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1942 Collection (page 18)

Background image1942 Collection: International Scouts Camp, Youlbury, near Oxford

International Scouts Camp, Youlbury, near Oxford
A group of scouts at an International Scouts Camp, Youlbury, near Oxford, where ten countries were represented, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Norway and France

Background image1942 Collection: WW2 Poster -- War Supplies For Russia

WW2 Poster -- War Supplies For Russia
War Supplies For Russia. Coloured photolithograph after Blake. A convoy of British and American lorries streams along the Persian route to Russia. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Scammell pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2

Scammell pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Scammell 65-gallon pump in operation, supplying water to four hosepipes, at a fire in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Men and women in a Fire Flies entertainment

Men and women in a Fire Flies entertainment
Men and women of the fire brigade taking part in a Fire Flies entertainment. Date: C.1942

Background image1942 Collection: Women in a dancing troupe

Women in a dancing troupe, part of a fire station entertainment. Date: C.1942

Background image1942 Collection: Firefighter in Orange Street, London W1, WW2

Firefighter in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Firefighter operating a two-man manual hose in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: AFS woman in uniform, WW2

AFS woman in uniform, WW2
An Auxiliary Fire Service woman, Ellen Everritt, in uniform during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Auxiliary Ambulance Girl - Wartime London

Auxiliary Ambulance Girl - Wartime London - 1940s. circa 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Man and woman performing a comic sketch

Man and woman performing a comic sketch
Man and woman in costume, performing a comic sketch. Date: C.1942

Background image1942 Collection: Man and woman performing a comic song

Man and woman performing a comic song
Man and woman in shabby costume, performing a comic song. Date: C.1942

Background image1942 Collection: Man with NFS ventriloquists doll

Man with NFS ventriloquists doll
Man with a ventriloquists doll in NFS (National Fire Service) uniform. Date: C.1942

Background image1942 Collection: Manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2

Manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
A two-man manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2

AFS women training, Highgate, London, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women training in Highgate, North London, in July 1942. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2

Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2
A Scammell 45 gallon water pump in position on a trolley during the Second World War (17 September 1942). Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: A Black Watch soldier on sentry duty - Salonika 1917

A Black Watch soldier on sentry duty - Salonika 1917. Robert Houston, Rsw (1891-1942)

Background image1942 Collection: Its a long, long way - Abdulla Cigarette Co. Ltd

Its a long, long way - Abdulla Cigarette Co. Ltd
Its a long, long way. For the Abdulla Cigarette Co. Ltd. Leonard Raven-Hill, Rwa (1867-1942)

Background image1942 Collection: Poster design, British and American shipping

Poster design, British and American shipping
Poster design, Britain and America have over two million tons more shipping today than in August 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Queen Mother arranging a vase of daffodils

Queen Mother arranging a vase of daffodils
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) pictured in 1942 arranging a vase of daffodils, in Buckingham palace, while wearing a blue dress and a pearl necklace. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Queen Mother arranging daffodils

Queen Mother arranging daffodils
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002) arranging daffodils in Buckingham palace in 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Bizerta and environs by G. H. Davis

Bizerta and environs by G. H. Davis
Bizerta (Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa), its environs and main topographical features. An air-view map of Bizerta, key point of air attacks on Sardinia and Sicily during the Second World War

Background image1942 Collection: Tunis commanding Sicilian Channel by G. H. Davis

Tunis commanding Sicilian Channel by G. H. Davis
Tunis, which with Bizerta commands the Sicilian Channel. A contour map showing the capital of Tunisia, its approaches, roads, harbour and surrounding terrain

Background image1942 Collection: El Agheilas defence positions by G. H. Davis

El Agheilas defence positions by G. H. Davis
El Agheilas powerful defence positions abandoned by Rommel. A contour map of the El Agheila area in North Africa from which Rommel was driven out by Montgomery during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: The Mustang plane by G. H. Davis

The Mustang plane by G. H. Davis
The Mustang: fastest army cooperation plane in the world, in use during the Second World War. A hard-hitting, amazingly fast reconnaissance aircraft. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Fortified port of Dakar by G. H. Davis

Fortified port of Dakar by G. H. Davis
The fortified port of Dakar, French West Africa, bristling with defences during the Second World War. It was formerly a German stronghold, full of U-boats. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Allied occupation of French North Africa by G. H. Davis

Allied occupation of French North Africa by G. H. Davis
The Allied Anglo-American occupation of French North Africa during the Second World War. A contour map of the Algerian and Tunisian coasts, with distances from Algiers to important sites

