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Photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder Giving Cover to the Landing Craft on the Beaches of France

Photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder Giving Cover to the Landing Craft...

Original caption: One of the many B-26 Martin Marauders of the 9th AF is shown over the coast of France during the early morning giving a cover to the landing craft shown on the beaches below. These hard-hitti... More

90th Bomb Group B-24J 1944

90th Bomb Group B-24J 1944

90th Bombardment Group B-24J in 1944 Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft and island of USS Santee (ACV-29) in late 1942

Aircraft and island of USS Santee (ACV-29) in late 1942

View on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Santee (ACV-29), circa late 1942, with an officer motioning from the island. Planes in the foreground include one Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (BuNo 03512) a... More

Aircraft at the U.S. Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa in 1944 (80-G-K-14313)

Aircraft at the U.S. Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa in ...

Aircraft at the U.S. Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa in 1944. Visible are (l-r): a Vought OS2U Kingfisher, a Howard NH-1, a Grumman JRF-5 Goose and four Martin PBM-3D Marlin.

Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator of VB-103 in flight, in 1943 (80-G-K-14056)

Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator of VB-103 in flight, in 1943 (80-G-K-140...

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator (BuNo 32032) aircraft from Bombing Squadron 103 (VB-103) underway to the Bay of Biscay, in 1943. Note the extended SCR-717 ASV radar. This aircraft was lost on 12 Novem... More

Douglas SBD Dauntless landing aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), circa in June 1942 (NNAM.1996.488.021.023)

Douglas SBD Dauntless landing aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), circa in June ...

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless of Bombing Squadron 4 (VB-4) landing on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), circa June 1942. Note the Landing Signal Officer on the right.

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of VMS-3 in flight over the Caribbean, circa in 1943 (80-G-K-14312)

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless of VMS-3 in flight over the Caribbean, circa i...

A formation of U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers from Marine Scouting Squadron 3 (VMS-3) "Devilbirds" in flight near the Virgin Islands. Based at Marine Corps Air Station Bourne Field, St.... More

Landing Signal Officer, USS Wasp (CV-7), 1941-42

Landing Signal Officer, USS Wasp (CV-7), 1941-42

U.S. Navy Lieutenant David McCampbell, Landing Signal Officer, bringing in planes aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), circa late 1941 or early 1942. Behind him is the Assistant Landing Signal Officer, ... More

LSO on USS Wasp (CV-7) ca 1941

LSO on USS Wasp (CV-7) ca 1941

U.S. Navy Lieutenant David McCampbell, Landing Signal Officer, bringing in planes aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), circa late 1941 or early 1942. Behind him is the Assistant Landing Signal Officer,... More

PB4Y-1 VB-103 off Corwall 1943

PB4Y-1 VB-103 off Corwall 1943

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator of bombing squadron VB-103 off Cornwall in the summer of 1943. VB-103 began operating from St. Eval, Cornwall (UK), in August 1943.

PB4Y-1 VB-103 summer 1943

PB4Y-1 VB-103 summer 1943

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator of Bombing Squadron 103 (VB-103) en route to the Bay of Biscay in the summer of 1943. VB-103 began operating from St. Eval, Cornwall (UK), in August 1943.

PB4Y-1 VB-110 with SCR-717 radar in flight 1943

PB4Y-1 VB-110 with SCR-717 radar in flight 1943

A U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft from Bombing Squadron 110 (VB-110) underway to the Bay of Biscay, in 1943. Note the extended SCR-717 ASV radar.

PB4Y-1 VPB-103 English coast 1943-

PB4Y-1 VPB-103 English coast 1943-

A Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator of bombing squadron VB-103 on patrol over the English coast, July-August 1943. VPB-103 was based at St. Eval (United Kingdom) at that time.

PBM-3 Mariner in flight 1942-43

PBM-3 Mariner in flight 1942-43

A U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3 Mariner in flight, 1942-43.

PBM-3S VPB-214 NAS Norfolk 1944

PBM-3S VPB-214 NAS Norfolk 1944

U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3S Mariner of patrol squadron VP-214 at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA), in 1944.

