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

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

  Airmen construct an open-air cinema at the RAF base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

• 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...

• THE SERVICE OF AIR VICE-MARSHAL GERARD COMBE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1923-1946.

  part of "COMBE GERARD (AIR VICE-MARSHAL)" (photographs)

  The Iraqi Army column, 'Dicol', crossing the Rukuchuk river during the Barzan operations: Rigging up the rope bridge.

• TEMPORARY HOUSING IN BRITAIN AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Works official photographer

  A typical prefabricated bungalow.

• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, ENGLAND, 1943

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

  The end of the shift. Tens of workers, both male and female, having finished their work stream off a large vessel and through the shipyard.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Shipbuilding: A welder, wearing a protective mask, at work in a British shipyard.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Welfare and Personnel Management: A doctor examins the hands of munitions workers.

• 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 Building Industry: The war-time building programme: women working as bricklayers' labourers.

• 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: Royal Air Force official photographer

  An airman of the Royal Air Force Regiment drives a tractor hauling a device for levelling the runway area during airfield construction at Lagens.