Aircraft Collection (page 7)

Men of North Wales serving in the British carrier Empress. Left to right: Back row: Signalman E F Roberts, A/B T. Howells, Telegraphist J Roberts. Second row: A/B W G Jones, A/B T M Jones

US Flying Fortresses attack the German underground oil storage depot at Derben. 14th January 1945

A French pilot in the Middle Eastern command of the R. A. F
A French pilot in the Middle Eastern command of the R.A.F. pictured in front of his Morane Saulnier. 20th October 1940

The rear gunner of an R. A. F. heavy bomber before a mission
The rear gunner of an R.A.F. heavy bomber before a mission. Equipment includes: 1. Helmet. 2. Oxygen mask and microphone. 3. Oxygen tube. 4. Inter-Communication lead

Photograph of a night raid on the Peenemunde Aircraft Research and Radiolocation Establishment. 29th November 1943

A US Ninth Air Force bomber station in England. Left to right: Sgt. Waldo W. Shows, 1st Lieutenant Benjamin R. Tillman, Lieutenant Col. Othel D. Turner, S/Sgt. Norman J. Huschka, Captain Louis J

Night pictures showing the powerful beam of a Leigh Light fitted to a Liberator aircraft. 3rd October 1944

The wreckage of a German bomber shot down by a RAF fighter over Southern England. Circa February 1940

The wreckage of a German Heinkel 1-11 bomber shot down by three Hurricanes of 43 Squadron. The aircraft crashed landed close to Bannial Flat Farm, Whitby. 3rd February 1940

A German bomber shot down by a RAF fighter, caught in a barrage balloon seen here spiralling to earth over Southern England. Circa August 1940

An RAF Hawker Hurricane in flight during the Second World War. Circa 1941

This British Hurricane aircraft has been presented by the RAF to the Major General commanding the Northern Red Fleet Air Arm, who is sitting in the cockpit of the plane. Circa 1943

Hurricane fighter planes, equipped with special anti-tank guns, accounted. for many enemy tanks in the Western Desert. Picture shows

Lady MacRobert of Douneside, Tarland, Aberdeenshire has presented the RAF with four Hurricanes which will soon be in action in the Middle East. Three are named after airman sons killed in action

Fighter support planes circle round a New Zealand column in the Western Desert during the battle of Egypt. August 1942

Monsoon rain turns this airfield in Assam into a morass, but maintenance and repair work on the aircraft continues. August 1944

A formation of Hawker Hurricane fighters of Number 85 Squadron in search of enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. October 1940

Five topicalised Hurricane Mark IICs of No. 94 Squadron RAF based at El Gamil, Egypt, flying in loose starboard echelon formation

St DunstanOs men are now working in our aircraft factories. In the foreground, left to right, are Private Ernest Callow, R.W

Group Captain Scott OBE, DSO, DFC, led a recent attack by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Typhoon on a hidden gun position at Le Havre, Northern France

One of the features of the fighting in France has been the close support given to the Army by RAF fighter bombers. The Typhoon fighter bomber now carries two 1, 000 lb bombs on certain operations

An RAF Typhoon aircraft patrolling the skies over a convoy after taking off from an airfield in Normandy, Northern France. July 1944

The thousandth enemy aircraft to be destroyed by the RAF in Malta was a Junkers 52, which fell to an American Fighter Pilot commanding one of the islands Spitfire Squadrons

Spitfire and Royal Air force ground crew on Capodichino airfield, Naples, Italy after the citys capture. It suffered heavily during the previous Allied bombing campaigns as a target for Axis aircraft

Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA, P7895 RN-N, of No 72 Squadron, based at Acklington, Northumberland, in flight over the coast, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R Deacon Elliot. circa April 1941

Co-operating Naval and RAF ground crews re-arm a Spitfire plane on an aerodrome in Malta during the Second World War. 25th August 1942

Fighter aircraft of the RAF based on the Anzio beachhead have co-operated with the ground forces, first in defending the bridgehead from German counter-attack

An American A-26 Invader bomber. Circa 1944

Picture showing how the weather conditions are hampering air operations on the Italian Front. Picture shows: Rain and mud are playing their part in slowing down the advance of the Allied armies in

RAF personnel being rowed out to a waiting Sunderland Flying Boat, many of which aided in the withdrawal from Greece. 23rd May 1941

AN RAF Mark XI Spitfire in flight during the Second World War. 13th July 1944

Pre-war ground crew members of the County of London Auxiliary Squadron, pictured here in Italy with their Flaming Sword crest which was carved in 1928

A clipped wing Spitfire of the Royal Air Force being serviced at a Fighter Command Station in England prior to a sweep of the English Channel

For month after month of intensive blitz Malta showed the world how bravely she could " take it". Now backed by men of all three services, Army, RAF and Fleet Air Arm

RAF Mosquito fighter planes lined up in readiness for an open day to the public as part of the Battle of Britain anniversary celebrations at RAF Acklington fighter station in Northumberland

The RAF Is famous for the speed with which it is able to occupy a captured airfield, get it into working order and use it to intensify the air war in support of land forces

An RAF Spitfire fighter plane flown by Canadians commemorates "Byng of Vimy"
An RAF Spitfire fighter plane flown by Canadians commemorates " Byng of Vimy", a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada. September 1941

RAF Spitfires are taking part in the new offensive which has begun in Italy. The Spitfires are providing cover for Allied bombers and are also going out on offensive sweeps

Spitfire fighter aircraft piloted by pilots of the Royal Norwegian Air Force give fighter cover and close support to the Navy and Amy

Seafire fighter flying over Japan, piloted by Lieutenant Norman Goodfellow, R. N. V
Seafire fighter flying over Japan, piloted by Lieutenant Norman Goodfellow, R.N.V.R of Southport, Lancashire, operating from an aircraft carrier in the British Pacific Fleet. 17th July 1945

Inter-Allied air cooperation is particularly marked in Corsica where units of the French Air Force are flying Spitfires of the most forward of the Allied squadrons operating against German occupied

An RAF squadron took over the airfield from the Japanese, the children, who are brothers, presented themselves at the Orderly room of the station

A B-26 Marauder over France. May 1944

Incendiary bombs fall on Yokohama. (Picture) Thousands of incendiary bombs rain down upon the war factories of Yokohama, the devastating raid which destroyed nearly seven square miles of the city

US Marines examine a Yokosuka MXY7 Mark 11 K-1 OHKA Baka piloted suicide weapon on the island of Okinawa. This rocket powered flying bomb was slung underneath a bomber and released over the target

Wrecked German fighters on their backs beside a damaged Ju.52 troop carrier, and transport on the airfield at Sidi Ahmed, Bizerte. Circa May 18th 1943

The first Lancaster to be flown from the United Kingdom to Australia, with her fully Australian " Pathfinder" crew, which created a record in the process

French fighters, in co-operation with the British anti-aircraft batteries shot down a Dornier and a Heinkel. The German machines crashed near each other after a short engagement with the French

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