Background image1942 Collection: Lancasters use low-flying tactics by G. H. Davis

Lancasters use low-flying tactics by G. H. Davis
Lancasters use low-flying tactics in the Le Creusot (Schneider Works, 17 October) and Milan raids (military targets, 24 October) during the Second World War: new problems set for the enemy

Background image1942 Collection: Mass production of aircraft by G. H. Davis

Mass production of aircraft by G. H. Davis
Potentialities of mass production of flying boats as troop carriers and heavy freighter airplanes during the Second World War

Background image1942 Collection: Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. Davis

Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: keeping a weekly check on the fuel consumed in an average household during the Second World War. Electricity and gas meters will tell you if you are keeping to your proper average

Background image1942 Collection: Day in the life of an average household by G. H. Davis

Day in the life of an average household by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: a day in the life of an average household during the Second World War. Detailing economies that need to be practised in order to keep within the limits of fuel consumption laid down

Background image1942 Collection: Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Background image1942 Collection: Merchant Ship Fighter Unit by G. H. Davis

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit by G. H. Davis
The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) at work during the Second World War: a system which was able to defeat the long-range bomber

Background image1942 Collection: Tanker Ohio with fuel for Malta by G. H. Davis

Tanker Ohio with fuel for Malta by G. H. Davis
How the tanker Ohio delivered fuel to Malta during the Second World War, in the face of numerous enemy attacks. Date: 12-14 August 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Transporting tanks by air, by G. H. Davis

Transporting tanks by air, by G. H. Davis
Transporting tanks by air during the Second World War: rapid supplies for battling armies. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

Background image1942 Collection: Fighter bombers v. dive bombers by G. H. Davis

Fighter bombers v. dive bombers by G. H. Davis
Fighter bombers versus dive bombers during the Second World War: operational methods defined. The dive bomber is vulnerable to fighter attack -- the fighter bomber is a more versatile weapon

Background image1942 Collection: Added protection for warship by G. H. Davis

Added protection for warship by G. H. Davis
Added protection to the possible capital ship of tomorrow (see 10652993), in the form of fast submarine-chasers. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Rommels Panzers by G. H. Davis

Rommels Panzers by G. H. Davis
Rommels Panzers: details of the PZ Mark IV, and German methods of tank transportation and refuelling during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Bomber force panorama by G. H. Davis

Bomber force panorama by G. H. Davis
1000 bombers: a panorama showing the Allied bomber force which attacked the Rhineland and Western Germany, at the rate of ten bombers per minute

Background image1942 Collection: German strong point in Libyan desert by G. H. Davis

German strong point in Libyan desert by G. H. Davis
A German strong point in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. A stealthy prelude to major events: how a watch is kept by the Allies on enemy movements. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Stereoscopic television pictures by G. H. Davis

Stereoscopic television pictures by G. H. Davis
Stereoscopic television pictures: a notable British achievement. Three-dimensional pictures across the ether: the latest triumph of the inventor of television. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Madagascar strategic island by G. H. Davis

Madagascar strategic island by G. H. Davis
Madagascar, the strategic island to Allied communications in the East, occupied by British forces, forestalls a Japanese plot during the Second World War

Background image1942 Collection: Airacobra and Tomahawk fighters by G. H. Davis

Airacobra and Tomahawk fighters by G. H. Davis
RAF American fighters during the Second World War: the Airacobra and the Tomahawk. Orthodox and unusual design of two American machines in service with the RAF. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Havoc aircraft shoot down enemy bombers by G. H. Davis

Havoc aircraft shoot down enemy bombers by G. H. Davis
Night intruders during the Second World War: Havocs (the renamed Douglas Boston) strike at German bombers returning home. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis

Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis
The deadliest weapon in naval warfare during the Second World War: the torpedos intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Specialised aircraft by G. H. Davis

Specialised aircraft by G. H. Davis
Specialised aircraft: the increasing demands of modern war during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Malta convoy gets through by G. H. Davis

Malta convoy gets through by G. H. Davis
Mediterranean action between British and Italian ships during the Second World War: the Malta convoy gets through. Date: 22-23 March 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Motor torpedo boats v. E-boats by G. H. Davis

Motor torpedo boats v. E-boats by G. H. Davis
British motor torpedo boats versus German E-boats: British and German mosquito (miniature) craft which wage incessant warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Background image1942 Collection: Auxiliary fuel tanks for increasing range by G. H. Davis

Auxiliary fuel tanks for increasing range by G. H. Davis
Increasing aircraft range: auxiliary fuel tanks fitted to fighters and bombers, essential to long-range air attacks during the Second World War. Date: 1942



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