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Poster, ARP Looks To You, Womens Voluntary Services, WW2. 1940s
Evacuee children in gas masks near Windsor, 1941London babies find peace in the country: a nurse walks evacuated children in gas masks across a playground, to accustom them to the wearing of gas masks. LCC Residential School near Windsor
WW2 - A Kurdish Company of the Iraq Levies: these local men who accompanied the British forces and collaborated with them in their attack on Rashid Alis troops at Habanniya Aerodrome
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in FranceWW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s
Consolidated B-24H Liberator B-6Consolidated B-24 Liberator B.6 after Modifications at Scottish Aviation at Prestwick on 8th July 1944 Date: 1944
Junkers Ju-87B-2 StukaLoose Formation Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-87B-2 Stukas of 5/St.G 2 Flying over Tmimi, Libya During WW2 Date: 1940s
Fairey Swordfish I / 1 FloatplaneRoyal Navy Fairey Swordfish of 810 Nas Squadron of Hms Courageous - Here Taxiing Past Battlecruiser Hms Hood (Later Sunk by the Bismarck) and Destroyer Hms Rocket (Behind) Date: 1940s
Fairey Gannet AEW-3Royal-Navy 849 Squadron B Flight Fairey Gannet Aew-3 Taking-Off Operating on Aircraft-Carrier Hms Ark Royal with Smoke from the Catapult System Date: 1974
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - Model 21Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M Zeros flying in formation over the Sea with Ships Behind Date: 1940s
Gloster Meteor F-8RAF 56 Squadron Gloster Meteor F-8S Flying in a Stacked 9-Ship Formation out of RAF Bentwaters Date: 1940s
Supermarine Spitfire 9B / IXBRoyal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire 9B Taxiing to Take-Off for the First Lone Spitfire Sortie over Germany, Shooting Fighter, Gliders
Supermarine WalrusA Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s
Aerial View of SingaporeWW2 - Aerial View of Singapore. Air Ministry photography. Date: 1942
Peggy Prince received an M.B.E. after making two journeys out to sea in a canoe in order to rescue the crew of a crashed bomber, saving the wireless operators life. 1940
Roedean School Moved to the Keswick HotelThis article from The Bystander reports the evacuation of Roedean Girls School from its old site in Brighton to the Keswick Hotel in the Lake District
HMS Nelson, battleship, Nelson class. 1940s
HMS Ajax, light cruiser, Leander class. circa 1940s
The British Royal Family - King George VI and familyThe British Royal Family - King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (late Queen Elizabeth II - pictured wearing an ATS hat) and Princess Margaret
Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s
Japanese battleship YamatoThe Japanese battleship Yamato at sea, which, with her sister ship Musashi was the biggest ever built (by the time of the Second World War) displacing over 70, 000 tons at deep load. Date: c.1942
Focke Wulf FW 189A -this twin engined tactical reconnaissance type was used extensively on the Eastern Front
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina over Aleutian waters
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer -the US Navy adaptation of the B-24 Liberator
Bucker Bu 131B - the standard Luftwaffes primary trainer
Brewster F2A Buffalo of the US Navy, aloft in Aug 1942 by when the type was relegated to training duties, having proved no match to the Japanese fighters
WW2 greetings card, dog in helmetWW2 greetings card, dog in a tin helmet. Date: circa 1942
Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942
Battle of Cape MatapanThe three British Royal Naval warships which played the leading role in the Battle of Cape Matapan, off the coast of the Greek Peloponnesian peninsula
WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward NowWomen of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service
WW2 Poster -- You are wanted too! Join the ATSYou Are Wanted Too! Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by unknown artist, published by HMSO
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940
WW2 poster, Merchant Navy Comforts ServiceWW2 poster advertising the Merchant Navy Comforts Service, which organised parcels of food, drink, clothing and other comforts during the war. Date: 1940s
Bailey Bridge and Rhine victory by G. H. DavisThe Bailey Bridge: the British weapon which hurdled Allied armies across the Rhine barrier during the Second World War. Some constructional details of a great engineering invention
Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. DavisThe ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944
German Tiger tank by G. H. DavisThe fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell
Operation Mincemeat - site of grave of Major MartinSite of the grave of Major William Martin in the Nuestra Senora cemetery in Huelva, Spain, whose body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943
German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. DavisLanding air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings
John Laverick, SBS on Crete during Operation Albumen - WWIIJohn Laverick, SBS and famed cook!) preparing a meal on Crete during Operation Albumen. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS
Queen Elizabeth reviews female LFB dispatch rider, WW2Visit to LFB by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth reviews a female dispatch rider at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade
NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Halifax Bomber Halifax BomberHalifax Bomber - Handley Page Long-range Bomber. One of the most formidable in the World. Four Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines. Four-gun Bolton Paul Rear Turret. Date: circa 1940s
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Date: 1940s
Consolidated B-24A LB-30B Liberator III / 3Boac Consolidated B-24 Lb-30 Liberator Freighter Parked Exal592 Date: 1940s
Consolidated B-24 LiberatorCrash Damaged Consolidated B-24 Liberator During Rebuild / Repairs and Modifictions at Scottish Aviation at Prestwick, Scotland UK Date: 1940s
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-0Propellers Turning in Engine-Test of Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109G-0 with Engine Cowling Removed Date: 1940s