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  • THE 303 POLISH FIGHTER SQUADRON IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THE 303 POLISH FIGHTER SQUADRON IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr) 1940-10

    A 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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"

    Spitfire PR Mk.11, chassis EN654, in flight.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command

    A Sunderland and its Spitfire escort passing the Eddystone Lighthouse, 14 miles south of Plymouth, June/July 1944.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command

    Mosquito VI HX918 was delivered to the A&AEE at Boscombe Down in November 1943 for rocket-projectile (RP) tests.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O) 1944-02-26

    Wing 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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command

    Wellington XIV HF385 of No 612 Squadron, under tow at Chivernor, April 1944. The WAAF tractor driver is 20-year-old LACW Felicity Lambert.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)

    Fitters working on the 1,200hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines of a No 224 Squadron Liberator at St Eval, 26 February 1944.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

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

    A 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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: HQ Coastal Command

    The 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,...

  • ROCKETS AND MISSILES ROCKETS AND MISSILES

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Walton (Mr)

    A 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.

  • V1 FLYING BOMB V1 FLYING BOMB

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon Stanley

    An 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,...

  • V1 FLYING BOMB V1 FLYING BOMB

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Walton (Mr)

    Seen in silhouette, a Supermarine Spitfire manoeuvres alongside a flying bomb in an attempt to deflect it from its target.

  • AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

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

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  • AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

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

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  • THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945 THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)

    Anti-Submarine Weapons: A Royal Air Force Liberator illuminated by a Leigh Light on the airfield at St Eval.

  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN RAF SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 28 CATALINA. AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN RAF 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 II, AM269 ‘BN-K’, of No 240 Squadron RAF based at Stranraer, Ayrshire, moored on Loch Ryan.

  • THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945 THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (F/O)

    Anti-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.

  • THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939 - 1945 THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939 - 1945

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (F/O)

    Allied Aircraft: A Short Sunderland Mk II flying boat of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, used for reconnaissance and anti-U-boat duties

  • THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945 THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

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

    British 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.

  • BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: HAWKER HURRICANE. BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: HAWKER HURRICANE.

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

    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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 3 Group, Bomber Command Photographer

    Stirling 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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE SECOND WORLD WAR DEMOBILISATION SCHEME ROYAL AIR FORCE SECOND WORLD WAR DEMOBILISATION SCHEME

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S D (Flight Lieutenant)

    Aircrew 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.

  • TRAINING WIRELESS OPERATORS FOR THE RAF: CLASS RECEIVING INSTRCUTION IN MORSE TRAINING WIRELESS OPERATORS FOR THE RAF: CLASS RECEIVING INSTRCUTION IN MORSE

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

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  • ROAYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 19391-1941. ROAYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 19391-1941.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)

    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.

  • AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: PLAYING SIEG HEIL AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: PLAYING SIEG HEIL

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

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  • AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF BOMB AIMING AIR OBSERVERS IN TRAINING: LEARNING THE INTRICACIES OF BOMB AIMING

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

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  • OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944 OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944

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

    Short 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...

  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 685 YORK. AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 685 YORK.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Avro York C Mark I, MW186, of No. 511 Squadron RAF, parked in a dispersal at Lyneham, Wiltshire.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Interior of the passengers' compartment of a Consolidated Liberator C Mark I, looking forward.

  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: DOUGLAS DAKOTA. AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: DOUGLAS DAKOTA.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    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...

  • AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 652A ANSON. AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AVRO 652A ANSON.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Anson C Mark XII, PH693, of No. 167 Squadron RAF based at Blackbushe, Hertfordshire, on the ground at Hendon, Middlesex.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Interior of the passenger compartment of a Vickers Warwick C Mark III, looking aft.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Interior of the passenger compartment of Short Stirling Mark V, PK143, of No. 242 Squadron RAF at Stony Cross, Hampshire.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945

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

    Chain 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.

  • AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 32 LIBERATOR. AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 32 LIBERATOR.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Baker L H (Flt Lt)

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE RADAR, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Baker L H (Flt Lt)

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Bromme R R (Fg Off)

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)

    Blackburn Botha Mark I, L6162, of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, preparing for departure on a training flight at Silloth, Cumberland.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)

    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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt)

    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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

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

    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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt)

    The passengers' compartment of an Avro York of Transport Command at Lyneham Wiltshire.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller D W (Flt Lt))

    Interior of a Douglas Dakota of Transport Command at Lyneham, Wiltshire, configured for passengers and freight.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

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

    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...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    Passengers take refreshments in the snack bar at the Passenger and Freight Section, Lyneham, Wiltshire.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)

    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-...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND, 1943-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Miller (Flt Lt)

    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.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND, 1939-1945.

    part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)

    Blackburn Botha Mark I, L6183, of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit based at Silloth, Cumberland, banking over the Cumbrian countryside.

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