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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Lea T (Fg Off)
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945An aerial view of the RAF camp on the coral reef at Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands, which was established in 1944 as a base for flying boats operating in the Indian Ocean. Note the one mile-long pipeline jetty, built to take oil to the marine tender which...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.The crew of "Battlin' Bitch", a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 159 Squadron RAF study maps by the nose of their aircraft before setting out on a sortie from Digri, India. They are, (front row, left to right): Sergeant J F Barnett of Aldershot,...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Vickers Wellington Mark Xs of No. 99 Squadron RAF based at Jessore, India, en route to their target in Burma.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.A Vickers Wellington Mark X of No. 99 Squadron RAF, lands at Jessore, India, on returning from a bombing sortie over Burma.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Having cleared their equipment from a dispersal at Digri, India, ground crew watch as aircrew board a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 159 Squadron RAF for a bombing raid on the Bangkok-Moulmein railway line in Burma. This particular aircraft...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.A Consolidated Liberator of No. 159 Squadron RAF, takes off from Digri, India, for a bombing raid on the Bangkok-Moulmein railway line in Burma.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.RAF and American groundcrew shelter from the sun under the nose of a Vickers Wellington Mark X of No. 99 Squadron RAF at Jessore, India, after preparing it for a sortie to Burma.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Leading Aircraftman W T Messenger of Barry, South Wales and Aircraftman R J Frost of Brynmill, Swansea, check over the a load of 1,000-lb HE and Small Bomb Containers (SBC) filled with 4lb incendiaries in the bomb bay of a Vickers Wellington Mark X of No...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF, X8092 'R', of No. 27 Squadron RAF, on trestles at the firing butts at Agartala, India, for cannon and machine gun alignment.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Ground crew pull the chocks away from a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 27 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flying Officer D J Innes as he prepares to take off at Agartala, India.