Advance on Lae - Australia in World War Two
Advance on Lae. A number 6 artillery tractor tows a 40 mm Bofors gun across the Burep River on the way to Lae.
Australians With Ammo 1943 Bofors AA 6 Pdr 3 7 AA
AWM description : "ADELAIDE RIVER, NT, 1943-09-06. A DISPLAY OF AMMUNITION POSED BY MEMBERS OF THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED AMMUNITION DEPOT. LEFT TO RIGHT: VX121085 WARRANT OFFICER 2 A. HAINES - BOFORS ANTI-AI... More
Indonesian sailors at AA Gun, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p45
Indonesian sailors at an anti-aircraft gun Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew near Douai, France, November ...
A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew near Douai, France, November 1939. A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew near Douai, November 1939.
A Bofors gunner writing a Christmas card for home, Holland, 8 December...
A Bofors gunner writing a Christmas card for home, Holland, 8 December 1944. Bombardier Finley of Glasgow, a Bofors gunner in Holland, writing a Christmas card for home, 8 December 1944.
An Aa Battery - River Medway Art.IWMARTLD3413
An Aa Battery - River Medway image: a view looking down on several anti-aircraft guns, including two Bofors guns, in gun emplacements with a few soldiers moving around in between the maze of walls in the batter... More
Askaris of the 11th East African Division at a battle training centre ...
The British Army in Burma 1944 Askaris of the 11th East African Division at a battle training centre in Ceylon receiving instruction on the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, 1944.
Battle of Egypt- the Retreat of the Eighth Army To New Positions E1378...
Battle of Egypt- the Retreat of the Eighth Army To New Positions A mobile Bofors and crew moving back during the retreat to take up new positions.
Canadian Forces in Italy 1944 NA11256
Canadian Forces in Italy 1944 Gunner Howard Potter has a shave near his 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, while other members of the crew scan the skies over Ortona, January 1944.
Home Guard soldiers manning a Bofors gun, 16 November 1943. H34424
Home Guard soldiers manning a Bofors gun, 16 November 1943. The Home Guard: A Home Guard detachment manning an Anti-Aircraft Command Bofors gun.
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 Apr...
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 April 1943, Liverpool. Men of the Maritime Royal Artillery Are Part of D E M S (defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) and Serve in Merchant Ship... More
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 Apr...
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 April 1943, Liverpool. Men of the Maritime Royal Artillery Are Part of D E M S (defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) and Serve in Merchant Ship... More
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 Apr...
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 April 1943, Liverpool. Men of the Maritime Royal Artillery Are Part of D E M S (defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) and Serve in Merchant Ship... More
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 Apr...
Maritime Royal Artillery - Gunners of the Seven Seas (d E M S). 22 April 1943, Liverpool. Men of the Maritime Royal Artillery Are Part of D E M S (defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) and Serve in Merchant Ship... More
Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 B5152
Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 A gun crew manning a Bofors gun stand ready to open fire on enemy aircraft should they appear whilst the Landing Ships Tanks are loaded in preparati... More
Operation Pedestal, August 1942 A11251
Operation Pedestal, August 1942 12 August: Air Attacks: Army gunners man a 40mm Bofors gun aboard Melbourne Star. These weapons were intended for the air defence of Malta, and were nominally part of the cargo, ... More
Preparations For Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 J...
Preparations For Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 40mm Bofors Light AA guns on Mark II mountings lined up at an Ordnance Depot at Bicester.
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945 CL70
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun manned by the RAF Regiment, in action on the Normandy coast.
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CH20420
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. RAF Regiment anti-aircraft crew manning their Bofors light anti-aircraft gun on Carpiquet airfield, near Caen, Normandy, after its capture on 9 July 1944.
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL406
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Leading Aircraftman Ernie Hulstone of the RAF Regiment washes his feet in a biscuit tin while other members of his squadron man a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gu... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. Personnel of an light anti-aircraft squadron of No. 1319 Wing RAF Regiment, digging a weapons pit for their 40mm Bofors LAA gun at a newly-... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. A 40mm Bofors LAA gun, manned by men of a light-anti-aircraft squadron of No. 1319 Wing RAF Regiment, standing at readiness at a newly-captu... More
Royal Artillery 40mm Bofors guns being assembled on their arrival in G...
Royal Artillery 40mm Bofors guns being assembled on their arrival in Greece, 25 November 1940. 40mm Bofors guns being assemebled on their arrival in Greece, 25 November 1940.
Royal Marines training with 40 mm Bofors guns at Chatham Camp, Colombo...
Royal Marines training with 40 mm Bofors guns at Chatham Camp, Colombo, Ceylon, September 1943. Marines at drill with three 40 mm Bofors guns at the Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation Ins... More
Sherman tanks of 23rd Armoured Brigade and a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft...
Sherman tanks of 23rd Armoured Brigade and a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun on the beach at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. The tank is fitted with deep wading equipment. Sherman tanks of 23rd Armoured Brigade an... More
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE928
The British Army in Burma 1944 The crew of a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of 11th East African Division watch as an RAF Dakota drops supplies on the western side of the Chindwin River, 8-11December 1944.
