 - Blackburn Roc floatplane

Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, 1939-1945 - Blackburn Roc floatplane

Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, 1939-1945. The Blackburn Roc Mark I, seaplane, L3059, parked on trestles outside the hangars at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. CH1097

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. CH10...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. CH2166

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. CH21...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As 10 Oxford. Two Oxford Mark IIs, P 8833 and P8832, of the Air Ambulance Unit (operating within No. 24 Squadron RAF), based at Hendon, Middlesex, in flight.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. CH11526

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. CH11...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. Oxford Mark II, P8833 “Nurse Cavell” of the Air Ambulance Unit (operating within No. 24 Squadron RAF), on the ground at Hendon, Middlesex.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. CH11724

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. CH11...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.10 Oxford. Oxford Mark II, V3792 ‘73’, of No. 3 Flying Instructors School based at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, coming in to land at Hullavington.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH10356

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH103...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. Horsa Mark I, DP383 ‘46’, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, on the ground at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH10891

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH108...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. Horsa Mark I, DP726, of the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment based at Ringway, Cheshire, in flight under tow

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. CH10351

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 W...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. Whitley Mark V glider tug, BD661 ‘25’, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit coming in to land over a line of Airspeed Horsas at Brize... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. CH1216

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 W...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. Whitley Mark III, K8994 ‘E’, of No. 10 Operational Training Unit, taxying at Abingdon, Berkshire.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. CH1218

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 W...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. Whitley Mark III, K8994 ‘E’, of No. 10 Operational Training Unit, taxying at Abingdon, Berkshire.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. CH6055

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 W...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, BD496 'QA-E', of No. 297 Squadron RAF, base at Hurn, Hampshire, standing ready to emplane paratr... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.41 Albemarle. CH12048

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.41 A...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.41 Albemarle. Albemarle ST Mark I series 2, P1475, of No. 511 Squadron RAF based at Lyneham, Wiltshire, in flight. One of six Mark I aircraft m... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. CH4450

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, Z9266 'ZA-K' of No. 10 Squadron RAF based at Leeming, Yorkshire, in flight. Z9266 was soon to be tran... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 652a Anson. C2119

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 652a Anson. C2119

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 652a Anson. Two Anson Mark Is, K6285 and N9742, of No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF based at Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire, flying north-west of Tenby. K6285 still b... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 679 Manchester. CH3888

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 679 Manchester. CH3888

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 679 Manchester. Manchester Mark IA, L7486, on an air test shortly after delivery to No 207 Squadron RAF at Waddington, Lincolnshire. It carried the code letters ... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. CH6114

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. CH6114

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. Taylorcraft Plus C/2, HH982, of No. 651 (AOP) Squadron RAF, about to depart on a training flight from Old Sarum, Hampshire. Formerly a civilian ma... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. E(MOS)1200

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. E(MOS)1...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Taylorcraft Auster. Taylorcraft Auster AOP Mark I, LB316, at the Taylorcraft Auster production facility at Rearsby, Leicestershire. LB316 enjoyed a long service caree... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH13023

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH1302...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-airspeed As.51 Horsa. Horsa Mark I, PW840, of No. 38 Group RAF, outside a hangar at No.6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after completing its initial air t... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-avro 683 Lancaster. CH15736

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-avro 683 Lancaster. CH15736

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-avro 683 Lancaster. Modified Lancaster Mark I, PD328“Aries”, of the Empire Air Navigation School based at Shawbury, Shropshire, in flight.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. CM6924

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. ...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. Halifax A Mark V Series 1 (Special) glider tug, DG396 ‘QQ’, of No. 295 Squadron RAF based at Holmesley South, Hampshire, running up its engi... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War- 1939-1945- Avro 652a Anson. MH133

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War- 1939-1945- Av...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War- 1939-1945- Avro 652a Anson. Anson Mark I, L9150, of No. 1 Coast Artillery Cooperation Unit, on the ground at Gosport, Hampshire.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Avro 691 Lancastrian. CH15283

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Avro 691 Lancastrian. CH15...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Avro 691 Lancastrian. Lancastrian Mark I, G-AGLV, of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, on the ground at Hurn, Hampshire, before taking off on the inaugural BO... More

An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V of No. 58 Squadron RAF takes off on a night sortie from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, June 1942. CH251

An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V of No. 58 Squadron RAF takes off o...

