1943 Collection (#20)

Service Overseas booklet
Cover of " Service Overseas", a booklet issued to British servicemen about to be posted overseas, and containing useful and practical information

Military Clothing advertisement
Advert for Dugsons in South Africa for Military Clothing that Commands Attention, and for military accessories such as eagles, propellers, chevrons and khaki shirts

Cover of B. O. N. April 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for April 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Lion Beer advertisement
You ll be as fresh as a daisy after a glass of Lion Beer

Sporting goods advertisement
Advert for Mitchells leading sports emporium in Queenstown, South Africa. A football player and ball are featured

Invitation from Montevideo government
Cover of a menu card for a dinner held for British servicemen in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, during World War Two

Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School
Cover of a menu card for a Flight Dinner held at the Windsor Hotel on Thursday 19th August 1943 for air navigators at 47 Air School, Queenstown, South Africa

Cover of B. O. N. March 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for March 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

WW2 British Merchant Navy vessel
Typical of tens of thousands of their comrades in the merchant navy: the officers and crew of the Canadian-built " Fort Dease Lake" stand beside the ship they sail

Dr. R. G Collingwood
DR. ROBIN GEORGE COLLINGWOOD Historian and philosopher. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford and fellow, tutor and librarian at Pembroke College

Met Police male voice choir, Ealing, London
The Metropolitan Police " T" Division (Ealing) Male Voice Choir, posing for their photograph in uniform on a street in Ealing, west London. Photo by Wakefields of Ealing

Hand knitteds conserve coupons
Instructions on how to make a ribbed sweater with peep bo front, and a green jerkin with full pink sleeves and detachable dicky-collar

Maltas Defences firing - WWII
World War Two - Maltas Fixed night defences firing - July 1943

French air force WWII
French Spitfire Squadrons in Corsica retain the insignia of some of the most famous flights of the first Armee de L Air in World War I

Invasion of Sicily -
The early stages of the landings during the Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War Two. Thousands of landing craft of all types were used in the invasion

WW2 - British troops landing on Sicily
The First day of the Invasion of Sicily. Here, the disembarked Highland division prepare beach roads. Large landing craft unload supplies by raft and human chain. Date: 10th July 1943

Britannia and Eve January 1943
Front cover depicting a sophisticated woman in a brown coat with matching hat and gloves. A yellow silk scarf at her throat completes the outfit

Alexandre Millerand / Stamp
ALEXANDRE MILLERAND (1853-1943) French politician and President of the Republic (1920-1924) Date: 1853-1943

Reginald McKenna / Stamp
REGINALD McKENNA (1863 - 1943) British banker and Liberal politician, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Asquith premiership

Maharaja of Bikaner / Stamp
Maharaja SIR GANGA SINGH (1880 - 1943) Reformist ruler of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan, India, and the only non Anglo member of the British Imperial War Cabinet during World War I

Wreckage of the U. S. Destroyer Shaw
The U.S. destroyer lies on the sea bed after the Japanese airstrike on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii

The Wreckage of West Virginia
The photograph shows the battleship West Virginia on the sea bed of Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, after torpedo strike by the Japanese

Attack on the battleship West Virginia at Pearl Harbour
American sailors fight the flames on the battleship West Virginia which was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour with the use of torpedoes

Princess Elizabeth of York uses the Pigeon Post
Photograph of the Queen Elizabeth (b. 1926) when Princess Elizabeth, together with her sister Princess Margaret in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

Admiral Dzara inspecting Royal Marines, Malta, Second World
Photograph showing the Italian Naval Chief, Admiral Dzara, saluting a line of British Royal Marines on Valetta Quay, Malta, 1943

The Mohne Dam before the Dambusters Raid; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) before the Dambusters raid of 16th May 1943. Anti-torpedo nets can be seen just above the dam in this photograph

The Mohne Dam; Second World War, c. 1940
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) before the Dambusters raid of May 1943. This photograph was probably taken before the Second World War as there are no obvious signs of

British Soldiers advance in Tunisia; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing British infantrymen advancing towards enemy positions in Tunisia, North Africa, during 1943. The explosion

Captured Nebelwerfers in Tunisia; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing Allied soldiers inspecting captured German Nebelwerfer guns in Tunisia, North Africa, 1943. The Nebelwerfer was a six-barrelled mortar on a mobile carriage

Aerial Photograph of the Eder Reservoir; Second World War, 1
Aerial photograph showing the Eder Dam and reservoir after it had been breached by the RAF Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron during the Dambuster Raid of 16 May 1943

The Westphalia Region of Germany; Second World War, 1943
Contour Map of the Westphalia Region of Germany, with the positions of the Sorpe, Mohne and Eder Dams marked, 1943. These were the dams attacked by RAF Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron during

SaF bomber attacking German barracks in North Africa; Secon
Aerial photograph showing a South African Air Force bomber attacking a German barracks at Mareth in Tunisia during the Spring of 1943

Lt. -Colonel Jimmy Doolittle on the deck of the Hornet; Sec
Photograph showing Lt.-Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attaching a Japanese medal to the fin of a 500-lb. bomb on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet in April 1942

RAF Liberator bombers over an Atlantic Convoy; Second Worl
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Liberator bombers flying over an Atlantic convoy, during a German U-boat (submarine) attack, 1943

British Overseas Airways Stewardesses, 1943
Photograph showing two stewardesses (on right) of the British Overseas Airways, in the stern of a motor-launch, heading out to join a waiting flying-boat, 1943

Laundry on an Italian Submarine; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing the crew of an Italian submarine airing their blankets and bedding on arrival at Malta in 1943. When Italy fell that year

Sir Kingsley Wood (1881-1943)
Photograph of Sir Kingsley Wood, the Conservative MP, seen in 1938 - the year that he held the posts of Minister of Health and Secretary of State for Air

French luxury liner, Normandie, in New York Harbour, Novem
Photograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs

Salvaged Luxury Liner Normandie, New York Harbour, Novembe
Photograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs

Pieter Zeeman / Nobel 1902
PIETER ZEEMAN Dutch physicist

Metal Monster Machine
THE METAL MONSTER by E K Jarvis. A massive metallic machine strides through the sea on four legs grabbing battleships in its clutches and firing a ray-gun

Life on the Stars 6
Roads, cities, aerial communication - the inhabitants of the Rigel constellation may not resemble earthfolk, but their civilisation is similar

Venus Sailing Ship
The inventive folk on Venus have doubtless developed ingenious solutions for navigating their oceans : this sailing vessel has wooden sails like Venetian blinds

Ship of Jupiter
On the planet Jupiter, electrical power propels the ocean-going vessels through the sea of sticky heavy oil which would clog the propellors used on Earth

Life on the Stars 2
Sirius, brightest star in the Canis Major constellation, may well have developed a highly advanced civilisation with sophisticated technology

Life on the Stars 3
The great nebula of Orion is ten light years wide : life forms could resemble those of Earths early phases, with massive aquatic creatures

Warship of Mars
The Martians are a warlike folk, so when they possessed oceans, it was inevitable that their ships would be built for fighting - massive warships of sophisticated design

Life on the Stars
On Vega, giant star of the Lyra (harp) constellation, life could take the form of insect- like creatures, here depicted carrying a visiting traveler from Earth

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