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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.
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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 D O Finlay, the Commanding Officer of No. 41 Squadron RAF and former British Olympic hurdler, standing by his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA, P7666 EB-Z Observer Corps, at Hornchurch, Essex.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Rider-Rider (P/O)
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1939-1945WAAF armourers and flight mechanics servicing a Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane at Sealand, Flintshire, Wales.
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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 section of three Hawker Hurricane Mark Is of No. 257 Squadron RAF, take off from snow-bound Coltishall, Norfolk, led by the Squadron's Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader R R Stanford Tuck, in V6864 'DT-A'.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945.Wing Commander J R H Merifield (pilot) and Flight Lieutenant J H Spires (navigator) in De Havilland Mosquito PR Mark 34, RG241 'K', of No. 540 Squadron RAF, taxy to the main runway at St Mawgan, Cornwall, before taking off on the fastest recorded east to...
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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 section of three Hawker Hurricane Mark Is of No 257 Squadron RAF fly over the airfield at Coltishall, Norfolk, as another aircraft of the Squadron,V7607 'DT-H', is prepared for take-off.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: DOUGLAS SKYMASTER.Skymaster Mark I, KL990, the aircraft of the Commanding Officer of No. 232 Squadron RAF, at Prestwick airport, Ayrshire, prior to departing on a trans-Atlantic flight.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Penfold (P/O)
ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.Gloster Meteor Mark IIIs (EE354 'XL-H' nearest) of No, 1335 (Meteor) Conversion Unit taxy to dispersal after a demonstration flight for the Brazilian Air Minister and his party at Molesworth, Huntingdonshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Goodchild A (F/O)
ROYAL AIR FORCE: FIGHTER COMMAND, NO. 38 (AIRBORNE FORCES) GROUP RAF.Airspeed Horsa gliders stored and awaiting disposal at Netheravon, Wiltshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945.Free French trainee pilots prepare for take-off in Miles Master Mark Is at the Franco-Belgian Air Training School, Odiham, Hampshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BRISTOL TYPE TYPE 149 BLENHEIM IV.Blenheim Mark IV, R3612 BL-V, of No. 40 Squadron RAF based at Wyton, Huntingdonshire, in flight. R3612 previously served with the Photographic Development Unit. It was lost with its entire crew on 8/9 September 1940 during a night raid on invasion...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Fg Off)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: AVRO 679 MANCHESTER.An air gunner, in the Nash and Thompson FN4A tail turret of an Avro Manchester Mark I of No. 207 Squadron RAF, trains his four .303 Browning machine guns on the photographer at Waddington, Lincolnshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945.Trainees receiving instruction on flight rigging at No. 5 School of Technical Training, Blackpool, Lancashire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: PERCIVAL Q.6 PETREL.Q.6 Petrel, P5634, of the RAF Northolt Station Flight, parked alongside Bristol Blenheims at Wyton, Huntingdonshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: CURTISS HAWK 81A TOMAHAWK.The first Curtiss Tomahawks, Marks I and IIA, to enter squadron service with the RAF, in the hands of No. 403 Squadron RCAF at Baginton, Warwickshire. The Squadron operated the Tomahawk for only a short time, yielding them in favour of Supermarine...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945.Trainee engine mechanics receiving instruction on a radial engine at No. 5 School of Technical Training, Blackpool, Lancashire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: SHORT S.25 SUNDERLAND.Sunderland Mark I, L2163 DA-G, of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban, in flight over the Atlantic while escorting Canadian Troop Convoy 6 (TC.6), inbound for Greenock.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.Pilot Officer A V "Taffy" Clowes of No. 1 Squadron RAF, climbing into his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3395 'JX-B, in a revetment at Wittering, Huntingdonshire. Note Clowes' personal 'wasp ' emblem under the engine exhausts.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Mr)
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1939-1945.Radio mechanics supplied by the Royal Canadian Air Force are welcomed on a wharf at Liverpool docks by a senior officer, soon after their arrival.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: SHORT S.25 SUNDERLAND.Sunderland Mark I, L2163 DA-G, of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban, Argyll, banking over the Atlantic while escorting Canadian Troop Convoy 6 (TC.6), inbound for Greenock.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J H (Mr)
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER.Interior view of the instrument panel and flying controls in the cockpit of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark IF of No. 252 Squadron RAF at Chivenor, Devon.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945.Fairey Battle Trainer, R7365 12, of No. 1 Service Flying Training School, prepares for take off at Netheravon, Wiltshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Fg Off)
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYALAIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: NORTH AMERICAN NA 73 & NA 102 MUSTANG.Mustang Mark I, AG456 XV-B, of No. 2 Squadron RAF, preparing to depart on a reconnaissance practice flight at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Devon S A (Mr)
ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1941.The observer on board a Vickers Wellington of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, takes a bearing on the sun with his sextant from the astrodome.