PV-1 VPB-147 Caribbean 1944

PV-1 VPB-147 Caribbean 1944

U.S. Navy Lockheed PV-1 Ventura patrol bombers on an airfield in the Caribbean in 1944/45. The aircraft may belong to VPB-147.

SBD-5s VMS-3 in flight near Virgin Islands

SBD-5s VMS-3 in flight near Virgin Islands

A formation of U.S. Marine Corps Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers from Marine Scouting Squadron 3 (VMS-3) "Devilbirds" in flight near the Virgin Islands. Based at Marine Corps Air Station Bourne Field, St. ... More

RAF crew with Boeing Fortress IIA at Lajes c1943

RAF crew with Boeing Fortress IIA at Lajes c1943

A publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores... More

0Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron Conversion Flight at Waddington, Lincolnshire

0Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron C...

Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron Conversion Flight at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK.

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.

A Handley Page Halifax I manufacturers experimental in flight over Kings Langley, Hertfordshire

A Handley Page Halifax I manufacturers experimental in flight over Kin...

A Handley Page Halifax I which was retained by the manufacturers for experimental work at Handley Page's Leavesden factory airfield. Here it is shown in flight over Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.

A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce aero engine. TR1141 (cropped)

A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce aero e...

A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce engine. The War Effort: A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce engine.

Airmen in tropical dress work on the engine of a Tomahawk

Airmen in tropical dress work on the engine of a Tomahawk

Airmen in tropical dress work on the Allison engine of a Curtiss Tomahawk aircraft in a makeshift hangar. The photograph is believed to have been taken at Takoradi.

Albacore 820 NAS off North Africa 1942

Albacore 820 NAS off North Africa 1942

A Royal Navy Fairey Albacore Mk I (s/n BF759) of No. 820 Naval Air Squadron operating from HMS Formidable (R67) during the North African landings, November 1942.

AVM Park opening RAF Safi Malta in Spitfire 1943

AVM Park opening RAF Safi Malta in Spitfire 1943

Royal Air Force Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Keith Park, about to taxi out in his personal Supermarine Spitfire V to mark the opening of Malta's new airstrip at Safi.

Avro Lancaster Mk I R5740-'KM-O' of No. 44 Squadron at Waddington in Lincolnshire, 29 September 1942. At the controls is Squadron Leader Pat Burnett, 'B' Flight Commander. TR192

Avro Lancaster Mk I R5740-'KM-O' of No. 44 Squadron at Waddington in L...

Avro Lancaster Mk I R5740/`KM-O' of No. 44 Squadron at Waddington in Lincolnshire, 29 September 1942. At the controls is Squadron Leader Pat Burnett, 'B' Flight Commander. Avro Lancaster R5740/`KM-O' taxis out... More

Avro Lancaster Mk Is of No. 44 Squadron RAF, 29 September 1942. TR198

Avro Lancaster Mk Is of No. 44 Squadron RAF, 29 September 1942. TR198

Avro Lancaster Mk Is of No. 44 Squadron RAF, 29 September 1942. Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire, flying above the clouds. Left to right: W41... More

Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193 (cropped)

Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193 (cropped)

IWM caption : Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the ... More

Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193

Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193

IWM caption : Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the ... More

Avro Lancasters flying in loose formation

Avro Lancasters flying in loose formation

Lancaster B Mark Is of No 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Skellingthorpe, flying in spread formation. The two aircraft beyond the wing tip are 'VN-D' and 'VN-J' the former, serial number JA899, was miss... More

Beaufighter 272 Sqn RAF at Malta-Ta Qali 1943

Beaufighter 272 Sqn RAF at Malta-Ta Qali 1943

With Mdina in the background, Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF 'F-Freddie' of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on the taxiway at Ta'Qali airfield, Malta, in June 1943.

Beaufighter serviced in tNorth-W-African Desert

Beaufighter serviced in tNorth-W-African Desert

A Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Aircraft (No 252 Squadron?) being serviced in the North West African Desert

Beaufighter252 low pass over Magrun

Beaufighter252 low pass over Magrun

A Bristol Beaufighter IF of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force making a low pass over Magrun landing ground.

