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• 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: Hensser H (F/L)

  An airman standing guard in the tented RAF encampment, at Lagens. Parked on the airfield is Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIV, HF197 '1-D', of a Detachment of No. 172 Squadron RAF, which was based in the Azores between December 1943 and April 1944.

• 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: Hensser H (F/O)

  Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIV, HF197 '1-D', of No. 172 Squadron RAF Detachment, undergoing servicing at Lagens. The Squadron maintained a Detachment flying anti-submarine operations from the Azores between December 1943 and April 1944.

• 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

  Aircraft parked at the Transport Command Staging Post at Lagens. In the foreground is the tail of a Douglas C-54A Skymaster of USAAF Air Transport Command, and in the background a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of the RAF, being ferried from the...

• 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: Hensser H (F/O)

  A Supermarine Walrus, employed on air-sea rescue duties, parked at Lagens.

• 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

  The tented encampment at Lagens which served as the living quarters for RAF personnel stationed there before the construction of more permanent housing. Parked on the airfield are Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIVs of No. 172 Squadron RAF Detachment and a...

• 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: Hensser H (Flt Lt)

  Consolidated Catalina Mark II, FP530, of No. 45 Group, Transport Command, based at Bermuda, prepares to taxy while visiting Lagens. Parked behind it are Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIVs of No. 179 Squadron RAF which maintained a Detachment at Lagens...

• 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: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF make the final adjustments to a Mark II Lifeboat, loaded to the belly of its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens.

• 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: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  The watch tower at Lagens.

• 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: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Groundcrew of No. 269 Squadron RAF wheel a Mark II Lifeboat to its parent aircraft, Vickers Warwick ASR Mark I, BV508 'HK-B', at Lagens. This view shows the amount of life-saving equipment packed into the boat.

• 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: Daventry B J (Flt Lt)

  Airmen of No. 84 Embarkation Unit marching over the bridge of the Castelinho de São Sebastião, a sixteenth-century fort at Angra do Heroismo, where they were quartered.