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

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. CH1217

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V of No. 19 Operational Training Unit b...

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. C921

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepar...

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. CH222

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 58 Squadron RAF, being prepar...

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

Assembling Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire in front of the Rock of Gibraltar

Assembling Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire in front of the R...

Airmen of the Special Erection Party assemble a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire Mark V unpacked from crates at North Front, Gibraltar. The Special Erection Party was established at Gibraltar in July... More

Avro Lancaster - Mepal - Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH14681

Avro Lancaster - Mepal - Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH1...

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Mechanics working on the port-outer Merlin engine of a No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron Lancaster at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, 9 February 1945.

Bristol Blenheim - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1606

Bristol Blenheim - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C...

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

Bristol Blenheim - Far East - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI241

Bristol Blenheim - Far East - Air Ministry Second World War Official C...

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

Bristol Blenheim - France - Aerial Photography during the Second World War C1311

Bristol Blenheim - France - Aerial Photography during the Second World...

Aerial Photography during the Second World War Blenheims of No 139 Squadron, Royal Air Force, part of the Advanced Air Striking Force, in flight over France during an unescorted aerial photography mission.

Douglas DC-3 - Air Ministry Second World War CI1269

Douglas DC-3 - Air Ministry Second World War CI1269

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

Fitting engines to Supermarine Spitfires at North Front, Gibraltar

Fitting engines to Supermarine Spitfires at North Front, Gibraltar

Airmen of the Special Erection Party fitting the engines to Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs during assembly at North Front, Gibraltar. Behind them can be seen the fuselages of Hawker Hurricanes sheltered in their ... More

Hawker Hurricane - Martlesham - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1673

Hawker Hurricane - Martlesham - Air Ministry Second World War Official...

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

Lockheed Hudson - Air Ministry Second World War CF1264

Lockheed Hudson - Air Ministry Second World War CF1264

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection. Lockheed Hudsons in flight. Squadron code CS possibly identifies them as RAF Upwood station flight.

RAF Catalina approaches Europa Point after anti-submarine patrol

RAF Catalina approaches Europa Point after anti-submarine patrol

American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 28 Catalina. Catalina Mark I, Z2147 ‘AX-L’, of No. 202 Squadron RAF based at Gibraltar, in flight approaching Europa Point on returning from an ant... More

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH17875

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH17875

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Damaged Bristol Beaufighter TF Mark X, NE831 'PL-O', of No. 144 Squadron RAF, at rest after crash-landing at Dallachy, Morayshire, on returning from the costly attack... More

The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1622

The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1622

The British Army in Burma 1945 A soldier, who had both feet shattered by mortar fire and a gunshot wound to the head whilst on Ramree Island, is loaded into a L-5 aircraft to be flown to Comilla in India for an... More

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU1693

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU1693

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A Sherman flail tank supports infantry of the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders at the start of Operation 'Veritable', 8 February 1945. In the background are American gliders... More

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5593

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5593

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Horsa gliders litter the airborne landing zone north of Ranville, 15 June 1944.

The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 HU87205

The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 HU87205

The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Red Army soldier guarding a Polish PWS-26 trainer aircraft shot down near the city of Równe (Rivne) in the Soviet occupied part of Poland.

Vickers Wellington - Air Ministry Second World War CH1756

Vickers Wellington - Air Ministry Second World War CH1756

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

Westland Lysander - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI311

Westland Lysander - Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection ...

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

Winston Churchill in the Second World War H10313

Winston Churchill in the Second World War H10313

Winston Churchill in the Second World War Winston Churchill watches a Boeing Fortress Mk I giving a flying display during his visit to an RAF bomber station, 6 June 1941.

Airspeed A.S.10 Oxford 2 ExCC during World War I

Airspeed A.S.10 Oxford 2 ExCC during World War I

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airspeed A.S.10 Oxford ExCC during World War I
Wellington Portugal. Aviation in Poland

Wellington Portugal. Aviation in Poland

Polski: Szczątki brytyjskiego samolotu bombowego Vickers Wellington po spaleniu go przez załogę po przymusowym lądowaniu na lotnisku Portela de Sacavém koło Lizbony.

