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Background imageWw Ii Collection: Air cadet on Pay Parade

Air cadet on Pay Parade
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two eyeing up money at a Pay Parade (at which the cadets are paid)

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet in prison

RAF cadet in prison
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two in prison

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Phrase book for Uruguay

Phrase book for Uruguay
Cover of an English - Spanish " List of Useful Phrases", compliments of The American Association of Uruguay (Montevideo), and featuring crossed flags of the United States and Uruguay

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF navigators map of Frankfurt

RAF navigators map of Frankfurt
Ordance survey map of Germany around Frankfurt, showing the location of Cologne (Koln), Koblenz, Frankfurt and other towns and cities in the area, compiled and drawn at the War Office

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Montevideo wartime brochure cover

Montevideo wartime brochure cover
Cover of souvenir brochure of scenes from Montevideo, Uruguay, from the Municipal Office of Propaganda and Information, to the soldiers of Great Britain, defenders of the liberty of the world

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Air cadet climbing a fence

Air cadet climbing a fence
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two climbing over a fence

Background imageWw Ii Collection: London Paris department store card

London Paris department store card
Trade card for London Paris department store in Montevideo, Uruguay during World War Two, directed at visitors including Allied servicemen

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet playing golf

RAF cadet playing golf
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two, playing golf but missing the ball completely off the tee

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Uruguayan jewellery shop trade card

Uruguayan jewellery shop trade card
An advertising card for Biarritz Jewels in Montevideo, Uruguay during World War Two, featuring a saluting woman in uniform and a ship decorated with the Stars and Stripes and a Union Jack

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Young woman waiting at Euston

Young woman waiting at Euston
A cartoon of an attractive young woman waiting at Euston Station during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet with skull of Yorick

RAF cadet with skull of Yorick
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two contemplating the skull of Yorick as though he were Hamlet to accompany Historical Notes

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Ricksha with British RAF cadets

Ricksha with British RAF cadets
Ricksha in Durban, South Africa, during World War Two, with Zulu ricksha boy and passengers of three RAF air cadets

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet with local yokel

RAF cadet with local yokel
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two being given no doubt valuable local information by a yokel clutching a pint of mild

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet kissing sergeant

RAF cadet kissing sergeant
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two kissing his favourite sergeant on departure

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet with black eye

RAF cadet with black eye
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two with a black eye and bruises - " if your mug is damaged"

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Swimming cartoon

Swimming cartoon
Cartoon of an attractive young woman in a bikini about to dive into a swimming pool while an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looks on admiringly

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF cadet with medical officer

RAF cadet with medical officer
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two with a medical officer about to administer a rather large injection

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Cabaret Boston trade card

Cabaret Boston trade card
Card for Cabaret " Boston" in Montevideo, Uruguay, advertising, in English and Spanish, two bands, jazz and tango and 50 pretty dancing girls; the beer only $.025, girls $0.60

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Welcome to Durban

Welcome to Durban
Cover of a Welcome to Durban - Khaki and Blue we welcome you leaflet compiled and published by the Durban Publicity Association for British service men

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Cover of The Signal, June 1943

Cover of The Signal, June 1943
Cover of The Signal magazine from June 1943. The Signal was the station magazine of 47 Air Navigation School, based in Queenstown, South Africa, where RAF personnnel were trained during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF air cadet lugging kit

RAF air cadet lugging kit
An RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two lugging his kit into camp at night at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester

Background imageWw Ii Collection: RAF air cadet shovelling coal

RAF air cadet shovelling coal
Cartoon of a Royal Air Force air cadet on training at Heaton Park, Manchester, shovelling coal

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Cover of The Signal, August 1943

Cover of The Signal, August 1943, the station magazine of 47 Air Navigation School in Queenstown, South Africa, where many RAF airmen from Bomber Command trained prior to operational tours

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Menu for 48 Air School dinner

Menu for 48 Air School dinner
The cover of a menu card for a Royal Air Force dinner held at Deals Hotel in East London, South Africa for 48 Air School on Saturday 1st May 1943

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Two air cadets

Two air cadets
A cartoon of two British air cadets (RAF air crew in training) during World War Two; one smokes a pipe

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Mess card, R. A. F. East Kirkby

Mess card, R. A. F. East Kirkby
A mess subscription card for the Sergeants Mess at RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, which opened as a Bomber Command Station in August 1943. No. 57 Squadron and no. 630 Squadron were based there

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Service Overseas booklet

Service Overseas booklet
Cover of " Service Overseas", a booklet issued to British servicemen about to be posted overseas, and containing useful and practical information

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Military Clothing advertisement

Military Clothing advertisement
Advert for Dugsons in South Africa for Military Clothing that Commands Attention, and for military accessories such as eagles, propellers, chevrons and khaki shirts

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Cover of B. O. N. April 1943

Cover of B. O. N. April 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for April 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Invitation from Montevideo government

Invitation from Montevideo government
Cover of a menu card for a dinner held for British servicemen in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School

Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School
Cover of a menu card for a Flight Dinner held at the Windsor Hotel on Thursday 19th August 1943 for air navigators at 47 Air School, Queenstown, South Africa

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Cover of B. O. N. March 1943

Cover of B. O. N. March 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for March 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson

Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by Heath Robinson showing some rather over exuberant ARP wardens spraying a hose into the window of a house where they see smoke

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Policewoman with evacuee children

Policewoman with evacuee children
A policewoman helping evacuee children find their train out of London during the Second World War

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Policemen in wartime tin helmets

Policemen in wartime tin helmets
Two policemen in tin helmets worn during the Second World War

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals

Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals
A Metropolitan Police hero and his six medals, earned during both the First and Second World Wars

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Road repairs during World War Two

Road repairs during World War Two
A group of American service personnel, together with a few civilians, watch a man doing road repairs during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Recipe for a midsummer hotpot

Recipe for a midsummer hotpot
Wartime recipe, incorporating a multitude of vegetables along with bacon scaps and cheese

Background imageWw Ii Collection: War in the Pacific

War in the Pacific
Pages from The Sphere, 20th December 1941, with an article and accompanying photographs and illustrations about the loss of the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Two policewomen registering for war work

Two policewomen registering for war work
Two Met Police women registering for war work at a labour exchange in London

Background imageWw Ii Collection: WW2 policeman dressed for the Blitz

WW2 policeman dressed for the Blitz
A Metropolitan Police officer dressed for the London Blitz during World War II, with a tin helmet and a canvas bag containing his gas mask

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Man demolishing top of police public call box

Man demolishing top of police public call box
A man demolishing the top of a police public call box, possibly after war damage during World War Two

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Parade down Whitehall - WW2 victory celebrations

Parade down Whitehall - WW2 victory celebrations
Parade down Whitehall in Central London during victory celebrations to mark the end of the Second World War. Naval officers and ratings can be seen marching

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Two policemen on a war damaged street

Two policemen on a war damaged street
Two policemen with a man in uniform (possibly a civil defence worker) on a war damaged street in London

Background imageWw Ii Collection: War Against Japan

War Against Japan
Patriotic British poster issued during World War Two with a tank carrying a British Flag and a quote from Winston Churchill stating that

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Splinters Poison

Splinters Poison
British World War Two information poster advising people to get first aid for splinters. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Background imageWw Ii Collection: Pedestrian safety / W H Robinson

Pedestrian safety / W H Robinson
Safety for pedestrians at sharp bends, with the help of a dressing table mirror attached to a lampost. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)



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