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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr) 1940-10
THE 303 POLISH FIGHTER SQUADRON IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAINA group of pilots of No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF walking toward the camera from a Hawker Hurricane after, purportedly, returning from a fighter sortie. Left to right, in the front row are; Pilot Officer Mirosław Ferić, Flight Lieutenant John A...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"
ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIODSpitfire PR Mk.11, chassis EN654, in flight.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDA Sunderland and its Spitfire escort passing the Eddystone Lighthouse, 14 miles south of Plymouth, June/July 1944.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDMosquito VI HX918 was delivered to the A&AEE at Boscombe Down in November 1943 for rocket-projectile (RP) tests.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O) 1944-02-26
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDWing Commander R. T. F. Gates (far left), CO of No 53 Squadron, chats to the 10-man crew of Liberator Mk V ' H for Harry', about to set off on an anti-submarine patrol from St Eval, 26 February 1944. Note the Boulton Paul rear turret, fitted to most...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDWellington XIV HF385 of No 612 Squadron, under tow at Chivernor, April 1944. The WAAF tractor driver is 20-year-old LACW Felicity Lambert.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDFitters working on the 1,200hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines of a No 224 Squadron Liberator at St Eval, 26 February 1944.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDA view of Sunderland Mk III ML839 of No 10 Squadron RAAF, experimentally fitted with Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasps, May 1944. The engines proved a success, and were subsequently fitted to all Sunderland Mk Vs. ASV aerials are clearly visible, but later Mk...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMANDThe only crew in Coastal Command to sink two U-boats in one sortie was that of Flying Officer Kenneth Owen Moore, a Canadian serving with No 224 Squadron. 'Kayo' Moore, seen here on the right with his bomb aimer Warrant Officer Johnston 'Jock' McDowell,...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Walton (Mr)
ROCKETS AND MISSILESA Supermarine Spitfire flying alongside a V-1 flying bomb in an attempt to disrupt the airflow over its wing and force it to crash, August 1944.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon Stanley
V1 FLYING BOMBAn excellent low aerial oblique view showing adjacent V1 bomb damage sites in Lewisham, London. Lewisham Road is the main thoroughfare in the centre of the picture. The flying bomb sites shown are Granville Park (June 1944), Lewisham Hill (top right,...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Walton (Mr)
V1 FLYING BOMBSeen in silhouette, a Supermarine Spitfire manoeuvres alongside a flying bomb in an attempt to deflect it from its target.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographers
AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTIONNo description available
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographers
AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTIONNo description available
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945Anti-Submarine Weapons: A Royal Air Force Liberator illuminated by a Leigh Light on the airfield at St Eval.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN RAF SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 28 CATALINA.Catalina Mark II, AM269 BN-K, of No 240 Squadron RAF based at Stranraer, Ayrshire, moored on Loch Ryan.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945Anti-Submarine Weapons: Leigh Light used for spotting U-boats on the surface at night fitted to a Liberator aircraft of Royal Air Force Coastal Command.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (F/O)
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939 - 1945Allied Aircraft: A Short Sunderland Mk II flying boat of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, used for reconnaissance and anti-U-boat duties
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945British Personalities: Half length portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert RAF (left), Commander in Chief Royal Air Force Coastal Command from June 1941 to February 1943. Photograph taken at Area Combined Headquarters.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: HAWKER HURRICANE.Hurricane Mark IID, HW719, of No. 1 Specialised Low Attack Instructors School, on the ground at Milfield, Northumberland. This aircraft is fitted with two underwing 40mm Vickers anti-tank guns.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 3 Group, Bomber Command Photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMANDStirling N3751/BU-P of No 214 Squadron was one of 144 aircraft of the Bomber Command involved in the Bremen raids, 27/28 June 1942.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S D (Flight Lieutenant)
ROYAL AIR FORCE SECOND WORLD WAR DEMOBILISATION SCHEMEAircrew cadets, posing as demobilised servicemen, 'sign on' with the Ministry of Labour at No 100 Personnel Despatch Centre, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England during a rehearsal of the plans made for the release of personnel under the demobilisation scheme.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
TRAINING WIRELESS OPERATORS FOR THE RAF: CLASS RECEIVING INSTRCUTION IN MORSENo description available
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
ROAYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 19391-1941.Aircrew of No. 58 Squadron RAF undergo a briefing by the Station Commander in the Operations Room at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, prior to an operation.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: PLAYING SIEG HEILNo description available