Airplane. Caledonia at Boucherville BAnQ P48S1P01033

Airplane. Caledonia at Boucherville BAnQ P48S1P01033

For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the ... More

Airplane. Cambria BAnQ P48S1P01055

Airplane. Cambria BAnQ P48S1P01055

For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the ... More

A6M2 on carrier Akagi 1941 - Australia in World War Two

A6M2 on carrier Akagi 1941 - Australia in World War Two

An Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" fighter on the aircraft carrier Akagi during the Pearl Harbor attack mission.

F4U-1D VMF-511 on USS Block Island (CVE-106) 1945

F4U-1D VMF-511 on USS Block Island (CVE-106) 1945

A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1D Corsair of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-511 attached to Marine Carrier Air Group 1 (MCVG-1) is on the deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) preparing t... More

A Lockheed Hudson Bomber A16-10 from The Powerhouse Museum

A Lockheed Hudson Bomber A16-10 from The Powerhouse Museum

Lockheed Hudson Bomber A16-10, from The Powerhouse Museum Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Lockheed Hudson Bomber from The Powerhouse Museum

A Lockheed Hudson Bomber from The Powerhouse Museum

a collection of historical pictures in the Public Domain from the Powerhouse Museum.

A Consolidated Liberator AL627 of RAF Transport Command flying over Montreal

A Consolidated Liberator AL627 of RAF Transport Command flying over Mo...

A Consolidated Liberator, AL627 of the Ferry Command Unit of RAF Transport Command flying over Montreal, nearing the end of a flight from Prestwick.

67 Squadron Buffaloes - A black and white photo of an airplane in a hangar

67 Squadron Buffaloes - A black and white photo of an airplane in a ha...

Brewster Buffalo Mark Is being re-assembled at Singapore following shipment directly from the USA. These particular aircraft equipped No. 67 Squadron RAF, reformed at Kallang in March 1941.

Nadat-de-britse-overheid-medio-juli-1940-had-afgekondigd-dat-de-wit-gespoten-he-59-s-evengoed-zouden-worden-neergeschoten

Nadat-de-britse-overheid-medio-juli-1940-had-afgekondigd-dat-de-wit-ge...

Nederlands: Nadat de Britse overheid medio juli 1940 had afgekondigd dat de wit gespoten HE 59’s evengoed zouden worden neergeschoten, kregen deze toestellen alsnog camouflagekleuren en militaire kentekens. Op... More

Heinkel he 59 during World War I

Heinkel he 59 during World War I

German Heinkel He 59, WWII in Finland Public domain photograph related to World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Spitfire in abadan

British Spitfire in abadan

فارسی: هواپیمایی انگلیسی اسپیت‌فایر در آبادان English: Ex-RAF Supermarine Spitfire Vbs being prepared for delivery to the USSR VVS at Abadan, Iran in early 1943. The two Spitfires in the foreground had alread... More

A Douglas A-20 attack bomber leaves the assembly line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant for transfer to the flight... - NARA - 196398
A North American "Mustang" for the British Royal Air Force is disassembled prior to crating and shipping LCCN2017867718

A North American "Mustang" for the British Royal Air Force is disassem...

Title: A North American "Mustang" for the British Royal Air Force is disassembled prior to crating and shipping Physical description: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller. Notes: Transfer; United S... More

A-36A production Inglewood Oct 1942

A-36A production Inglewood Oct 1942

Production of A-36A fighter planes at North American Aviation at Inglewood, California (USA), in October 1942.

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Arkansas (BB-33) bombarding Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Arkansas (BB-33) bombarding Iwo Jima on...

