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Repair your own fur coat, 1944. Cleaning and repairing your fur coat and your raincoat at home in wartime. Date: 1944
Man ploughing with gas mask, September 1939Man photographed as he ploughs his field in Surrey. The Sphere notes his gas mask which he hangs from the handle of his plough. Date: 1939
Two women preparing for show at Windmill Theatre 1939Two women in tin helmets photographed as they prepare for a show at the Windmill Theatre. The Windmill Theatre, which today uses the motto " we never closed"
HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2HMS Aberdare (J49), British hunt class minesweeper. Date: circa 1943-1944
Hampden Bomber Hampden BomberHampden Bomber - Twin engine Handley Page long range Aircraft. Bristol Pegasus 1, 000 H.P. engines. 265mph. Range - 1, 725 miles. Date: circa 1940s
Patriotic Bovril advertisement during WW2Patriotic Bovril advertisement during the Second World War -- Cheers! Date: 1940s
North American B-25 Mitchell Date: 1943
de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito NF-13Pilot and Crew Wearing Life-Jackets Walking with a Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Nf-13 Wearing D-Day Invasion-Stripes Behind Date: 1940s
de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito PR-11 Pru Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Pr-1 Flying over Bomb Damaged Fields Date: 1940s
Truck Clearing the Rubble Soon after the End of World Wa?Truck Clearing the Rubble Soon after the End of World War 2 at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1945
WW2 - Bristol Blenheims raid Kiel - Battle of the Heligoland Bight, September, 1939. Date: 1939
Submarines against the Japanese, 1944A double page spread in The Sphere, 1944, entitled " Submarines against the Japs: British underwater craft operating in the Far East." On the left hand page
Old Bill and Co. August 1940" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies
Villagers Gathered Around the WirelessVillagers in Charlwood, Sussex, gathered around the wireless radio in a local pub. 1940
HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943
D-Day, HMS Ramillies, WW2D-Day, HMS Ramillies, June 1944. 1944
A CCF crewCrewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War. The advertisement reads
Winston Churchill arriving in America, 1943In 1943 Winston Churchill went to America - and gave his famous V for Victory sign to sailors as he disembarked. Date: 1943
Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV -these progressively replaced the interim Boomerang with Australian fighter squadrons serving in the Pacific
Avro 685 York-shown is the first civilianised York delivered to British Overseas Airways Corporation in February 1944
Avro 685 York transport used the Lancasters wings, modified tail unit and engines One used by Winston Churchill as his personal aircraft
WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my targetWW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942
WW2 greetings card, Bus ConductorWW2 greetings card, A Girl Bus Conductor, by Ethel Gabain, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941
WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941
HMS Delhi, British cruiser, Alexandria, WW2HMS Delhi (D47), British Danae class cruiser, seen here at anchor in Alexandria, as Admiral Cunninghams flagship. Date: 1940
WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binocularsQuick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940
Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, following a flying bomb explosion, 19 June 1944. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, The Fairey Fulmer, the Navys fastest fighter. Date: 1940
Aerial photography by G. H. DavisAerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944
Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. DavisMap of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941
The Magnetron Valve by G. H. DavisA set of diagrams demonstrating what a magnetron valve is, and why it is of such importance to radar. The magnetron valve was used in the Second World War to give Allied forces superior radars,
Two boys saluting, probably during the Second World War. The one on the right is wearing a tin helmet and a gas mask. The one on the left is wearing a Royal Artillery peaked cap
Mobile CanteensA row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940
Waitresses wearing gas masks, WWIIWaitresses in a popular London restaurant going about their duties during the early weeks of the Second World War, with gas masks in a tin container worn like a bustle at the back of their waistband
Music cover, All Over the Place, Tommy Trinder, WW2Music cover, All Over the Place, by Frank Eyton and Noel Gay, sung by Tommy Trinder in the film Sailors Three, produced at Ealing Studios by Michael Balcon, directed by Walter Forde. 1940
Canadians in SouthamptonThe Southampton contingent of the CCCF who were billeted near the docks at the Apollo Hotel. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters
Consolidated B-24H & J formation of 2nd Bomb Division, US 8th Air Force, 24 Nov 1944
Avro 679 Manchester IA with its seven man crew about to board
WW2 Christmas card, dog with gas maskWW2 Christmas card, a black Scots terrier runs along with a gas mask in a box tied to his collar. Date: circa 1942
Firefighters with their dog mascot, WW2Firefighters with their dog mascot during the Second World War. Date: early 1940s
U. S. Fighter plane in ChinaWith a Chinese soldier standing guard, repair work on a U.S. fighter plane is carried out somewhere in China. The camouflaged huts in the background act as cover for the American planes Date: 1943
Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. DavisThe duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942
British tank Mark IIA by G. H. DavisBritish Tanks: No. 1. Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA. Heavy tanks in action: an explanatory drawing of Matilda and some of her sisters, in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941
Factors governing an invasion by G. H. DavisThe situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War
Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. DavisThe fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War
