Landings Collection (page 2)

Ensign of MTB 770 and brass plaque, D-Day landings, WW2
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach Museum
It is estimated that about 3, 000 Native Canadians (Inuit, Metis and others) fought in WW2 of whom some 200 died. The Memorial, built by Inuk Elder Peter Irniq was unveiled on 30 October 2005

Plaque to Royal Military Police, Bayeux Museum Grounds
Before D-Day the Police had to control the assembly areas for the troops waiting to cross the Channel and afterwards, in the confusion of the landings

House in Courseulles where King George VI stayed
There is a small hard to read Memorial Plaque above the central door. The King stayed here on 16 June 1944 much against the wishes of most senior military figures who were concerned for his safety

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

Horsa glider to Normandy by G. H. Davis
Britains Horsa glider -- the mount which carried the airborne spearhead of invasion to Normandy on D-Day, Second World War

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

Liberation of Europe First Women to land in France
Photograph: Liberation of Europe First Women to land in France.Personnel of Queen Alexandra?s Imperial Military Nursing Service were the first women to arrive on the Normandy beachhead

Apollo 11 lunar landings, July 1969
Page from The Illustrated London News showing four photographs of American astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin walking about and conducting scientific experiements on the moon, taken by Neil Armstrong

You Never Know Y Know by Martin Henry and Hannaford Bennett
Promotional postcard for You Never Know Y Know by Martin Henry and Hannaford Bennett, from La Puce a lOreille by Georges Feydeau (Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 2nd March 1907)

Allied Invasion forces gather
The scene in an English village in May 1944, as the Allied forces gather in preparation for the invasion of the continent

European coastline 1944
A double page spread of The Illustrated London News, published less than a month before the Allied D-Day Normandy landings

Supermarine Seafire II departs HMS Hunter during Salerno landings

Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albermarle-seen here towing a Horsa glider, where they took part in the Normandy landings

Flights into the Future - the first men on the moon
Astronauts land on the moon for the first time and set about exploring and taking samples from the lunar landscape. A imaginary

Flights into the Future - space age exploration
A futuristic prediction of what it will be like when man finally lands on the moon - astronauts will find themselves in a strange world. Date: 1943

Allied landings in southern France by G. H. Davis
The scene of successful Allied landings in southern France during the Second World War: a pictorial map from coasts to mountains. Date: 1944

Invasion coast of Normandy by G. H. Davis
The invasion coast of Normandy, showing the terrain of operations during the Second World War. A panoramic map of the coastal regions from Cap Gris Nez to the Cherbourg Peninsula. Date: 1944

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

Singapore island, vital naval base, by G. H. Davis
Singapore island: Rangoon, the gateway to the Burma Road during the Second World War. The island was a vital Allied naval base in the Far East

Allied landing in the Dardanelles, Turkey, WW1
Allied landing in the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Airborne troops landing in Caen
British Horsa gliders and parachutes near Caen after allied airborne landings. The detachable fuselages have been removed from the wings. Date: June 1944

The D-Day Landings - 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle - WW2
WW2 - The D-Day Landings - Operation Overlord - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle surveys the beaches. Date: 1944

Dahomey War (1892). Landings at Cotonou harbour
" Dahomey War (1892). Landings at Cotonou harbour of the French-Senegalese troops to fight the uprising of King Behanzin (May 1892)

Warwick Prison - Interior View

Normandy gilders, D-Day
An aerial shot of gliders landed in a field in Normandy, at the time of the D-Day landings. 1944

Coastal Scene Near Caen
Coastal scene near Caen : hard to imnagine the D-day landings on this romantic shore ! Date: 1850

The Nonslip Stone Company - Road Congress Exhibition
The Stand/exhibit of the Nonslip Stone Company - at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition held in London in June 1913. Date: 1913

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

D-Day - Captured German soldiers
German soldiers captured by the invading allied forces on Omaha Beach. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops

D-Day - Metal Detectors in use after invasion
American GIs stroll through a captured village close to the Normandy coast following the invasion. Two metal detector operators check the road ahead of the troops for hidden/buried mines or booby

D-Day - Limbering up for the Invasion
American soldiers use the dockside in a small English harbour to keep fit during the pre-landing period. The landing ships are berthed alongside

D-Day - US troops waiting for the moment of attack
A tension-filled photograph depicting American troops and medical personnel awaiting the moment of attack during the Normandy landings. The horror of the beaches would only be moments away

D-Day - US Troops resting following initial assault
US troops rest after the initial assault on the Normandy coast. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by

D-Day - American troops taking cover
American troops, including a heavy machine gunner (r) take shelter behind an earth bank during the assault on the normandy coast

D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

D-Day - Landing of the 13th / 18th Hussars
Troops sheltering on mass on a Normandy beach following the landing of the 13th/18th Hussars. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6

D-Day - Overcoming wire defences
Landed allied troops find little more than a single line of wire defences at this section on this section of the Normandy coast

D-Day - Captured German Prisoners
German prisoners captured by the 13th/18th Hussars on D-Day. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an

D-Day - Emabarkation for US assault troops
Embarkation for US assault troops, about to set sail for the invasion of France. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

D Day rehearsals
Troops coming ashore during an exercise to prepare for the D Day Landings in 1944

Waiting for D Day
British women serve coffee and talk to American Army Ordinancemen waiting to cross the channel to France for the D Day landings in 1944

British troops reading French guide before embarking for the D Day Landings during the Second World War in 1944

Private of the 2nd Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) - Normandy 1944. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Truck sunk during the Anzio landings; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a three-ton truck sunk alongside a pontoon, during the Allied landings in the Nettuno-Anzio area, 1944

Sailors Singing Carols
British sailors rehearsing Christmas carols on board their ship, H.M.S. Arethusa, which took part in the Normandy landings on D-Day in June 1944

Soft Landings
Sooner or later, every aviator has a crash, and not all can choose where to fall : lucky are those who find somewhere soft

Softer Landings
Landing the aircraft is the most dangerous part of a flight, but steps can be taken to make it safer

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