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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: Lea (Sergeant)

  Sisters Joan Goodband and Pat Hughes of 81 Mobile Field Hospital take a trishaw ride during their off-duty hours. 81 Mobile Field Hospital at Seletar was the first Royal Air Force hospital established after the Japanese surrender.

• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  Civilians on the island of Rhodes queue to get their ration books from the British military authorities. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of malnutrition due to insufficient food. After the liberation of the...

• THE BATTLE FOR CRETE, 20 - 31 MAY 1941

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, L B (Lt)

  Evacuation: Women and children, civilian refugees from the fighting come ashore at an Egyptian port after their evacuation from Crete. A total of 16,500 were rescued including 2000 Greeks.

• 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

  A Jewish woman is helped aboard a British army lorry during a sweep in Tel Aviv for members of Jewish terrorist organisations such as the Irgun. Like all civilians in Tel Aviv she was to be interrogated by officers from the Palestine Police

• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  Two elderly Greek women sip their soup as they leave a Red Cross kitchen. They also carry bags so that they can call at a food distribution centre to collect their rations. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of...

• WOMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES: THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer

  Private May Gemmel, a WRAC recruit from the Seychelles, during training as a clerk at the Clerk Training Wing, 6 Training Battalion, Royal Army Sevice Corps, Yeovil, Somerset. Photograph taken during a visit by the inspector of Recruiting WRAC,...

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

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

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children, accompanied by men of the Iraq Levies, wait on the airfield as a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron taxies in.

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

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

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children preparing to board a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron, assisted by men of the Iraq Levies.

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

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

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children gathered round the passenger door of a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron at Mosul airfield.

• AERO FACTORY GIRLS: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, MARCH 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two women workers sit inside the cockpit of an aircraft as they wire up the pilot's instrument panel, at a factory somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, one woman is a GTC (Government Training Centre) trainee, and the other has been...