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• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

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

  Following the explosions at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem soldiers and members of the Palestine Police work to rescue victims from the wreckage. The hotel housed the Military headquarters for all armed forces in Palestine as well as the offices of...

• THE BRITISH MANDATE IN PALESTINE 1917-1948

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

  Civilians and soldiers attempt to rescue victims trapped in the debris of the ruined wing of the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Palestine, on 24 July 1946, following the explosion of a bomb in the basement two days earlier.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942

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

  A Jeep being used to rescue a 3-ton lorry that had got stuck in the soft sand in the Western Desert, 24 August 1942.

• HMS BELFAST DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "BELFAST TRUST" (photographs)

  War Service 1939-1940: HMS BELFAST after being severely damaged by a magnetic mine in the Firth of Forth, 21 November 1939. Members of the ship's company can be seen preparing life rafts on the quarter-deck and port waist.

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

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

  The crew of a crash tender, Leading Aircraftmen J Cubbison of Hull and T Jones of Bishops Stortford, and Corporal Thudhope of Nearchurch, Warwickshire, stand by on their vehicle at Tabingaung airfield near Shwebo, Burma.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND: NO. 247 GROUP OPERATIONS IN THE AZORES, 1943-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hensser H (F/O)

  A Supermarine Walrus, employed on air-sea rescue duties, parked at Lagens.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND: NO. 247 GROUP OPERATIONS IN THE AZORES, 1943-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF make the final adjustments to a Mark II Lifeboat, loaded to the belly of its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND: NO. 247 GROUP OPERATIONS IN THE AZORES, 1943-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF wheel a Mark II Lifeboat to its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens. This view shows the amount of life-saving equipment packed into the boat.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE COASTAL COMMAND: NO. 247 GROUP OPERATIONS IN THE AZORES, 1943-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF wheel a Mark II Lifeboat to its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens.

• 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

  High Speed Launch HSL 164 of No. 203 Air Sea Rescue Unit heads out from Colombo, Ceylon, into the Indian Ocean, guided by a Hawker Hurricane search aircraft of No. 222 Group RAF.