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Norway_After_Liberation_1945_BU9778
German prisoners of war from Elverum camp prepare for embarkation from Norway to Germany. Before leaving the embarkation camp at Mandal a final screening of prisoners was carried out by…
Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CH10405
Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 ‘WS-H’, of No 9 Squadron RAF, flown by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF and his crew, taking off at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a…
Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bomber_Command_CH12153
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited three Pathfinder stations on 10 February 1944. Here they are seen talking to ground crew of No 156 Squadron at Warboys, Huntingdonshire, beneath…
Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bomber_Command_CH12209
Lancaster skipper, Flying Officer T Blackham of No. 50 Squadron, keeps a firm hold on the crew’s lucky mascot, as he is helped into his flying jacket by his flight…
RAF BBMF Lancaster Aircraft at Night
The Royal Air Force Memorial Flight’s Lancaster PA 474 undertakes a night engine run in preparation for the 2013 commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raids of World…
F6F_Hellcat_crash_on_carrier_off_Palau_1944
A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat after crashing on a U.S. Essex-class carrier off Peleliu in 1944. The plane had been shot up over Peleliu, taking out the hydraulics. With…
USS_Independence_(CVL-22)_burning
The U.S. light aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) afire aft, soon after the “Able Day” atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 (Operation Crossroads). The bomb…
Lancaster_flight_engineer_WWII_IWM_CH_12289
Flying Officer J B Burnside, the flight engineer on board an Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, checks settings on the control…
A_Bren_Gun_Carrier_brings_in_a_batch_of_German_prisoners
Bren Gun Carrier (Universal/Windsor) brings in a batch of German prisoners during 158 Brigade’s attack. 158 Brigade (53 Division) was tasked to cross the Escaut Canal near Lommel in order…
Unidentified men of the Australian 5th Division enjoying a smoke and rest by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, France, while en-route to the trenches. Most of the men are wearing sheepskin vests and woollen gloves, and are carrying full kit and .303 Lee Enfield rifles, December 1916.
Unidentified men of the Australian 5th Division enjoying a smoke and rest by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, France, while en-route to the trenches. Most of the…
