1941 Collection (page 3)

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

James Joyce
JAMES AUGUSTINE JOYCE Irish writer Date: 1882 - 1941

Brown Sugar by David Wright, showing a woman lounging on a bed. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Call to Arms by David Wright, showing a model removing her army uniform. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Spitfire by David Wright showing a semi-naked woman, half-dressed in an elaborate evening gown and carrying a feather fan

Me 110 over Greece
Italy; a German twin-engined Messerschmitt 110 fighter over the mountains of Sicily : german aircraft came to help the Italians eject the Allies from the Mediterranean

Tanks Near Tobruk
North Africa : a German tank destroys a British tank in Marmarica, during the fiercely contested battle for Tobruk, Libya

Soviet ships attempt to land in Estonia
German tanks thwart the Russians landing attempt in Estonia

Forth Bridge Ferry / 1941
Loading the Forth Bridge ferry with cars and passengers, Scotland

Douglas DC-3S N1R (msn 4129) of the BROOKLYN DODGERS (Brooklyn National League Baseball Club), marked with Dodgers World Champions just behind the entry door

British Overseas Airways Corporation Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar G-AGDD Loch Losna (msn 2087, ex NX34901, to Royal Norwegian Air Force July 1945 as 2087)

A CCF crew
Crewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Gloster E 2839 -Britains first jet aircraft that took to the air for the first time in May 1941

WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. Davis
Map of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941

Vought Chesapeake I June 1941
Vought Chesapeake I. June 1941. Date: 1941

The naming ceremony of Handley Page Halifax I L9608
The naming ceremony of Handley Page Halifax I, L9608, at Radlett by the Viscountess Halifax, 12 September 1941. Date: 1941

Edward VII with Kaiser Wilhelm II
Edward VII (1841-1910) with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), Emperor of Germany in 1904

Canadians in Southampton
The Southampton contingent of the CCCF who were billeted near the docks at the Apollo Hotel. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

British tank Mark IIA by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 1. Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA. Heavy tanks in action: an explanatory drawing of Matilda and some of her sisters, in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Bow Church and Bread Street, London - following WW2 Blitz
Bow Church and Bread Street, London - following the WW2 Blitz on London by the German Luftwaffe. Date: circa 1941

WWII - Remember Pearl Harbour
Remember Pearl Harbour First Day Cover illustration depicting the Japanese aerial assault on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbour, a lagoon harbour on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Advert for Frontier by Joyce California shoes 1941
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US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying
Keep em Flying Propaganda postcard from 1941 (after the USA had entered the War following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour), encouraging productivity to aid the War effort

Sir William P. Pulteney / Stamp
Lieutenant-General SIR WILLIAM PULTENEY PULTENEY (1861 - 1941) British general during the First World War. In command of British III Corps, then headed 23rd Army Corps

Lockheed Hudsons bombing Aalesund; Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing British Lockheed Hudson bombers of Coastal Command attacking German shipping in the port of Aalesund, Norway, 1941

Cricketer, Webbe
A.J. Webbe Cricketer - Middlesex

Virginia Woolf / Morgan
VIRGINIA WOOLF English novelist

Moscow Parade
To boost morale, a military parade is staged in Red Square, Moscow, even though at the time the Germans are on the outskirts of the city

Soviet Tank Parade
Tanks leave Moscow after a parade, going straight to the front-line. This is a view of Gorky Street

Soldier at Lenins Tomb
A Russian sentry on guard duty near Lenins tomb in the snow- covered Red Square, Moscow

Wilhelm II Ptg
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY German Emperor in middle age

Paderewski / Postcard E&f
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI Polish pianist, composer and statesman, with part of his Chant du Voyageur below

Paderewski / Petit J 1919
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI Polish pianist, composer and statesman

British Sub Rammed
An Italian torpedo boat heroically rams and sinks a British submarine

Amy Johnson / Cig Card
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison), pioneer British aviator who made several record flights - seen here in 1935

Hugh Walpole / Cig Card
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist born in New Zealand

Land Army 1941
Two former mill workers, sisters Ava and Blanche Horn, (" first Bevin girls" - Land Army conscripts & volunteers) are photographed in London enroute for the south

Bremen Launched
In her heyday this fine German liner wins the Atlantic record, but in WW2 she becomes a naval accommodation ship, destroyed by fire in 1941

Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine
Model Peggy Chester - Cover of Woman's Illustrated Magazine, incorporating Eve's Own - photography by Nancy Sandys Walker Date: 1941

Peter Hatch - when serving in the Royal Navy - WW2
Peter Hatch (1913-1989) - Graphic Designer - when serving in the Royal Navy - WW2 - circa 1941. Date: circa 1941

Leslie Howard concentrating on his lines
Leslie Howard (1893 - 1943), British actor, film director and producer pictured in the film studio at Denham where he was producer, director and star of the film, 'First of the Few'

Barrage Balloon Used for Parachute Training During WW2 Date: 1941

Photograph of China Ship PH, Wapping (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

WW2 - Life onboard a corvette escort at sea - the ILN special artist C E Turner accompanied the vessel around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft and torpedoes near Kuantan, off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941

Victims of the First Gas Attack Memorial, Steenstraat
This 15 metres high Cross of Reconciliation, commemorates the victims of the first gas attack of the war made by the Germans on 22 April 1915

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