Beaufighter252 takeoff Libya

Beaufighter252 takeoff Libya

A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of No. 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force with an F14 camera in its nose, warms up on a North West African airfield.

Beaufort 39 Sqn RAF at Luqa Malta 1943

Beaufort 39 Sqn RAF at Luqa Malta 1943

Resting in blast-wall protected Dispersal Point 125 at Luqa airfield, a Bristol Beaufort Mark II of No 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force is attended to by ground crew in June 1943.

Bostons over Tunisia (beautiful picture)

Bostons over Tunisia (beautiful picture)

Douglas Boston aircraft of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force flying low over the desert of Tunisia.

Bristol Beauforts 217 Squadron in flight

Bristol Beauforts 217 Squadron in flight

Two Royal Air Force Bristol Beauforts (N1173/`MW-E' and AW242/`MW-B') of 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, patrolling the British coast near St. Eval, Cornwall (UK).

Bristol Beauforts 217 Squadron in flight2

Bristol Beauforts 217 Squadron in flight2

Two Royal Air Force Bristol Beauforts (N1173/MW-E and AW242/MW-B) of 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, patrolling the British coast near St. Eval, Cornwall (UK)

British parachute training 1942

British parachute training 1942

Men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

De Havilland Mosquito production at Hatfield 1943

De Havilland Mosquito production at Hatfield 1943

De Havilland Mosquito aircraft in various stages of production at Hatfield, Hertfordshire (UK). At right is a Mosquito FB.VI, serial LR254, to the left is the tail of a B.XVI, serial MM2??.

Douglas Boston 24SAAF Libya. South Africa

Douglas Boston 24SAAF Libya. South Africa

Douglas Boston aircraft of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force lined up at Zuara, Tripolitania. The nearest is AL683/'V'.

Douglas Boston III 88 Sqn RAF at Attlebridge c1941

Douglas Boston III 88 Sqn RAF at Attlebridge c1941

Royal Air Force Douglas Boston Mark IIIs of No. 88 Squadron RAF, lined up at RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk (UK). The airfield was used by No. 88 Squadron RAF from August 1941 to September 1942.

Engine cowling of a Spitfire, Under the -- great detail of cock et c

Engine cowling of a Spitfire, Under the -- great detail of cock et c

Aircraftman Jim Birkett and Leading Aircraftman Wally Passmore working on the portside Merlin engine of a Supermarine Spitfire of No 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force on a chilly day in Southern Italy. Also of not... More

First RAF Vampire F1 at Boscombe Down 1945

First RAF Vampire F1 at Boscombe Down 1945

"The first production de Havilland Vampire F MK 1, TG274, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, where it undertook extensive handling trials from July to October 1945."

Grumman Martlet on HMS Formidable (67) 1942

Grumman Martlet on HMS Formidable (67) 1942

A Royal Navy Grumman Martlet fighter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable (R67) in North African waters during "Operation Torch".

Halifax II 35 Sqn RAF in flight c1942

Halifax II 35 Sqn RAF in flight c1942

A Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series I (s/n W7676, 'TL-P') of No. 35 Squadron RAF based at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire (UK), being piloted by Flight Lieutenant Reginald Lane, (later Lieutenant-Ge... More

Harvard trainers over Rhodesia 1943

Harvard trainers over Rhodesia 1943

A flight of Royal Air Force North American Harvard IIAs from No. 20 Service Flying Training School being flown in formation by RAF trainee pilots participating in the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Programme a... More

Hawker Tempest II at Hawker plant c1945

Hawker Tempest II at Hawker plant c1945

Royal Air Force Hawker Tempest Mark II aircraft lined up beside the runway at the Hawker Aircraft Ltd factory at Langley, Berkshire (UK).

Horsa glider (cropped) - A group of soldiers standing in front of an airplane

Horsa glider (cropped) - A group of soldiers standing in front of an a...

Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa Glider DP288, a training aircraft of No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton. The paratroops were taking part in a Press Facility Day exercise.

Horsa glider - A group of soldiers standing in front of an airplane

Horsa glider - A group of soldiers standing in front of an airplane

Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa Glider DP288, a training aircraft of No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton. The paratroops were taking part in a Press Facility Day exercise.