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and the battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) bombarding Iwo Jima on 17 February 1945, as seen from USS Texas (BB-35). Tuscaloosa wears Camouflage Measure 31A, Desi... More

USS Texas (BB-35) recovers a Vought OS2U Kingfisher off Iwo Jima 1945

USS Texas (BB-35) recovers a Vought OS2U Kingfisher off Iwo Jima 1945

The U.S. Navy battleship USS Texas (BB-35) recovers a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane in a light rain at 1700 hrs on 16 February 1945, the first day of the Iwo Jima pre-invasion bombardment. The OS2U's radiom... More

CV-19 7Apr1945

CV-19 7Apr1945

Wrecked aircraft of Carrier Air Group Six (CVG-6) in the forward hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) on 7 April 1945. The Hancock had been hit by a "Kamikaze" suicide plane on the port side o... More

0000050606-F-1234P-014

0000050606-F-1234P-014

US Air Force Photo. Aircraft parts were strewn by the Consolidated B-24D Lady Be Good as it skidded to a halt amid the otherwise emptiness of the desert. (U.S. Air Force photo) It was lost after a bombing raid... More

Allied glider that crash-landed

Allied glider that crash-landed

Español: Planeador aliado accidentado cerca de Hiesville. 6 junio de 1944English: Allied glider that crash-landed during the early stages of the invasion of France, near Hiesville. 6 June 1944

Photograph of LCI-52 Tied to the USS Nevada (BB-36) off Iwo Jima -  fe1003a1920b1c49822f544f483fc175

Photograph of LCI-52 Tied to the USS Nevada (BB-36) off Iwo Jima - fe...

Original Caption: "LCI 52 Tied up to USS NEVADA (BB 36) off Iwo Jima in Volvano Is. 22 Feb. 1945: OS2U plane can be seen in background aboard the battle-ship."

"Corsair fighter looses its load of rocket projectiles on a run against a Jap stronghold on Okinawa. In the lower backgr - NARA - 532375
He 59

He 59

Deutsch: He 59

African-American mechanics work on PBY at NAS Seattle, WA, Alvin V. Morrison, AMM 3-c, doing overhaul, 04-27-1944 - NARA - 520648 restored
Destroyed Japanese plane on airfield -1, Iwo Jima

Destroyed Japanese plane on airfield -1, Iwo Jima

127-GW-304-111421: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Sergeant David G. Christian, beside a destroyed Japanese plane on airfield #1. Photographed by D.G. Christian, February 24, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps p... More

Destroyed Japanese plane on airfield -1, Iwo Jima

Destroyed Japanese plane on airfield -1, Iwo Jima

127-GW-304-111421: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Sergeant David G. Christian, beside a destroyed Japanese plane on airfield #1. Photographed by D.G. Christian, February 24, 1945. U.S. Marine Corps p... More

Akagi - A5M fighter. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Akagi - A5M fighter. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

An Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi A5M, from the aircraft carrier Akagi, (aka Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter and company designa... More

Akagi Aichi D3A Indian Ocean raid

Akagi Aichi D3A Indian Ocean raid

An Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bomber takes off from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to attack British warships during the Indian Ocean Raid on 5 April 1942. The aircraft belongs to a section lead... More

Akagi Aichi D3A Pearl Harbor. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Akagi Aichi D3A Pearl Harbor. Japanese empire during World War Two.

An Aichi D3A Type 99 kanbaku (dive bomber) launches from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to participate in the second wave during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Akagi Indian Ocean 5 April 1942

Akagi Indian Ocean 5 April 1942

Aircraft prepare to launch from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi during the Indian Ocean Raid.

Akagi island mattresses. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Akagi island mattresses. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Crewmen aboard the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi lash futon mattresses to the carrier's island superstructure to provide extra protection from attack as the carrier heads towards the attack on ... More

Akagi Pearl Harbor Second Wave Prep

Akagi Pearl Harbor Second Wave Prep

Aircraft prepare to launch from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi for the second wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Akagi Pearl Harbor Second Wave. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Akagi Pearl Harbor Second Wave. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Aircraft are prepared for launch on the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi to participate in the second wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The aircraft appear to be warming up as the wings ar... More

Akagi Type 96 Model 4. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Akagi Type 96 Model 4. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Imperial Japanese Navy fighter pilots Masao Asai (left) and Masao Sato (right) in front of a Type 96 Model 4 (Mitsubishi A5M) fighter on the aircraft carrier Akagi during the Sino-Japan war.日本語: 赤城に搭載されていた九六式四... More

Akagi Zero Hitokappu. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Akagi Zero Hitokappu. Japanese empire during World War Two.

