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• AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE, 1939-1945: FAIRCHILD ARGUS.

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

  Argus Mark III, HB652, on the ground at Hooton Park, Cheshire, after erection by Martin Hearne Ltd, and prior to joining the Air Transport Auxiliary.

• AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "LIVERPOOL CONSTABULARY" (photographs)

  An aircraft being transported on a low-loader through the streets of Liverpool.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ashley (Plt Off)

  Liberation and Repatriation: The first British prisoners of war to be evacuated from Singapore after liberation walk to their aircraft at Kallang airport.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  'Babs VI', a Typhoon of No 174 Squadron, coded XP-K, was photographed at Volkel on 9 February 1945, the day after it was written off in a wheels-up landing. Like so many aircraft crashes, this one was down to engine failure rather than enemy action.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

  part of "BRITISH OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  An Anson of No 502 Squadron undergoing a major inspection at Aldergrove, near Belfast, April 1940.

• HUDSON MARK 3 (LOCKHEED)

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

  No 269 Squadron's most-photographed Hudson, T 9465 'Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees', bathed in early-morning sunshine while being readied for an anti-submarine patrol from Kaldadarnes, Iceland, October 1941.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: RAF Snaith Station Photographer

  The damaged tail of Halifax II HR868/MH-B of No 51 Squadron, which was attacked by a night-fighter on its way to Frankfurt on the night of 20-21 December 1943.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hensser H (Mr)

  In June 1942 the 'Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees' - a Hudson III presented to the RAF by Lockheed workers and operated by No 269 Squadron in Iceland - was forced to crash-land on an isolated sand-spit after running into a storm. Only slightly damaged...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hensser H (Mr)

  U-boats were not the only threat to the convoys in northern latitudes. A watch had to be kept on the Arctic pack-ice, the extent and composition of which varied depending on the time of year. To this end No 269 Squadron in Iceland flew regular 'ice...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: COASTAL COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hensser H (Mr)

  U-boats were not the only threat to the convoys in northern latitudes. A watch had to be kept on the Arctic pack-ice, the extent and composition of which varied depending on the time of year. To this end No 269 Squadron in Iceland flew regular 'ice...