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• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "CABINET OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No. 226 Squadron RAF

  Bombs explode on the Colombelles steel works, east of Caen, during the attack by No. 2 Group on this German strongpoint. 48 North American Mitchells and 24 Douglas Bostons dropped a mixed load of 284 500-lb bombs and 48 1,000-lb bombs on the target....

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "RIDEAL E C (SQUADRON LEADER)" (photographs)

  Group Captain P C "Pick" Pickard (centre), Commander of No. 140 Wing, No. 2 Group, flanked by Wing Commander I G E "Daddy" Dale, Commanding Officer of No. 21 Squadron RAF (to Pickard's right), and Wing Commander A G "Willie" Wilson, Commanding Officer of...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945

  part of "RIDEAL E C (SQUADRON LEADER)" (photographs)

  De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI, HX913 'SB-N', of No. 464 Squadron RAAF based at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, in flight.

• BRITISH AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE: MILES M.38 MESSENGER.

  part of "ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY" (photographs) Made by: Miles Aircraft Ltd

  Messenger Mark I, RH375, in flight shortly before delivery to No. 2 Group Communication Flight at Benson, Oxfordshire.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "RIDEAL E C (SQUADRON LEADER)" (photographs)

  An Intelligence Officer, Flight Lieutenant E C Rideal (right), interrogates the crew of a De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF in a tent at Thorney Island, Hampshire, on their return from a night-intruder sortie over North-west...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR CENSORSHIP BUREAU LIBRARY OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Canadian Air Force official photographer

  Two groundcrew mechanics loading two Type F.52 (36” lens) aerial cameras into the ‘split pair’ position behind the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI, PA961, of No. 400 Squadron RCAF at Odiham, Hampshire.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "CHRISTIE MICHAEL (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Christie M

  Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, 'FU-V', of No. 453 Squadron RAAF preparing to taxy at Ford, Sussex, for a sortie over Normandy. The aircraft carries a 44-gallon long-range fuel tank under the fuselage to enable it to extend its operational radius on the...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "CHRISTIE MICHAEL (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Christie M

  Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, are started up at Ford, Sussex for a sortie over Normandy. Both aircraft are carrying 44-gallon long-range fuel tanks under the fuselage to extend the their range over the continent. Behind them...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "CHRISTIE MICHAEL (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Christie M

  A pair of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 443 Squadron RCAF take off from Ford, Sussex, for a sortie over Normandy. Both aircraft each carry a 44-gallon long-range fuel tank under the fuselage to extend the Spitfire's range over the continent.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "CHRISTIE MICHAEL (MR)" (photographs) Made by: Christie M

  A pair of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXBs of No. 442 Squadron RCAF, take off from Ford, Sussex, for a sortie over Normandy. Both aircraft each carry a 44-gallon long-range fuel tank under the fuselage to extend the Spitfire's range over the continent.