A Mitsubishi A6M Kansen AI-156 Zero fighter aboard the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi at Hitokappu Bay, Kuriles in November 1941 prior to departing for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Note the numbe... More

Carrier shokaku. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Carrier shokaku. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Photo #: . Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft carrier (reportedly Shokaku) to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Plane in ... More

HMS Bermuda aircraft (cropped)

HMS Bermuda aircraft (cropped)

HMS Bermuda aircraft (cropped); A Supermarine Walrus amphibian airplane being launched from the catapult deck of HMS BERMUDA. The aircraft has just left the catapult.

1 Air Ambulance Unit (043264)

1 Air Ambulance Unit (043264)

Original caption: "A PATIENT BEING LOADED INTO AN AIRCRAFT OF NO 1 AIR AMBULANCE UNIT IN SICILY, 1943-09."

Aankomst Wilhelmina op Gilze-Rijen

Aankomst Wilhelmina op Gilze-Rijen

900-2731 Willem van de Poll Nederlands: Aankomst van de Dakota op vliegveld Gilze-Rijen, de vorstin stapt uit, gevolgd door prinses Juliana. Links bij de vliegtuigtrap E. Hazelhoff Roelfzema, rechts P. Tazelaa... More

MXY7 Ohka Cherry Blossom Baka Ohka-2bs

MXY7 Ohka Cherry Blossom Baka Ohka-2bs

An Ohka Model 11 discovered April 1945 at Yontan airfield, Okinawa. This is the MXY7 Model 11 Number I-13 captured April 1, 1945 at Yontan airfield and now on display at Aerospace Museum, Cosford, according ... More

10 Squadron Halifax Mk II Dec 1941 IWM CH 443

10 Squadron Halifax Mk II Dec 1941 IWM CH 443

IWM caption : Halifax Mark II Series 1, L9619 'ZA-E', of No. 10 Squadron RAF based at Leeming, Yorkshire, in flight. This aircraft is an early production machine fitted with beam gun hatches amidships instead ... More

102 Squadron Halifax at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 10776

102 Squadron Halifax at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 10776

IWM caption : Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series1A, JD206 'DY-T' of No. 102 Squadron RAF, about to be towed from its dispersal by a David Brown tractor at Pocklington, Yorkshire. This aircraft was hit by anti... More

102 Squadron Whitley at RAF Topcliffe WWII IWM CH 2052

102 Squadron Whitley at RAF Topcliffe WWII IWM CH 2052

IWM caption : Whitley Mark V, T4162 'DY-S' "Ceylon", of No. 102 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Topcliffe, Yorkshire. It failed to return from a bombing raid on Cologne on the night of 1/2 March 1941.

108 Squadron Wellington crews Egypt WWII IWM CM 2380

108 Squadron Wellington crews Egypt WWII IWM CM 2380

Wing Commander R J Wells (far left), the Commanding Officer of No. 108 Squadron RAF, addresses his crews in front of a Vickers Wellington Mark IC, before taking off from Fayid, Egypt, on an operation.

115 Squadron Lancaster Mark II missing rear turret 1943 IWM CE 79

115 Squadron Lancaster Mark II missing rear turret 1943 IWM CE 79

IWM caption : Back at their base, East Wretham, Norfolk, two members of the crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark II, DS669 'KO-L', of No. 115 Squadron RAF, examine the rear of their aircraft, where the rear turret, w... More

13th 18th Hussars 10 June 1944

13th 18th Hussars 10 June 1944

A Sherman tank of 13th/18th Royal Hussars uses a Horsa glider as cover during fighting against German troops near Ranville, 10 June 1944.

144 Sqn RAF Beaufighter 9 Feb 1945

144 Sqn RAF Beaufighter 9 Feb 1945

A damaged Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, NE831, PL-O, of No. 144 Squadron RAF, at rest after crash-landing at Dallachy, Morayshire (UK), on returning from the costly attack on the German destroyer Z-... More

148 Squadron Halifax Italy WWII IWM CNA 3231

148 Squadron Halifax Italy WWII IWM CNA 3231

IWM caption : A Handley Page Halifax Mark II of No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF receives a final engine check at Brindisi, Italy, before taking off on a supply-dropping mission to Yugoslavia. Parachute c... More

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