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• A Black Aeroplane on a Red Deck : Aircraft massed on the Flight Deck of "HMS Formidable"

  (art) Made by: Rosoman, Leonard Henry (RA)

  image: several Corsair fighter aircraft and one Avenger, all with folded wings, stand on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Only the horizon is visible in the background.

• 'Angry Aeroplanes': Two Avengers on the Flight Deck of "HMS Formidable"

  (art) Made by: Rosoman, Leonard Henry (RA)

  image: Two dark-coloured machines with circular shaped wings and their landing wheels down, set against a mottled terracotta coloured background.

• THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Lockheed Venturas of No 4 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, prepare for a sortie at their base in the Solomon Islands.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Oulds, D C (Lt)

  Trainees, their faces painted with camouflage paint, on patrol in a wooded area at the Royal Marines Eastern Warfare School. These men are learning to give themselves all-round protection when forced to keep to a narrow track in the "English jungle" at...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Night turned to day as a terrific lightning storm lights up a merchant ship returning from Rangoon which had been recaptured from the Japanese and was again open to big ships.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Oulds, D C (Lt)

  Sat in the orchestra pit with their instruments are the trio of, left to right: Telegraphist Tony Fones; Sick Berth Attendant Denis Cockerton and Leading Seaman Bobby Pagan, who will accompany the show and are featured in the London production of the all...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  A successful "belly landing" by a British Pacific Fleet Supermarine Seafire, whose undercarriage was damaged during on operation against the Japanese. Photograph possibly taken on board HMS INDEFATIGABLE. Note the arrestor wires lying across the deck.

• KAMIKAZE

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Attacks on Shipping: Inspecting damage to the bridge of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS caused by a Japanese 'Judy' single engine dive bomber on 6 April 1945. The plane passed just in front of the bridge about 9 feet from where the Commanding Officer, Captain C E Lambe...

• AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, 1945

  part of "AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1945: JULY - NOVEMBER 1943 (GSA 798)" (photographs) Made by: Australian official photographer

  Two Australian soldiers cool off in a stream after a patrol in the Wonginara area of New Guinea (in the Torricelli mountains inland from Dagua). Signalman H Hobson pours a hatful of water over Private L Thwaites of 2/3 Australian Infantry Battalion....

• AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, 1945

  part of "AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1945: JULY - NOVEMBER 1943 (GSA 798)" (photographs) Made by: Australian official photographer

  A Bren gun team of 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion support an attack on Mount Shiburangu, near Wewak in Papua New Guinea.