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• ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  King George VI, with Wing Commander Guy Gibson (right) , talking to Flight Lieutenant D J H Maltby, during his visit to No 617 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Lincolnshire, following the Dams raid in Germany. Maltby and his crew delivered the Squadron's final...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  King George VI, accompanied by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (right), talking to Pilot Officer L G Knight RAAF, during his visit to No. 617 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Lincolnshire, following the Dams raid. Knight and his crew launched the 'Upkeep' weapon...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Half-length portrait of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, while Commanding Officer of No 617 Squadron RAF, wearing flying kit.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PERSONALITIES

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Portrait of Wing Commander Guy P Gibson.

• OPERATION CHASTISE (THE DAMBUSTERS' RAID) 16 - 17 MAY 1943

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Personalities: Wing Commander Gibson and his crew board their Avro Lancaster A3-G (ED 932/G) for the Dams' raid. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant R D Trevor-Roper DEM; Sergeant J Pulford; Flight Sergeant G A Deering RCAF; Pilot Officer F M Spafford DFM...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Crews of No 106 Squadron photographed in front of a Lancaster at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on the morning after the raids on Genoa, 22-23 October 1942. Fourth from the right is Pilot Officer David Shannon, a future 'Dambuster' and leading light of No...

• DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN, AUGUST 1945

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC RAF, the British observer for the dropping of the second atom bomb on Nagasaki 9 August 1945 and the former commander of No 617 Squadron (Dambusters), Royal Air Force.

• OPERATION CHASTISE (THE DAMBUSTERS' RAID) 16 - 17 MAY 1943

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  The Targets: A (vertical) reconnaissance photo of the town of Kassel, some 30 miles downstream of the Eder Dam. Large areas of water lie adjacent to the River Fulda which bisects the town.

• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 28 CATALINA.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Catalina Mark IB FP244/G-AGFM ‘2’ "Altair Star", operated by QANTAS, flying along the coast of Ceylon at the conclusion of a long-haul flight from Australia.

• BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION AND QANTAS, 1940-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Consolidated Catalina Mark IB, JX577 '4' "Antares Star", operated by QANTAS, taxies to moorings after touching down at Koggala, Ceylon.