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• A Black Aeroplane on a Red Deck : Aircraft massed on the Flight Deck of "HMS Formidable"

  (art) Made by: Rosoman, Leonard Henry (RA)

  image: several Corsair fighter aircraft and one Avenger, all with folded wings, stand on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Only the horizon is visible in the background.

• 'Angry Aeroplanes': Two Avengers on the Flight Deck of "HMS Formidable"

  (art) Made by: Rosoman, Leonard Henry (RA)

  image: Two dark-coloured machines with circular shaped wings and their landing wheels down, set against a mottled terracotta coloured background.

• THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Lockheed Venturas of No 4 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, prepare for a sortie at their base in the Solomon Islands.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Night turned to day as a terrific lightning storm lights up a merchant ship returning from Rangoon which had been recaptured from the Japanese and was again open to big ships.

• KAMIKAZE

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Attacks on shipping: View of the port side of HMAS AUSTRALIA showing the damage caused by a Japanese suicide aircraft.

• KAMIKAZE

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Attacks on shipping: The remains of the engine and propellor of the Japanese suicide aircraft which struck the deck of HMAS AUSTRALIA.

• An Indian Military Policeman, Batavia, 1945

  (art) Made by: Rafty, Tony 1945

  image: a half-length portrait showing an Indian Military Policeman in uniform, turning towards the left.

• FP-45 Liberator pistol

  (weapons and ammunition)

  The FP-45 pistol, better known as the 'Liberator' or, less respectfully, as the 'Woolworth Gun' was devised in 1942, in response to a request from the United States Joint Psychological Warfare Committee. They envisaged a cheap pistol which could be air-...

• AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, 1945

  part of "AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1945: JULY - NOVEMBER 1943 (GSA 798)" (photographs) Made by: Australian official photographer

  Two Australian soldiers cool off in a stream after a patrol in the Wonginara area of New Guinea (in the Torricelli mountains inland from Dagua). Signalman H Hobson pours a hatful of water over Private L Thwaites of 2/3 Australian Infantry Battalion....

• AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945

  part of "AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1945: JULY - NOVEMBER 1943 (GSA 798)" (photographs) Made by: Australian official photographer

  A Matilda tank of 'B' Squadron, 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment, with supporting infantry moving along the Buin Road, south of the Hongorai River during mopping-up operations on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.