Editorial Team
Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._C4335
Vertical photograph taken during the night attack on the German tank and lorry depot near Mailly-le-Camp, France, by 346 Avro Lancasters of Nos. 1 and 5 Groups. A Lancaster, silhouetted…
Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1942-1945._CE3
The damaged fuselage and mid-upper turret of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5700 ‘ZN-G’, of No. 106 Squadron RAF based at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, after crash-landing at Hardwick, Norfolk, following…
“A Still from the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ showing a British soldier carrying a wounded comrade back from the front line. The scene is generally accepted as having been filmed on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916.” (This man died 30 minutes after reaching the trenches)
“A Still from the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ showing a British soldier carrying a wounded comrade back from the front line. The scene is generally accepted as having…
German Female Prisoners of War 1945 (1)
Female German Luftwaffe POWs at Camp Vilvoorde. The camp was managed by British forces of the 21st Army Group and housed over 12,000 Axis POWs, both men and women. Vilvoorde,…
Bf109_wrecks_North_Africa
Wrecks of about eight German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in North Africa (Tobruk?), circa 1942. The first fuselage wears the markings of III. Gruppe (3rd Group) of a fighter wing,…
An Australian carrying his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment near Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, 1915. The view is looking north-west from Walker’s Ridge towards the Suvla Plain
An Australian carrying his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment near Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire, 1915. The view is…
USS_Houston
Off San Diego, California, in October 1935, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board. She is flying an admiral’s four-star flag at her foremast peak, and the Presidential flag at…
Charley-and-Graham-2017-Gold-Beach
On Gold Beach, the German bunker which stood in the way of the Sherwood Rangers’ entry into Normandy still stands sentinel. On that spot this June 6th , the Sherwood…
German underground ball-bearing factory in Germany, 1945
A German underground ball-bearing factory in Germany, 1945, where all size bearings were made. Shown is a row of polishing and grinding machines used to finish the bearings. This might…
A_graphic_line-up_of_all_the_personnel_required_to_keep_one_Avro_Lancaster_of_RAF_Bomber_Command_flying_on_operations,_taken_at_Scampton,_Lincolnshire,_11_June_1942._CH15362
The personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire. Front row (left to right); flying control officer, WAAF parachute packer, meteorological officer, seven aircrew…
