Aircraft Collection (#11)

A Japanese cargo ship attacked by a US B-24 Liberator bomber. (Picture) Smoke rises from the deck of a Japanese cargo ship as a U.S

Lt. General Takaza Numata (leader of the surrender party) and Admiral Kaigye Chude disembark from their white plane at Mingaladon airfield. Officer of the R.A.F. stands by. 26th August 1945

Part of the huge armada of RAF planes pictured before setting off from Britain for the Northern French Coast, ready to assist the Allied Forces during the D-Day Normandy landings. 6th June 1944

R. A. F. airmen prepare a fighter in North Africa. February 1943
R.A.F. airmen prepare a fighter in North Africa. February 1943

In more than sixty trades the WaF have proved their worth time and time againWherever they are; in the hangar, the cookhouse, the Orderly Room, the Ops Room, or on a Balloon site

Airborne troops about to take off in a Horsa glider. These airborne troops have already finished their training and are ready for posting to an operation station

Four ground crew of No. 134 Squadron RAF load a 500-lb GP bomb, - inscribed with a Christmas message for the enemy, - beneath the wing of " Jungle Queen", a Republic Thunderbolt Mark II

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter Squadron. A heavily armed escort vessel, sheltering within range of coastal batteries, is attacked with rocket projectiles, from RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters

An aerial torpedo attack by an Italian Fiat BR 20 torpedo bomber on HMS Nelson, escorting a convoy in the Mediterranean. 27th September 1941

He 111 which crashed and blew up amongst houses at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. 30th April 1940

A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V5589, of No. 113 Squadron RAF based at Asansol, India, veers out of control as it is shot down by Japanese fighters while carrying out a low-level bombing attack on two

He 111 shot down, England. 1940

Heinkel He 111 Mk V, fitted with barrage balloon cutting device brought down on moorland somewhere in Britain. 21st December 1941

Scores of wrecked aircraft collected at El Daba airfield. 10th November 1942

R. A. F. Lancasters attacked a large ammunition dump at Maintenon 40 miles south west of
R.A.F. Lancasters attacked a large ammunition dump at Maintenon 40 miles south west of Paris. May 11th 1944

An R. A. F Salvage Unit (the Queen Mary
An R.A.F Salvage Unit (the Queen Mary ) with a damaged Spitfire in Tunisia. May 1943

A Douglas A-20 Havoc Light bomber of the 9th US Air force is shot down over France. June 1945

A Boulton Paul P. 111 on display at the Midland Air Museum in Baginton, Warwickshire
A Boulton Paul P.111 on display at the Midland Air Museum in Baginton, Warwickshire. 13th July 1975

The shell-torn airplane of Sergt. Hannah, V. C. Photo shows the inside of the rear
The shell-torn airplane of Sergt. Hannah, V.C. Photo shows the inside of the rear gunners turret showing exploded ammunition drums and damage to the fuselage. Sergt. Hannah was awarded the V.C

The Westland Whirlwind was a British twin-engined heavy fighter (citation needed) developed by Westland Aircraft. A contemporary of the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane

Mitchell bombers over France. First medium bomber daylight raid over French territory-objective, the German Panzers behind the enemies lines. 11th May 1944

Quadrath / Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No
Quadrath/Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group. Photograph show a direct hit on the coal handling plant 12th August 1941

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Canadas great aircraft production drive at the mass manufacture of four warplane types - the Mosquito, Avro Lancaster

Air Vice Marshall Sir Richard Peck greets a trans-Atlantic ferry crew after their arrival in Britain. Its mission was to deliver American-built bombers from Canada to defend Britain

A bomb just about to be loaded on to a Boston bomber in the desert. 19th July 1942

Train bombed by R. A. F. fighters during Second World War. 18th October 1942
Train bombed by R.A.F. fighters during Second World War. 18th October 1942

Formations of B-24 Liberator bombers of the 15th aF sweep over snow-capped mountains En Route to the highly successful air assault on enemy aircraft factories at Wiener Neustadt, south of Vienna

Berlin Flak. U. S. Eighth Air Force flying Fortresses pass through a flak filled shy
Berlin Flak. U.S. Eighth Air Force flying Fortresses pass through a flak filled shy over the Greater Berlin area during their large scale attack on the German capital on Monday

More bombs plummet target wards o to the underground storage depot at Derben, Germany, as U.S.Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attack several vital sources of Nazi oil. 14th January 1945

Bombs from United States Air Force Flying Fortresses falling on German occupied Airdrome at Abbeville/Drucat. The attack made August 19th 1942, was part of the Allied operation against Dieppe

Americans bombers strike at German communications. Heading over the Alps for Germany are these long range bomber B-24 Liberators of the 15th U.S.A.A.F

The Handley Page HP. 52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air
The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force. It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF

Britain trains glider pilots in night flying. The intense training received by pilots at an R.A.F. Brize Norton where glider training is undertaken

Vast crater mage by the R. A. Fs new ten ton (22, 000 its
Vast crater mage by the R.A.Fs new ten ton (22, 000 its) bombs now being used with devastating effect on targets in Germany. 21st March 1945

Bostons attack Naval stores at Rennes. A reconnaissance photo of the target area taken some time after the Bostons attack

The Air Sea Rescue Service in Ceylon - 2 Gunners saved by Hurricane and speed launch. 16th March 1943

RAF Baltimore Crew of the Tactical Bomber Force, safely back at base after bombing run, examine the cowling of one of the engines which has been hit by anti-aircraft fire

RAF Baltimores of the Tactical Bomber Force, in operation over the Sangro River, Italy, helping to pave the way for the Eighth Army, Photograph Release Date 20th December 1943, Our Picture Shows

A mine exploded in the north sea by machine gun fire from British reconnaissance aircraft. 4th May 1940

ME 109 forced down in a cornfield on the south east coast of England. 28th July 1940

An ME 109 shot down over the straits of Dover. 9th August 1940

Aerial view of Vire Normandy, after capture. This aerial view shows Viro, one of the vital communication centres in Normandy, which was captured after bitter fighting by Allied troops August 7th

The last moments of a Dornier Do217 over Dieppe on 19 August 1942, as recorded by Sergeant Helge Sognnes of No 331 Squadron

R. A. F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1
R.A.F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1. Destruction of the south end locomotive machine shop. 2. Four-bay shed totally destroyed. 3.Direct hit at north end shed. 4

Heavy aircraft of R. A. F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax
Heavy aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax, and Manchester - made a daylight attack upon the Nazi pocket-battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisena

A Avro Lancaster B Mk I of No. 5 Group, flying at low-level over the French countryside on the evening of 17th October 1942, while en route to attack the Schneider engineering factory at Le Creusot

Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U. S
Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th Air Forces on the German Gllsy aerodrome at Amiens early on the morning of 14.7.43 shows - bombs bursting dead

A photographic-reconnaissance image taken by No 106 Photo Reconnaissance Wing of the RAF over the SA des Pneumatiques Dunlop rubber factory at Montlucon, France

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