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Background imageLanded Collection: German bunker WN65 le Ruquet Omaha Beach

German bunker WN65 le Ruquet Omaha Beach
When the Americans landed on D Day they moved off the beach via a number of gullys or draws. One of the most famous contemporary photos shows a long line of GIs fling past this bunker

Background imageLanded Collection: US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach

US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach
The 29th, the Blue and the Grey, was a National Guard Division, and on the beach just below the memorial the 116th Regiment landed

Background imageLanded Collection: Sherman tank with General Leclerc Memorial Utah Beach

Sherman tank with General Leclerc Memorial Utah Beach
The French 2nd Armoured Divison landed here on 2/8/44 as part of General Pattons 3rd Army. The memorial is one of a number along the beaches all of the same style which were put up by the Comite du

Background imageLanded Collection: 2nd & 5th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial

2nd & 5th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial
The plaque is on the wall of the small square on the edge of la Breche d Hermanville - Sword Beach. The Battalions landed in the first wave on D Day 6 June 1944 There are many other memorials around

Background imageLanded Collection: 3rd British Infantry Division Memorial Normandy

3rd British Infantry Division Memorial Normandy
This is in the small village of Periers sur le Dan some 3 miles inland of Sword Beach where the Division landed on 6 June 1944

Background imageLanded Collection: Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division

Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division
The Division landed on Omaha Beach on 9 June 1944 and went into action on the 11th. It earned its nickname in the fighting for Carentan

Background imageLanded Collection: US Paratrooper hanging on Ste Mere Eglise church

US Paratrooper hanging on Ste Mere Eglise church
American John Steele landed on the church during the night of 5/6 June 1944 and hung there playing dead. He survived and died in Kentucky in May 1969

Background imageLanded Collection: Sir Alan Cobham returns to London from Australia

Sir Alan Cobham returns to London from Australia
Sir Alan Cobham, Imperial Airways pilot, returning from his 26, 000 mile flight to and from Australia. He landed on the River Thames in London, near the Palace of Westminster, on 1 October 1926. 1926

Background imageLanded Collection: German House, Basra, Iraq, WW1

German House, Basra, Iraq, WW1
German House in Basra, Iraq, where British Forces landed on 22 November 1914. circa 1916

Background imageLanded Collection: Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat 93879

Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat 93879
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat N4994V (msn A-11631, ex BuAer number 93879), a former United States Navy radio-controlled drone target, on display at the Air Museum, Lancaster California, on 28 May 1965

Background imageLanded Collection: Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097

Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097. This single-seat biplane, powered by a 40hp Ace engine; was designed by Alexander Klemin (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, NYU) and N W Dalton

Background imageLanded Collection: United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29 Superfortress

United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29 Superfortress
United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29-90-BW Superfortress 44-87744 (msn12547), force landed at Moses Point Airport, Elim, Alaska due to two in-flight engine failures

Background imageLanded Collection: WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed

WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed
WW1 - Marianne to Kaiser Wilhelm II - Hands Off! The Engish have landed. Warning to Germany not to set her sight on France as the English will be on hand to defend her border... Date: 1914

Background imageLanded Collection: A Skiing mishap in Switzerland - a tumble down the slopes

A Skiing mishap in Switzerland - a tumble down the slopes Date: 1912

Background imageLanded Collection: Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey

Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey
The visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria to Constantinople. Pictured here with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Background imageLanded Collection: Socorro Sighting 1964

Socorro Sighting 1964
Patrolman Lonnie Zamora sees a landed spacecraft, with two aliens standing nearby; they rapidly leave, leaving four scorch-marks where the legs had rested on the ground

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Abductions / Schirmer

Ufos / Abductions / Schirmer
At Ashland, Nebraska, police officer Herbert Schirmer encounters a landed UFO, misses 20 minutes; later under hypnosis he recalls abduction by aliens

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Masse / Valensole

Ufos / Masse / Valensole
Near Valensole, France, lavender farmer Maurice Masse encounters landed UFO and its occupants in his fields; they paralyse him and rapidly leave

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Voronezh

Ufos / Voronezh
Landed UFO with two aliens

Background imageLanded Collection: UFO sighting at Trans-en-Provence, France

UFO sighting at Trans-en-Provence, France
A sketch of Renato Niccolais garden at Trans-en-Provence, France, where he claims a UFO came down from the sky, hovered or landed for a few seconds, then shot away again, leaving traces on the ground

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Voronezh

Ufos / Voronezh
Landed UFO - with lights and luminous spheres

Background imageLanded Collection: Investigating UFO landing, Socorro, New Mexico

Investigating UFO landing, Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro, New Mexico: investigating traces of a landed UFO seen by a policeman (Zamora)

Background imageLanded Collection: Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Background imageLanded Collection: Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church

Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church
There is another Piron Plaque just outside the entrance to the British War Cemetery in Ranville. The Brigade landed on Gold Beach on 5 August and 17th August

Background imageLanded Collection: Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Reviers, Normandy

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Reviers, Normandy
The Reginas landed on Juno Beach at Courseulles onD-Day and headed inland towards Reviers through which runs the River Mue, a tributary of the River Seulles