Hotspur glider - A group of men standing next to an airplane

Hotspur glider - A group of men standing next to an airplane

Men of the Airborne Division beside a Hotspur glider Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotspur training - A group of men standing next to each other in a field

Hotspur training - A group of men standing next to each other in a fie...

Six man parties of 1st Airborne Division Paratroops marching toward Hotspur gliders of the Glider Pilot Exercise Unit at Netheravon.

Hudson V 48 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

Hudson V 48 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mark V (s/n AM853, 'OY-K') of No. 48 Squadron RAF based at Wick, Caithness (UK), in flight along the Scottish coastline.

Hurricane IIC 87 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

Hurricane IIC 87 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC (s/n BE500, 'LK-A', "United Provinces Cawnpore") being flown by Squadron Leader Dennis Smallwood, the Commanding Officer of No. 87 Squadron RAF based at RAF Charmy D... More

Hurricane IIDs 6 Sqn RAF taking off Gabes 1943

Hurricane IIDs 6 Sqn RAF taking off Gabes 1943

Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIDs of No. 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force, rolling out at Gabes, Tunisia, airfield soon after noon on 6 April 1943 for a tank-busting raid.

John de Havilland 1943 IWM TR 928

John de Havilland 1943 IWM TR 928

IWM caption : BUILDING MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT AT THE DE HAVILLAND FACTORY IN HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE, 1943. Test pilot John de Havilland checking the flight log book with two fitters beside a Mosquito after a test flight.

Kittyhawk IIIs 112 Sqn RAF taking off Tunisia 1943

Kittyhawk IIIs 112 Sqn RAF taking off Tunisia 1943

Three Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IIIs of No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force, preparing to depart from Medenine, Tunisia, on a sortie. The pilots of FR472 `GA-L' and FR440 `GA-V', are waiting for the section leader in ... More

Lancaster B MkI 44 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

Lancaster B MkI 44 Sqn RAF in flight 1942

Three Avro Lancaster B.Is of No. 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Waddington, Lincolnshire (UK), flying above the clouds. Left to right: W4125,`KM-W', being flown by Sergeant Colin Watt, Royal Australian ... More

Lancasters daylight formation

Lancasters daylight formation

Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire

LancI44s1942Wadd - An old world war ii fighter plane on a grassy field

LancI44s1942Wadd - An old world war ii fighter plane on a grassy field

Object description: Avro Lancaster R5740/'KM-O' taxis out at Waddington, Lincolnshire for air-to-air photography. At the controls is Squadron Leader Pat Burnett, the B Flight Commander of No 44 Squadron RAF. -... More

Loading 4000 lb Cookie on RCAF Wellington May 1942 IWM TR 11

Loading 4000 lb Cookie on RCAF Wellington May 1942 IWM TR 11

Royal Air Force ground crew push a 4,000lb blast bomb towards the bay of a Vickers Wellington bomber of No 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force at RAF Mildenhall.

Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI over Egypt 1942

Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI over Egypt 1942

A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI aircraft (s/n AE626) of the Middle East Communications Flight flying over the pyramids, Egypt, during the summer of 1942.

Lockheed Hudson VI RAF flying over the Pyramids 1942

Lockheed Hudson VI RAF flying over the Pyramids 1942

A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson VI aircraft (s/n AE626) of the Middle East Communications Flight flying over the Pyramids at Cairo, 1942.

Mechanics work on the engines of a Lancasterbomber, Bottesford '42

Mechanics work on the engines of a Lancasterbomber, Bottesford '42

A view from the cockpit of an Avro Lancaster, believed to be an aircraft of No 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force, as work is done on the starboard Merlin engines of the aircraft, near the technical site at Bottesford.

Miles M.27 Master MkIII W8667, No.5 SFTS. IWM-COL198

Miles M.27 Master MkIII W8667, No.5 SFTS. IWM-COL198

Miles M.27 Master III (W8667), No.5 SFTS. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mosquito IIF 456sqn, close

Mosquito IIF 456sqn, close

A De Havilland Mosquito IIF DD739/RX-X of No 456 Squadron RAAF, flying from Middle Wallop, Hampshire, in flight. The censor has scratched out the wing-tip antennae of the Airborne-Interceptor radar.

