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• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE FAR EAST 1945-1946

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

  Japanese prisoners of war laying some of the 11900 rolls of bituminized hessian sheeting that provided a waterproof bedding for the main runway at Changi. The runway, using 276,680 pierced steel sheets on top of the hessian, was 2000 yards in length and...

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE FAR EAST 1945-1946

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

  Japanese prisoners of war laying rolls of hessian sheeting and pierced steel sheets during the construction of the main runway at Changi. The runway, using 276,680 pierced steel sheets and 11900 rolls of bituminized hessian (the latter providing a...

• 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: Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP)

  Argus Mark III, HB652, on the ground at Hooton Park, Cheshire, after erection by Martin Hearne Ltd, and prior to joining the Air Transport Auxiliary.

• AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "LIVERPOOL CONSTABULARY" (photographs)

  An aircraft being transported on a low-loader through the streets of Liverpool.

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

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

  Liberation and Repatriation: The first British prisoners of war to be evacuated from Singapore after liberation walk to their aircraft at Kallang airport.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND

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

  'Babs VI', a Typhoon of No 174 Squadron, coded XP-K, was photographed at Volkel on 9 February 1945, the day after it was written off in a wheels-up landing. Like so many aircraft crashes, this one was down to engine failure rather than enemy action.

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1912

  A good view of the Cody aircraft mark IV Monoplane on the ground with a small group of people stood around. Cody built this aircraft specifically for the 1912 military trials. This single engine tractor design, radically different from his previous ones...

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1908

  The original Nulli Secundus airship in flight. It was in Nulli Secundus that Cody and Colonel Capper of the Balloon School at Aldershot made their record breaking flight from Farnborough to London The journey of 40 miles took three hours twenty five...

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1909

  A good clear shot of Cody aircraft mark IB in flight close to the ground with streamers and Union Jack trailing behind. This version of the mark IB does not have the additional elevators fitted next to the main central elevator instead balancing planes...

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY IN AIRSHIP, KITE AND AIRCRAFT AERONAUTICS 1903 - 1913

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1913-08-07

  The wreckage of Cody Aircraft Mark VIA at Laffan's Plain near Aldershot. The aircraft broke up in mid air and crashed, killing S F Cody and his passenger, W H B Evans (captain of the Hampshire Cricket Club) instantly. The Cody Aircraft Mark VI was the...