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• BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  Specialist Medical Services: Anaesthetists carrying out experiments using an improvised piece of apparatus to see whether it was possible to administer a general anaesthetic while the patient was wearing a gas mask. It was feared in the early days of the...

• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE, 1939-1945: FAIRCHILD ARGUS.

  part of "ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT 1941-1959: ATP COLLECTION (GSA 325)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Argus Mark I, HM164, on the ground at the Burtonwood Repair Depot, Lancashire. After service with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, the aircraft was transferred to the Air Transport Auxiliary.

• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED MODEL 32 LIBERATOR

  part of "ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT 1941-1959: ATP COLLECTION (GSA 325)" (photographs)

  Liberator Mark III, 41-1087 (LV337), on the ground at Scottish Aviation Ltd, Prestwick. This aircraft was one of an emergency delivery of Liberators intended for use in the Battle of the Atlantic, but was unmodified for such operations. It arrived in...

• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beaton Cecil

  The interior of the drawing office. Workers can be seen concentrating on various plans.

• AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR: 1939-1945: BRISTOL TYPE 152 BEAUFORT.

  part of "RAF STATION GOSPORT" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  The fifth prototype Beaufort, L4445, parked at Gosport, Hampshire, while undergoing trials with the Torpedo Development Unit. This aircraft eventually served with No. 15 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit at Chivenor, Devon, before crashing into the...

• GERMAN NAVAL EXPANSION 1933-1939

  part of "ADMIRALTY NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT" (photographs)

  The German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN.

• 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

  Airmen inspect Mosquito Mark II, DZ695, on an airfield in India following delivery by No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit. This was one of the first Mosquitos sent to the Far Eastern theatre for trial purposes and was issued to No. 27 Squadron RAF at...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/B, NN644, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, parked at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, during the unit's 11th tour of operational stations giving flying demonstrations. This aircraft...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/B, NN644, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, parked near the control tower at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, during the unit's 11th tour of operational stations giving flying...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Junkers Ju 88A-5, HM509, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight base at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, in flight over the English countryside with Flying Officer D G M Gough at the controls.