1943 Collection (page 10)

Propellers for Britains Warplanes: Machining the Blades - The Edge-milling process, in which upper and lower fixed rotary cutters mill the leading

WW2 poster, Save fuel to make munitions for battle
WW2 poster, The wife who squandered the electricity -- Save fuel to make munitions for battle, designed by H M Bateman for the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Date: 1943

Churchill, BBC broadcast 1943
The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, delivering an international broadcast from the White House, 14th May 1943. The broadcast marked the anniversary of the British Home Guard. Date: 1943

Supermarine Walrus -the standard Royal Navy catapult aircraft carried aboard its larger warships -at Kerba, Tunisia, 1943

Sikorsky S-43 of Pan Air do Brazil at Belem, Brazil, 1943

Kawanishi N1K1 Shiden Model 11 George -entering service in early 1943, this single seat naval fighter could outfight the Grumman F6F Hellcat

Consolidated B-24D Liberator of 93rd Bomb Group flew the costly 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid

Boeing Stearman N2S-2 at Corpus Christi, Texas in 1943 This and its US Army PT-13 equivalent were vital to US wartime pilot training

Warrior head. Mycenaean art
Ivory Head of a Warrior. 13th c. BC. Mycenaean art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

Blitz in London -- Kings Cross Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- blast damage to a shop in Kings Cross Road, 18 June 1943. Date: 1943

Blitz in London -- Holy Trinity Church, Hounslow, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire at Holy Trinity Church in High Street, Hounslow, 1 June 1943, with a view of the organ. Date: 1943

Derni貥Vision
Derni貥 Vision. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Sinking of the Scharnhorst by G. H. Davis
The sinking of the Scharnhorst: how the British fleet outmanoeuvred Germanys 26, 000-ton battleship. Showing some vital phases of an action in which units of the home fleet, led by HMS Duke of York

Map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria) by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Pantellaria (Pantelleria), a volcanic Italian island outpost which surrendered unconditionally on 11 June 1943 -- the first loss of Italian soil to the Allies during the Second World

Commander in German U-boat by G. H. Davis
Secrets of a German U-boat: one of a series of drawings made inside a captured submarine during the Second World War. The commander is seen at his action station

Details of a German U-boat by G. H. Davis
Secrets of a German U-boat in use during the Second World War: the intricate details of a modern German ocean-going submarine revealed. Date: 1943

Having Fun by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl at the seaside with bucket, spade and pet dog. Date: 1943

Advert for recruitment of nurses 1943
How you can become a nurse. You receive free training - with pay. On passing the exams State Registration follows and opens the door to a career full of happy service and opportunity

Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin
Personal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

Mareth Line, Tunisia, by G. H. Davis
A large-scale contour map of the complicated Mareth Line in Tunisia, North Africa, where General Montgomery stated that the enemys fate would be decided

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1943
Go on, buy it! Its not worth quarter the price. When he whispers in your ear, Go on, buy it ! be firm. Say No, I m going to have a little nest-egg for the time when money will buy something worth

Avro Lancaster heavy bomber 1943
A skeleton view of a Lancaster heavy bomber, which has more than 50, 000 parts. 1943

A Good Catch, Co. Donegal (1943-44). Craig, James Humbert 1877-1944. Date: 1943 - 1944

Avro Lancaster II LL735 - Metropolitan-Vickers
Avro Lancaster II, LL735, was used by Metropolitan-Vickers to test the F2/1 gas turbine in 1943 and later with the F2/4 Beryl in 1945. Date: 1943

Aftermath of a fire at 8 Nelson Road, Hornsey, WW2
The aftermath of a fire at 8 Nelson Road, Hornsey, East London

Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

The Red Mill - Volvograd, Russia
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad): The Red Mill, the only building left from the World War Two Battle of Stalingrad fought between August and January (1942/43). Date: 2010

King George VI visits Malta in 1943
King George VI during his visit to Malta on June 20th, 1943, pictured with Field-Marshal Lord Gort, Governor of Malta on the left, and the Hon. D. C

Hawker Tempest V powered by a Sabre IIB engine Date: 1943

The Southern Star newspaper, Montevideo
The Southern Star or La Estrella del Sur newspaper for Saturday 2nd October 1943, published in Montevideo, Uruguay, mostly in English with a few advertisements (and one article) in Spanish

RAF cadet arrived at Heaton Park
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looking puzzled as he arrives at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester, for air crew training

Customs House, Montevideo
The monumental building of the Customs House in Montevideo, Uruguay, was completed in 1923 and declared a National Historic Monument in 1975

Camp Clairwood pass 1943
A pass for the Imperial Forces Transhipment Camp at Clairwood, Durban, South Africa for Sergeant Alec Talmage. Clairwood, a huge tented camp

The Hesse- Cassel children
The children of Princess Margarete of Prussia and Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Cassel: from left; Wolfgang (1896-1989), Friedrich Wilhelm (1893-1916), known as Freddy, Richard (1901-1969)

HMS Duke of York, 1943
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940

STALINGRAD 1942-43
Despite impending defeat, an exhausted German soldier fights on until the bitter end. War- torn Stalingrad burns behind him

ABD AL AZIZ / MOROCCO / 1903
ABD AL AZIZ or ABD AL AZIZ IV Sultan of Morocco (1894-1908): modern ideas and friendliness to other nations made him unpopular in his own country

San Marino - Panorama of The City, Defensive Walls and Borgo Maggiore. Date: 1943

San Marino - Panorama of The City and Defensive Walls Date: 1943

San Marino - The Second Tower and Castle Walls. Date: 1943

Pistol, Self-Loading, Walther, 9 Mm P38
Walther Model P38 self-loading 9 mm pistol, 1943. Date: 1943

WW2 - Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna
Photograph of Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna, during the time when the Eighth Army was advancing on Tripoli, Feb 1943

Arriving at Catania to embark for Italy
Photograph: Arriving at Catania to embark for ItalyShows tanks, trucks and other vehicles lined up for embarkation. From a photograph album containing 246 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert

WW2 - Vickers machine gun crew
Photograph: Vickers machine gun crew. From a collection of photographs relating to World War Two, Italy (1943-1945). Date: 1945

Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rif
Lantern slide of Rifleman J Furnell with Rifleman Swift, 2nd Irish London Rifles, manning a machine gun built from the parts of five captured enemy guns

First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943
Lantern slide showing infantry moving up for the First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943; Churchill tanks which took part in the operation can be seen in the background

A Sqdn Tanks
Photograph: A Sqdn Tanks. Shows a row of tanks. From a photograph album containing 246 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Mortar practice
Photograph: Mortar practice. Shows two men firing mortar. From a photograph album containing 246 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC

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