Mosquito IIF, 456sqn - A plane flying through a cloudy sky over land

Mosquito IIF, 456sqn - A plane flying through a cloudy sky over land

A De Havilland Mosquito IIF DD739/RX-X of No 456 Squadron RAAF, flying from Middle Wallop, Hampshire, in flight. The censor has scratched out the wing-tip antennae of the Airborne-Interceptor radar.

Paras dropping from 295 Sqn RAF Whitley 1942

Paras dropping from 295 Sqn RAF Whitley 1942

British Army paratroopers dropping from an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley of No. 295 Squadron RAF at Netheravon, Wiltshire (UK), in October 1942.

Prop spinner on a Spit V

Prop spinner on a Spit V

Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force warming up Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. This aircraft was the second bearing this name to be ... More

S for Sugar at RAF Waddington May 1944 IWM TR 1795

S for Sugar at RAF Waddington May 1944 IWM TR 1795

Aircrew and ground staff of No. 467 Squadron, RAAF at RAF Waddington, UK, celebrate the completion of 100 operations by the Avro Lancaster R5868 'S for Sugar' after its sortie on 11 - 12 May 1944 to a communic... More

Short Stirling bomber N6101

Short Stirling bomber N6101

Royal Air Force armourers check over the sixteen 250lb bombs before they are loaded into a Short Stirling bomber (s/n N6101) of No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. N6101 was one of the... More

Short Stirlings 1651 HCU in flight 1942

Short Stirlings 1651 HCU in flight 1942

A Royal Air Force flight of No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit Short Stirling aircraft flying south-west, with the outskirts of Waterbeach (UK) in the foreground and Cambridge in the distance. From near to far the ... More

Spit IX engine overhaul

Spit IX engine overhaul

A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force undergoing an engine overhaul just outside a blister hangar on the north side of Fairlop airfield in Essex. The aircraft had been pushed outsid... More

Spitfire ground crew refuelling

Spitfire ground crew refuelling

Royal Air Force ground crewmen refuelling a Supermarine Spitfire Mark II at an Operational Training Unit.

Spitfire Ia 761 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton 1943

Spitfire Ia 761 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton 1943

A Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia (serial X4652) of 761 Naval Air Squadron being refuelled by petrol bowser at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset (UK) in 1943. X4652 was originally delivered to the Ro... More

Spitfire IXs 241 Sqn RAF south of Rome 1944

Spitfire IXs 241 Sqn RAF south of Rome 1944

Two Superamrine Spitfire Mk.IX's of No 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force, MA425/`RZ-R' and MH635/`RZ-U' piloted by Flying Officers H. Cogman and J.V. Macdonald respectively flying over mountainous country south of Rome.

Spitfire pilot ready in cockpit

Spitfire pilot ready in cockpit

Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force in the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name t... More

Spitfire spitting fire, World War II photo

Spitfire spitting fire, World War II photo

Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force starting up Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name to be ... More

Spitfire still spitting the fire ;)

Spitfire still spitting the fire ;)

Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force starting up Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' "Flying Scotsman", at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name to be ... More

Spitfire VCs 417 Sqn RCAF in Tunisia 1943

Spitfire VCs 417 Sqn RCAF in Tunisia 1943

Flight Lieutenant W.H. Pentland, of No. 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, awaiting start up in his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VC (s/n BR195 'AN-T') at Goubrine, Tunisia, in May 1943. Other aircraft of the ... More

Spitfire ZX1 - A plane that is sitting in the grass

Spitfire ZX1 - A plane that is sitting in the grass

An Advanced Servicing Unit dismantles Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, EN459 'ZX-1', of the Polish Fighting Team, attached to No 145 Squadron, RAF in Tunisia. The aircraft was damaged on 6 April 1943 when, after ... More

Stirlings at RAF Oakington WWII IWM COL 203

Stirlings at RAF Oakington WWII IWM COL 203

Short Stirling B Mark I bombers of No 7 Squadron RAF, lined up at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire.

Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron Conversion Flight at Waddington, Lincolnshire (cropped)

Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron Co...

