Aircraft Collection (page 9)

A German tanker ablaze to the water line after an attack by RAF Coastal Command in the English Channel off the French coast during the Second World War. July 1940

Royal navy Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy. 27th November 1944. Taken from one of the attacking Barracudas of HMS Implacable during a fleet air arm strike on a southbound convoy off the coast of

In the early hours of January 20th 1944. Britains Dover Coastal batteries achieved a remarkable feat of marksmanship sinking a German blockade runner as she was hugging the French coast

Picture taken on an RAF Halifax bomber station, where ground crews had to combat snow conditions before the operation could begin

A B-24 Liberator bomber of the US Eighth Air Force Second Division goes down in flames during the attack on railway marshalling yards at Munster in Germany on 9th March 1945

A German patrol ship in Heligoland fires a bright foutr star cartridge recognition signal as a challenge before opening fire at a Blenheim bomber of RAF Coastal Command which is about to make a dive

Bombers of RAF Coastal Command have forced the Germans to hide their shipping in Norwegian fjords, miles away from the sea and only move them at night or when it is foggy

Looking down on Lodingen Harbour, Norway as (left) a tanker receives a direct hit, four supply ships are set on fire and (in background near shore) an auxiliary vessel is left blazing

Flying through dense cloud, a Norwegian pilot led a strong force of Mosquito fighter planes from RAF Coastal Command over his native mountains to attack a large enemy merchantman in Dalsfjord

Wide sweeps of the North Sea are being made by the RAF in the search for enemy shipping. In this photograph, enemy shipping has been located

The small supply vessel (in foreground) well on fire and being beached; in centre, the troopship running ashore on fire with the armed trawler hiding under her smoke

Hit by a bomber plane of RAF Coastal Command, an enemy vessel off the coast of Norway, struck during operations against enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast. May 1941

Smoke rising from a 10, 000 ton Japanese tanker which was attacked by Liberators of 159 Squadron, Air Command South East Asia RAF, near to the Thai island of Ko Samui

The German blockade runner Alsterufer burning after a Czechoslovak-crewed RAF Liberator from No 311 Squadron attacked her with semi-armour piercing rockets and a 500lb bomb

The German tanker Passat seen here under attack by RAF Whitley bombers of Coastal Command close to the Nazi occupied St Nazaire U-Boat facility. 2nd September 1942

Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy. 27th November 1944. Taken from one of the attacking barracudas of HMS Implacable during a fleet air arm strike on a southbound convoy off the coast of Norway

RAF bombers of Coastal Command flew at mast height to attack a German convoy of six ships off of Heligoland Bight on the 30th July 1941

Royal navy Fleet Air Arm attack shipping off Statlandet. 12th September 1944, On board the escort carrier HMS Trumpeter, when with other naval aircraft operating from HMS Furious her aircraft

R. A. F raids on Genoa, reconnaissance reveals widespread damage
R.A.F raids on Genoa, reconnaissance reveals widespread damage. (Picture) (Picture) Damage in the Ansaldo fitting cut yard Annotation. Circa 9th November 1942

Western Desert, Libya. 23 December 1941. This is known as Graveyard of the Stukas, some of the German dive bomber aircraft destroyed by the Allied Air Forces

A Bomber Command Lancaster attack on an enemy communications centre at Heilbronn during the Second World War. 8th December 1944

El Hamma road serves as impromptu airfield. A Stimson aircraft takes off from the road after landing a liaison officer. 19th April 1943

British civilians evacuated by R. A. F. aircraft from Burma. 14th April 1942
British civilians evacuated by R.A.F. aircraft from Burma. 14th April 1942

Aircraft carried: Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Later removed). HMS Ceylon was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy

Bicycles being unloaded from an aircraft on the captured aerodrome at Maison Blanche. November 22nd 1942

Bombs bursting among fleeing German vehicles in the Western Desert, with one of the formation Baltimores which laid the eggs. 6th November 1942

Enemy aircraft destroyed, shipping damage transport and petrol browsers damaged and destroyed and railway trucks set on fire was a result of an afternoons work by four long rang fighters of

King George VI inspecting the latest Typhoon aircraft fitted with rocket projectile apparatus at an R.A.F. station. Circa July 1944

Wrecked enemy aircraft on Tunis airfield, after Allied air attacks. One of the first pictures received from North Africa of damage resulting from Allied air attacks on El Aouina Tunis

Members of an aircraft factory who recently visited an RAF Squadron, invited the pilots to pay them a visit at the factory and see their fighter planes being made

A Dornier Do 18 flying boat seen from an RAF Bristol Blenheim during a combat over the North Sea, 26th April 1940. The Blenheim was one of a number returning from a raid near Bergen

Fleet Air Arm shatter enemy convoy on 27th November from one of the attacking Barracuda flighter planes of the British RoyalNavy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable during a strike on a southbound enemy

A setting sun dapples the clouds and streaks the waters of the Atlantic Ocean as one more convoy from America nears Britain

Sergenat W Page of Coulsdon, Surrey, and Leading Aircraftman G Skelsey of London fit a long-range fuel tank to a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB of No. 137 Squadron RAF at B78 Eindhoven, Holland

Wreckage of a twin German aircraft on an enemy airfield after raid by R. A. F
Wreckage of a twin German aircraft on an enemy airfield after raid by R.A.F. 10th October 1942

Airborne soldiers board a Airspeed Horsa gliders in preparation for moving off to their take off positions during an invasion exercise in South East England. Circa September 1943

North American Mitchell of No. 180 Squadron RAF, being refuelled and bombed up at Dunsford, Surrey, between cross-Channel sorties in support of Operation Starkey

The crew of one of the 12 Beauforts of No 42 Squadron preparing to attack the German cruiser Prinz Eugen. The cruiser was attempting to return to Germany for repairs following being torpedoed earlier

RAF Middle East Command train in Egypt. 1940

Aerial view of Catania being bombed during Second World War. 20th July 1943

Bogged airfield in Catania, Sicily. Douglas DC3 Dakota being dug out of the mud. 10th January 1944

Light bombers attack Axis positions in Sicily near Mount Etna in the battle for Catania. 17th August 1943

R. A. F. Boston bomber attacking the port of Milazzo. 11th August 1943
R.A.F. Boston bomber attacking the port of Milazzo. 11th August 1943

Damaged German aircraft at Comiso airfield in Sicily. 26th July 1943

R. A. F. officers inspect the bombed waterfront at Messina. 23rd August 1943
R.A.F. officers inspect the bombed waterfront at Messina. 23rd August 1943

Seafire fighters fly over Japan. July 17th 1945

Burning coal dumps at Spitsbergen seen from the air. 150, 000 tonnes were burnt to prevent the Germans from using it. Circa September 1941

As part of the raid on Vagsoy the R. A. F. bombed the aerodrome at Herdia to prevent enemy
As part of the raid on Vagsoy the R.A.F. bombed the aerodrome at Herdia to prevent enemy aircraft from assisting the garrison. Circa December 1941

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