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• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ackland A W (Sgt)

  A sailor aboard an anti-submarine patrol vessel off the North African coast mans a Vickers 'K' gas operated machine gun on an anti-aircraft mounting, 13 April 1942.

• THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN, NORTH AFRICA, OCTOBER 1942

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film and Photographic Unit

  British Crusader tanks group together in the desert at sunset to defend themselves from surprise attack at night during the battle.

• STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939

  part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Air raid precautions on the roof of Buckingham Palace, London during the First World War. The screens were to deflect incendiary devices.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  Prelude 1939 - 8 December 1941: The frontier dividing Hong Kong and Japanese-occupied China in 1941. A Japanese sentry seen through the barbed wire frontier fence at Sha Tau Kok.

• SOUTH CARIBBEAN ARMED FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR FOREIGN OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  A Lewis gun section of the St Lucia Volunteer Force, Windward Islands.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  The Wartime Workforce: 'Ginger' the youngest worker at a Ministry of Supply factory, working on predictor equipment for an anti-aircraft detachment.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.

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

  An anti-aircraft gun team of the RAF Regiment man their 20mm Hispano Light AA cannon during gun drill on a forward airstrip in Burma. They are, (left to right), Corporal W Corcoran of London, and Leading Aircraftmen G A Shale of Reading, K Madrall of...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Breeze (P/O)

  Fitters servicing the engine of Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark VIII, 'YB-M', of No. 17 Squadron RAF, under the protection of a mobile anti-aircraft gun at Sapam, Burma.

• 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: Devon S A

  Hawker Hurricane Mark Is (Z4204 ‘H’ nearest) of 'B' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAF, lined up at Idku, Egypt, while operating in the night fighter role for the air defence of Alexandria.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE BALLOON COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION/BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE, WASHINGTON DC" (photographs)

  Mixed crew of sailors and airmen pulling in a barrage balloon from an RAF launch moored alongside a barrage balloon vessel off the east coast of England.