The British Army in France 1939 O2
The British Army in France 1939 A 40mm Bofors gun and troops of the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers disembarking at Cherbourg from the steamer 'Royal Sovereign', 16 September 1939.
The British Army in France 1939 O325
The British Army in France 1939 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew near Douai, November 1939.
The British Army in France 1939 O326
The British Army in France 1939 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew near Douai, November 1939.
The British Army in France 1939-40 O625
The British Army in France 1939-40 40mm Bofors gun of 152nd Battery, 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, near Arras, 13 November 1939.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10708
The British Army in Italy 1944 40mm Bofors gun of 579 Battery, 115 LAA Regiment, 7 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11164
The British Army in Italy 1944 A lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11178
The British Army in Italy 1944 A lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11186
The British Army in Italy 1944 Lance Bombardier Ian Hopkins, one of the crew of a lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13211
The British Army in Italy 1944 Dummy Bofors gun and crew in the Anzio bridgehead, 21 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13703
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew on the alert in sunny weather, 7 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA21002
The British Army in Italy 1944 A seasonal message is displayed by a 56th Division 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew, 24 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA21347
The British Army in Italy 1945 Gunners build a snowman near their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, 6 January 1945.
The British Army in North Africa 1941 E1831
The British Army in North Africa 1941 A 4.5 inch field gun being used against the defences of Derna, 1 February 1941.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E12931
The British Army in North Africa 1942 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, Libya, 6 June 1942.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E13758
The British Army in North Africa 1942 A dummy Bofors gun and crew in the Western Desert, June 1942.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E18689
The British Army in North Africa 1942 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun being dug in near a squadron of Crusader tanks, 29 October 1942.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E20242
The British Army in North Africa 1942 The crew of a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun celebrate Christmas with some bully beef decorated with camelthorn, 17 December 1942.
The British Army in North Africa 1942 E9542
The British Army in North Africa 1942 A 40mm Bofor anti-aircraft gun, 22 March 1942.
The British Army in North Africa 1943 E21873
The British Army in North Africa 1943 The crew of a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun watch the sky after a Stuka raid during the 8th Army's advance on Tripoli, 29 January 1943.
The British Army in North Africa and the Middle East E3561
The British Army in North Africa and the Middle East 40mm anti-aircraft gun being towed in Syria, 16 June 1941.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12983
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Mobile Bofors gun of 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Elst in Holland, 15 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13004
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Bofors gun in the main square of Maeseyck in Holland, 16 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU2748
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 40mm Bofors gun of 319 Battery, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in action in the ground support role east of the Rhine, 26 March 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU4428
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in action against German positions in Bremen.
The British Army in Norway April - June 1940 N182
The British Army in Norway April - June 1940 40mm Bofors gun and crew at Harstad, 14 May 1940.
The British Army in Sicily 1943 NA4715
The British Army in Sicily 1943 Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew of 268 Battery, 40th LAA Regiment on alert, 16 July 1943.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5676
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 40mm Bofors gun at Le Hamel, 17 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7835
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew 'chalk up' three kills on their gun, 19 July 1944.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H10014
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun of 198th LAA Battery, Royal Artillery, Farnborough in Kent, 24 May 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H143
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors gun crew ready for action, wearing gasmasks, November 1939.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H14389
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun covers a road as troops pass by in coaches during Exercise 'Bumper', 30 September 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H145
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors gun crew ready for action, November 1939.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H146
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors gun crews practise firing at low-flying RAF Blenheim bombers, November 1939.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H16771
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors anti-aircraft gun of 117th LAA (Light Anti-Aircraft) Regiment at Billingham, County Durham, 21 January 1942.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H1834
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A 40mm Bofors gun crew on the quayside at Southampton having returned from France during the evacuation of British forces from Cherbourg, 19 June 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H1852
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Unloading Bren gun carriers and a 40mm Bofors gun at Southampton during the return of the second British Expeditionary Force from France, 19 June 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H1967
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 40mm Bofors gun and crew at Stanmore in Middlesex, 28 June 1940.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H25395
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A 40mm Bofors gun of 91st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment is hauled into a landing craft during combined operations training in Scotland, 17 November 1942.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27759
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Covenanter tanks and towed artillery passing through a village during Exercise 'Spartan', 6 March 1943.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27979
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun uses a hayrick for camouflage during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H32685
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Bofors guns and vehicles of 54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 9th Armoured Division, on board a flotilla of landing craft during Exercise 'Harlequin', 11 September 1943.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39407
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 The crew of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun keep watch for V1 flying bombs, 19 June 1944.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39806
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Crews rush to their Bofors guns at a South Coast anti-aircraft battery, 6 August 1944.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H6961
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew ready for action during an exercise involving 5th Corps, 3rd Division, in Southern Command, 30 January 1941.
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H8990
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun firing at night at the Royal Artillery anti-aircraft training school at Manorbier in South Wales, 19 April 1941.
The British Army on Gibraltar 1941 GM90
The British Army on Gibraltar 1941 A view of the Princess Royal Battery armed with a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, taken from the top of the Rock of Gibraltar. Spain can be seen in the background, 17 November 1941.
