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

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

    A Douglas Dakota of RAF Transport Command lands at snow-covered B78/Eindhoven, Holland, as ground crew inspect Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN659 'I8-E', of No. 440 Squadron RCAF, which suffered a collapsed undercarriage on landing after a sortie.

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

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

    Armourers attach the nose and tail units onto a cluster projectile containing 26 x 20-lb anti-personnel bombs, fitted under the wing of a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 439 Squadron RCAF at B78/Eindhoven, Holland.

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

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

    A Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 439 Squadron RCAF taxies through a water splash at B78/Eindhoven, Holland, while leaving its dispersal loaded with two 1,000-lb bombs for an attack on a rail target behind the German lines.

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

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

    A Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI of No. 39 (PR) Wing taxying at B78/Eindhoven, Holland, seen through a roll of square mesh type tracking. To the right of the aircraft lies the wreckage of another Spitfire PR Mark XI, destroyed during the Luftwaffe...

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

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

    Engine fitters prepare to change the propeller of a snow-covered Hawker Typhoon Mark IB in a dispersal at B78/Eindhoven, Holland.

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

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

    A Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 143 Wing taxies past dispersed Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs along the ice-covered runway at B78/Eindhoven, Holland, for an early-morning sortie. Note the ground crewman sitting on the Typhoon's wing to guide the pilot,...

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

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

    Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI, PL883, of No. 400 Squadron RCAF taxying through a flooded area at B78/Eindhoven, Holland.

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

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

    A photographic-reconnaissance pilot of No. 400 Squadron RCAF climbs into his Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI, partially surrounded by water following the recent heavy rains at B78/Eindhoven, Holland..

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

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

    Sergenat W Page of Coulsdon, Surrey, and Leading Aircraftman G Skelsey of London fit a long-range fuel tank to a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 137 Squadron RAF at B78 Eindhoven, Holland. The tanks enabled the Typhoons to carry out strikes deeper into...

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

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

    Two Humber light reconnaissance cars of No. 2806 Armoured Car Squadron RAF Regiment, acting as a forward observation post close to the Wilhelmina Canal near Eindhoven, Holland. Flying Officer W E Wallace of Annan, Scotland, and his gunner, Leading...

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