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• WAR DOG TRAINING, BRITAIN, C 1940

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

  An Airedale dog poses with a Canadian soldier during training somewhere in Britain.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FERRY COMMAND, 1941-1943.

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

  Consolidated Liberator Mark I, AM261, of Ferry Command, prepares to taxy at Prestwick, Scotland, with the Duke of Kent on board, bound for Canada. This was the first occasion on which a member of the Royal Family crossed the Atlantic by aircraft.

• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group RAF

  LB-30 Liberator, AL504 “Commando”, in flight over Canada. One of the original aircraft ordered by the Anglo-French Purchasing Commission in the United States and taken over by the British after the fall of France, AL504 became the personal transport of...

• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN RAF SERVICE 1939-1945: WACO MODEL CG-4 HADRIAN.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Bellamy W (F/O)

  Hadrian Mark I, FR579 “Voo Doo”, arriving at Prestwick after being towed, in a series of stages, across the Atlantic from Canada. FR579 served with No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit and the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment.

• AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: DE HAVILLAND DH 98 MOSQUITO.

  part of "ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT 1941-1959: ATP COLLECTION (GSA 325)" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP)

  Mosquito B Mark 25, KB669, at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, following its ferry flight from Canada. This aircraft was built by De Havilland Canada at Downsview, Toronto.

• SHIPPING OF WAR SUPPLIES FROM CANADA

  part of "CANADIAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  Aconsignment of crates containing military vehicles wait in a dockyard railway siding in Canada before being shipped to the war zone for use in support of the Allied war effort. Behind the siding, a merchant ship, guided by a tug, can be seen arriving...

• CANADIAN FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CANADIAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  The Canadian Prime Minister, William McKenzie King, inspects anti-aircraft defences on Canada's east coast.

• CANADIAN FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CANADIAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  Commonwealth Air Aces: Flight Lieutenant George 'Screwball' Beurling, the highest scoring Canadian pilot, with his younger brothers while on leave in Canada. He finished the war with 31 kills.

• CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CANADIAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  A Canadian built and manned Fairmile sub-chaser drops depth charges on a suspected German U-boat at the mouth of the St Lawrence river.

• THE CANADIAN WAR EFFORT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CANADIAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  Anti-tank guns being assembled on the production line at a Canadian armaments factory.