The British Army on Malta 1942 GM350
The British Army on Malta 1942 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and its crew keep watch as a destroyer enters Grand Harbour, 8 January 1942.
The British Army on Malta 1942 GM454
The British Army on Malta 1942 Cruiser tanks and a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun being unloaded from a ship in Grand Harbour, 24 March 1942.
The British Army on Malta 1942 GM744
The British Army on Malta 1942 A 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and crew, Malta, 12 May 1942.
The British Army on Malta 1942 GM946
The British Army on Malta 1942 View of a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun position overlooking Grand Harbour, Malta, 10 June 1942.
The crew of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun view vapour trails in the sky h...
The crew of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun view vapour trails in the sky high above the Dutch-German border near Brunssum, 25 December 1944. The crew of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun view vapour trails in the sky high... More
The Royal Air Force Regiment, 1942-1945. CH13433
The Royal Air Force Regiment, 1942-1945. The OVERLORD DIVER Plan. An RAF Regiment light anti-aircraft gun team man their Bofors 40mm LAA gun in a rain-sodden emplacement in south-east England, as part of the '... More
The Royal Navy during the Second World War N180
The Royal Navy during the Second World War With several ships in the background, a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun is in action, crewed by men from Exeter, Devon, in a Norwegian Harbour.
Troop Landing Craft 159 ADNO8418
Troop Landing Craft 159 Loading an anti aircraft gun into a Troop Landing Craft.
V1 Flying Bomb H39805 - A black and white photo of a group of men with...
V1 Flying Bomb A Bofors gun battery fully manned, situated on the South Coast.
Wartime in the Scillies- Everyday Life on the Scilly Isles, 1941 D3274
Wartime in the Scillies- Everyday Life on the Scilly Isles, 1941 A distant view of an anti-aircraft gun position behind a long earth bank, probably Tresco, 1941.
Wartime in the Scillies- Everyday Life on the Scilly Isles, 1941 D3280
Wartime in the Scillies- Everyday Life on the Scilly Isles, 1941 Smiling members of an anti-aircraft gun crew pose for the camera at their posts, somewhere in the Scilly Isles, 1941.
"Members of Battery A, 4520 AA stand by and check their equipment whil...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
You Should Not Roll Except on the Road To Victory - NARA - 533942
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Gemotoriseerde Bofors kanonnen van het 2e Light Anti Aircraft Regiment...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Parade van het Canadese Leger, de N.B.S., Spoorwegpersoneel en diverse verenigingen voor H.M. de Koningin te Amsterdam gehouden Beschrij... More
British Army 40 mm Bofors near Tunis 1943
A British Army light 40 mm Bofors gun and crew which were in action on the Goubellat Plain near Medjez-el-Bab, against enemy aircraft during operations against Tunis.
Finnish Bofors, Continuation War, Finland
A group of Finnish soldiers operating a Bofors gun during the Continuation War, Suulajärvi. Русский: Расчёт финских содат у зенитной автоматической пушки Bofors L60 во время Советско-финской войны 1941—1944 г.г... More
JSdia276, Continuation War, Finland
Suomi: Bofors-ilmatorjuntatykki tuliasemassa. Suulajärvi 1943.08.26 English: Bofors anti-aircraft gun at the fire station. Suulajärvi 1943.08.26
Bofors-p004596 - A group of men standing next to a large gun
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Belgian anti-aircraft gun, 1940
Belgian soldiers manning an anti-aircraft gun during the Battle of Belgium (1940)
These boys need good tires. You can help them get the best by losing n...
Public domain photograph of a poster, United States government propaganda, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
AA gun firing during Continuation War
Suomi: It. ampuu ryssän tähystystornin tuleen Koitsanlahdessa yöllä
Bofors L60, Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive
Русский: Финские солдаты и зенитная пушка «Бофорс» L60 за зданием администрации по адресу: Главное шоссе 32А, п.Харлу, Питкярантский район, Республика Карелия. Suomi: Boforsin 40 millimetrin ilmatorjuntakanuu... More
40-mm antiaircraft gun at snow-covered Sourbrodt, Belgium
Private Romanick, dressed in heavy winter gear, wipes and cleans a 40-mm antiaircraft gun. He is with an antiaircraft battery of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army. The gun has six swastikas painted on... More
Chrysler factory 40mm barrel production LOC fsa 8e11025
To ensure maximum efficiency, every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is checked and double checked. Here an inspector is examining the size of the bore in an army barrel. Chr... More
29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (New Zealand) unloading Bofors gun
Soldiers of the 3rd New Zealand Division's 29 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment unloading a Bofors gun from a barge near Noumea during a training exercise. Photographed by an unknown photographer between 1942 and 1... More
Flickr - The U.S. Army - Restored World War II-era anti-aircraft gun
A restored World War II-era anti-aircraft gun sits on display on the grounds of the Airborne museum in Sainte Mere Eglise, France. The grounds of the museum showcase a variety of different World War II weapo... More
Grote militarie mars door Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 905-6956
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Grote militarie mars door Amsterdam Datum : 29 april 1953 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : ... More