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF BOMB AIMINGNo description available
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944Short Stirling Mark IV, LK115 '8S-Z', of No. 295 Squadron RAF, taking off from Harwell, Oxfordshire, towing an Airspeed Horsa glider. One of 25 Stirling/Horsa combinations which carried the Headquarters of I Airborne Corps to landing zones near...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 685 YORK.Avro York C Mark I, MW186, of No. 511 Squadron RAF, parked in a dispersal at Lyneham, Wiltshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Interior of the passengers' compartment of a Consolidated Liberator C Mark I, looking forward.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: DOUGLAS DAKOTA.Dakota Mark IV, KN512, of No. 24 Squadron RAF, parked at Hendon, Middlesex. The aircraft is camouflaged but bears post-war Transport Command markings; i.e. the serial number is painted on the undersides of the wings, and the Transport Command badge and...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 652A ANSON.Anson C Mark XII, PH693, of No. 167 Squadron RAF based at Blackbushe, Hertfordshire, on the ground at Hendon, Middlesex.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Interior of the passenger compartment of a Vickers Warwick C Mark III, looking aft.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Interior of the passenger compartment of Short Stirling Mark V, PK143, of No. 242 Squadron RAF at Stony Cross, Hampshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.The interior of Avro Anson C Mark XI, PH693, of No. 167 Squadron RAF at Hendon, Middlesex, looking forward from the passenger compartment to the cockpit. The aircraft's four-letter Transport Command callsign 'OAGF' can be seen painted on the instrument...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945Chain Home: radar receiver towers and bunkers at Woody Bay near St Lawrence, Isle of Wight, England. This installation was a 'Remote Reserve' station to Ventnor CH.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 32 LIBERATOR.Liberator C Mark I, AL578 "Marco Polo", of No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, on the ground at Lyneham, Wiltshire. This long-serving aircraft is seen in Transport Command's post-war finish, consisting of overall polished bare-metal surfaces, with the...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Baker L H (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945.Airborne Interception Radar: AI Mark VIIIB indicator and receiver in the operating position, as seen from the observer's seat of a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XIII night fighter. The vizor has been removed from the screen on the indicator unit (top...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Baker L H (Flt Lt)
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 scanner hydraulic motor assembly. The rotating scanner is contained in the...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Bromme R R (Fg Off)
ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding talking with Group Captain D R S Bader and other veteran fighter pilots before they took off from North Weald, Essex, for the Battle of Britain Anniversary fly-past over London. They are (left to right); Wing Commander J...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.Blackburn Botha Mark I, L6162, of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, preparing for departure on a training flight at Silloth, Cumberland.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.A flight of three Blackburn Botha Mark Is of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit based at Silloth, Cumberland, in flight over the Cumbrian countryside.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Aircraft tyres are loaded onto Avro York C Mark I, MW137, of No. 511 Squadron RAF at Lyneham, Wiltshire, which is being prepared and refuelled for a flight to the Far East.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.Squadron Leader R R Stanford Tuck, Commanding Officer of No. 257 Squadron RAF, in his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, V6864 'DT-A', prepares to lead a section of Hurricanes to their take-off point, in the snow at Coltishall, Norfolk.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.The passengers' compartment of an Avro York of Transport Command at Lyneham Wiltshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt))
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Interior of a Douglas Dakota of Transport Command at Lyneham, Wiltshire, configured for passengers and freight.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.A crashed Heinkel He IIIP, 1G+NT, of III/KG27, shot down by Blue Section of No. 92 Squadron RAF at 6 pm on 14 August 1940, lying by the side of the road at Charterhouse, Somerset. Note the machine gun projecting from the starboard side of the fuselage...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Passengers take refreshments in the snack bar at the Passenger and Freight Section, Lyneham, Wiltshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.Mark XI aerial torpedoes being taken out on trolleys towards a Bristol Beaufort Mark I, L4516 'OA-W', of No. 22 Squadron RAF at North Coates, Lincolnshire. Shortly after this photograph was taken, L4516 was destroyed when it stalled after a night take-...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)
ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.Officers relax in the bar at Bowood House, near Calne, Wiltshire. The seat of the Marquess of Lansdown, Bowood House was used as a Transport Command guesthouse because of its proximity to Lyneham.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.Blackburn Botha Mark I, L6183, of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit based at Silloth, Cumberland, banking over the Cumbrian countryside.