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• ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945.

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

  Men of the RAF Regiment, occupying the airfield at Grottaglie, Italy, walk between damaged barrack buildings on the domestic site.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Abbott, L H (Flying Officer)

  Operation AVALANCHE, the Allied landings at Salerno: Supermarine Spitfire Mark VCs and Mark IXs of No. 243 Squadron RAF, parked ready for take off at Tusciano landing ground, south of Salerno, while providing air cover for the beachhead.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945.

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

  Fitters attach the exhaust collector ring to the Bristol Hercules VI engine of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 600 Squadron RAF, undergoing maintenance at Cassibile, Sicily. The engine is suspended in its position from a Coles crane.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945.

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

  A Douglas Dakota of No. 216 Group RAF, flying over orange groves and farmland in Apulia, Italy, while delivering supplies to RAF wings at Grottaglie.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945.

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

  Supplies for the RAF wings operating from Grottaglie, Italy, are unloaded from a Douglas Dakota of No. 216 Group RAF, using a commandeered Italian lorry. In the foreground a SAAF officer lights a cigarette beside the wreckage of an Italian Fiat CR.42.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  Pilots of No. 81 Squadron RAF play poker dice while waiting at readiness in the 'A' Flight dispersal hut, constructed from sand-filled four-gallon petrol tins, at Souk el Khemis ('Paddington'), Tunisia. The fair-haired pilot sitting at the top of the...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  Squadron Leader C F Gray (walking towards the camera, wearing Mae West), Commanding Officer of No. 81 Squadron RAF, with other pilots and groundcrew, shortly after landing at Souk el Khemis ('Paddington'), Tunisia, following a sortie during which Gary...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Abbott, L H (Pilot Officer)

  Ground crew servicing Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, ER676 'HT-E', of No. 154 Squadron RAF in its dispersal at Souk el Khemis ('Victoria'), Tunisia. The aircraft failed to return from a mission escorting American B-25s to Tunis the following day.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  RAF cooks preparing breakfast in their field kitchen at Souk el Khemis ('Paddington'), Tunisia.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Lea T (Plt Off)

  Squadron Leader L C Wade, Commmanding Officer of No. 145 Squadron RAF, inspects the damaged starboard wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX after flying back to his base at Goubrine North,Tunisia, following combat with enemy fighters while providing...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  A Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 255 Squadron RAF running up its engines during sunset at Setif, Algeria.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Lea T (Plt Off)

  Wing Commander P le Cheminant (later Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter le Cheminant), Commmanding Officer of No. 223 Squadron RAF, briefs aircrews for the final bombing raid of the North African campaign in front of a Martin Baltimore Mark IIIA at La...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  Three Spitfire LF Mark VBs of No. 244 Wing RAF based at Bu Grara, flying in close starboard echelon formation off the Tunisian coast after escorting light bombers on a sortie to Mareth. AB502 ‘IR-G’, in the foreground, is the personal aircraft of the...

• AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE.

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

  Spitfire LF Mark VB, AB502 ‘IR-G’, the personal aircraft of Wing Commander I R "Widge" Gleed, No. 244 Wing Leader based at Bu Grara, Tunisia, in flight off Djerba Island. The aircraft is fitted with an Aboukir air filter and has ‘clipped’ wings in order...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

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

  A Martin Baltimore Mark IIIA of No. 55 Squadron RAF (right), takes off from Ben Gardane North, Tunisia, for an attack on Mareth village, as other aircraft of the Squadron taxi to the take off point

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Brock F J (Fg Off)

  Two Douglas Boston Mark IIIs, Z2303 and Z2284, of No. 114 Squadron RAF based at Souk el Khemis (‘Kings Cross’) Tunisia, flying over the Aurés mountains to attack enemy airfields.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Brock F J (Fg Off)

  Douglas Boston Mark III, Z2303 'V', of No. 114 Squadron RAF based at Souk el Khemis (‘Kings Cross’) Tunisia, flies north of the Medjerda River (top right) to attack enemy airfields, during the practically continuous offensive operations mounted by the...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Abbott, L H (Pilot Officer)

  Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Mary" Coningham, Air Officer Commanding the North-west Allied Tactical Air Force, talking to ground crews serving with squadrons of No. 242 Group RAF at Souk el Khemis, during the closing stages of the campaign in Tunisia.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Abbott, L H (Pilot Officer)

  Ground crew of No. 154 Squadron RAF hang their washing out to dry beside a dispersal at Souk el Khemis ('Victoria'), Tunisia, where two of the Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs are undergoing maintenance, (Mark VB, ER676 'HT-E', nearest).

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1939-1943.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Abbott, L H (Pilot Officer)

  Field communications operating in the open air at Souk el Khemis ('Victoria'), Tunisia. The wireless operator on the left is using a portable R1082/T1083 HF transceiver set powered by 12-volt batteries, while the telephone operator on the right works a...