Testing the tyre pressure of Avro Lancaster R5540 of No 44 Squadron Conversion Flight at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK.

TR 000978 kittyhawk - A small plane with a shark on the side of it

TR 000978 kittyhawk - A small plane with a shark on the side of it

1943. A Curtiss P-40/Kittyhawk Mark III of No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force taxiing through the scrub at Medenine, Tunisia. The ground crewman on the wing is directing the pilot, whose view ahead is hindered b... More

Typhoon rearming - A group of men sitting on top of an airplane

Typhoon rearming - A group of men sitting on top of an airplane

A Hawker Typhoon Mark IB (s/n EK139, "HH-N") "Dirty Dora", of No 175 Squadron, Royal Air Force, undergoing servicing in a blast-walled dispersal point at Colerne. Two dummy bombs for practice loading on to the ... More

WAAF and RAF trainee ground crew work together on a Hawker Hart in Pretoria, South Africa

WAAF and RAF trainee ground crew work together on a Hawker Hart in Pre...

Women's Auxiliary Air Force: WAAF and RAF trainee ground crew work together on a Hawker Hart aircraft as part of the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan at Waterkloof near Pretoria, South Africa.

Wellington GR.XII 221 Sqn RAF over Greece 1945

Wellington GR.XII 221 Sqn RAF over Greece 1945

A Vickers Wellington GR.XII (serial JA412, "S") of No. 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Coastal Command, operating from Hassani, near Athens (Greece), on its way to drop supplies including newspapers, leaflets and... More

Wrens arming Hurricane at RNAS Yeovilton

Wrens arming Hurricane at RNAS Yeovilton

Armourers of the Women’'s Royal Naval Service re-arm a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton, Somerset (UK).

406th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts June 1945

406th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts June 1945

406th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts, AAF Station Nordholz, Germany, June 1945

506th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolts 1945

506th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolts 1945

506th Fighter Squadron - P-47 Thunderbolts 1945, likely at Kelz Airfield (Y-54) or Fritzlar Airfield (Y-86), Germany

507th Fighter Squadron - Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt 42-27234

507th Fighter Squadron - Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt 42-27234

507th Fighter Squadron - Republic P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt 42-27234 parked at Fritzlar Airfield (Y-86), Germany, April 1945

514th Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt 1945

514th Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt 1945

514th Fighter Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt "Skirty Bert III", Münster-Handorf Airfield (Y-94), Germany, 1945

Boeing B-17Gs 381BG 1944-45, World War II photo

Boeing B-17Gs 381BG 1944-45, World War II photo

A formation of U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17Gs of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group over Germany, 1944/45. The near aircraft is a B-17G-65-BO (S/N 43-37655), and far aircraft is a B-17G-35-DL (S/N 42-107112).

Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt Chil-p47-368fg

Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt Chil-p47-368fg

Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt Serial 44-20456 of the 397th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group, based at RAF Chilbolton, England, on an escort mission over the German Alps.

P-47-44-200097-406fs-371fg - Germany in World War Two

P-47-44-200097-406fs-371fg - Germany in World War Two

P-47 of the 371st Fighter Group - 1945 at Furth Germany.

OS2U is catapulted from USS Quincy (CA-71) in 1944

OS2U is catapulted from USS Quincy (CA-71) in 1944

A Vought OS2U Kingfisher is catapulted from the stern of the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71), probably at the time of the Invasion of Southern France, August 1944.

360fg-p47-brazilaf, Italy, World War II photo

360fg-p47-brazilaf, Italy, World War II photo

Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20339, part of Brazillian contingent to the USAAF 350th Fighter Group. Aircraft hit by blast of own bomb Apr 13, 1945 3 mi W of Spilimbergo near Pordenone, Italy.

19th Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolt 1945

19th Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolt 1945

A USAAF 19th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47N Thunderbolt at Ie Shima Airfield, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, in 1945.

413th Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolt 1945

413th Fighter Squadron F-47N Thunderbolt 1945

413th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47N-5-RE Thunderbolt 44-88572, 1945

B-29 Bomber on a long range mission in late 1945

B-29 Bomber on a long range mission in late 1945

B-29A-30-BN (42-94106) on a long-range mission in 1945.

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