Background imageLanded Collection: Airstrip B3 Memorial, Free French Sqns, Ste Croix

Airstrip B3 Memorial, Free French Sqns, Ste Croix
The first Free French planes landed here on Liberated soil on 13 June 1944 as part of 2nd Tactical Airforce RAF. Present at the unveiling of the Memorial Area was Wing Cdr Johnnie Johnson

Background imageLanded Collection: Commandant Kiefer & 4 Commando Memorial

Commandant Kiefer & 4 Commando Memorial
This is in Colleville-Montgomery opposite the First British Graves Memorial and remembers both Kieffer and the French Forces of No 4 Commando. There are a number of memorials to Kieffer

Background imageLanded Collection: 85th Field Company RE, Nottingham Bridge, Courseulles

85th Field Company RE, Nottingham Bridge, Courseulles
The Memorial was put up in 1994 by Old comrades of 85th Fld Coy, RE. It has a handsome frame with badges in bas-relief. The 85th landed at Graye-sur-Mer in the early hours of D-Day 6 June 1944

Background imageLanded Collection: Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards

Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards
Stan Hollis was the only man to win the VC on D-Day. He landed here with D Company of the 6th Battalion. Thinking that the original hut was a German pill box he fired the entire drum of his Lewis gun

Background imageLanded Collection: 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Memorial, Asnelles

2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Memorial, Asnelles
The Borderers were part of 231st Brigade of 50th Northumbrian Division who landed here on D-Day. The black Memorial carries inscriptions in English

Background imageLanded Collection: The Arrival of Amelia Earhart at Southampton

The Arrival of Amelia Earhart at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Background imageLanded Collection: Docks of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt

Docks of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt
Docks with landed boats on the Suez Canal and view on Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and on the western bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1910

Background imageLanded Collection: Harbour of Port Said, Egypt

Harbour of Port Said, Egypt
View on the harbour with landed sailing ships, boats on the canal and pedestrians walking on the shore in Port Said, a city on the north-eastern coast of Egypt

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Hessdalen

Ufos / Hessdalen
This flying saucer landed in the village of Hessdalen, but was snowed in by bad weather, and its occupants had to stay with the locals until the weather cleared Date: 1996

Background imageLanded Collection: The Epic of Arnhem, WW2

The Epic of Arnhem, WW2
The Epic of Arnhem, where the First Airborne Division saw action during the Second World War. Showing how the newcomers at Arnhem were welcomed as they landed by parachute. Date: 1944

Background imageLanded Collection: Upper class Victorian girl

Upper class Victorian girl
An upper class Victorian girl, Alice Polhill-Turner (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), seen here at the age of six, sitting on an upholstered chair in a lacy white dress and white stockings

Background imageLanded Collection: Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales

Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales
The First Pembrokeshire Motor Car and Motor Cycle Club Rally, photographed outside Williamston House, Neyland, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Background imageLanded Collection: Colour engraving of Prior Park, Bath

Colour engraving of Prior Park, Bath
Colour engraving of Prior Park, near Bath, the seat of Ralph Allen Esq

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Taylor / Livingston

Ufos / Taylor / Livingston
Near Livingston, Scotland, Robert Taylor has close encounter with landed UFO whose spiked satellites tear his trousers

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal

Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal
Farmer Jan Pienaar, driving with unnamed African farmhand, encounters landed saucer across the road

Background imageLanded Collection: Ufos / Quarouble, France

Ufos / Quarouble, France
At Quarouble (Nord) Marius Dewilde sees UFO landed on railway tracks and has close encounter with bizarre aliens

Background imageLanded Collection: Amelia Earhart Greeted at Southampton

Amelia Earhart Greeted at Southampton
Amelia Earhart is greeted by local dignitaries at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Background imageLanded Collection: Aerial view of the initial landings, taken from low-flying R

Aerial view of the initial landings, taken from low-flying R
Photograph: aerial view of the initial landings, taken from low-flying Royal Air Force aircraft. Newly landed vehicles drive in well-ordered lines up the beach and along a road inland

Background imageLanded Collection: Victorian scrap - The hunting squire

Victorian scrap - The hunting squire
Victorian scrap - The Hunting Squire, Good Old Style. late 19th century

Background imageLanded Collection: Victorian scrap - 20 Livings in his Gift

Victorian scrap - 20 Livings in his Gift
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - 20 Livings in His Gift. late 19th century

Background imageLanded Collection: Indian soldiers in trench, Gallipoli, 1915

Indian soldiers in trench, Gallipoli, 1915.Photograph by Reggie Savory, 1915.Sikh soldiers of 29th Indian Infantry Brigade rest in a trench, probably in the Cape Helles area

Background imageLanded Collection: Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1

Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 (possibly Caudron no. 3880). 1916

Background imageLanded Collection: Crimean War, foraging party after landing at Kerch

Crimean War, foraging party after landing at Kerch
Crimean War -- a foraging party after the allies landed at Kerch, showing soldiers catching poultry and pigs. 1855



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