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Picture taken at an RAF Advanced Air base in North Africa from which RAF Fighter Squadron is operating. The unit is under canvas
Aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attacked the airfield at Tours, France, on the night of 7th - 8th May 1944. Earlier, aircraft of 8th US Fighter Command attacked this airfield on 28th April
In a daylight attack on Cherbourg, Northern France on 15th September 1942, 15 Boston bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the whale oil ship " Sololimt" in the Bassin Napoleon III
RAF Baltimores of the Tactical Bomber Force in operation over the Sangro river battle area in Eastern Central Italy, attacked German defensive positions near Lanciano on the Sangro ridge
Preparations for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany)
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
British and Canadian troops crossing the River Seine at Elbeuf in Normandy, Northern France. Picture shows: Ferrying bren carriers across the Seine. August 1944
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
Pictures taken yesterday on 11th April 1945 showing RAF bomb damage at Hanover, Germany. The " machsee" (large Lake), south of Hanover which had been camouflaged with floating wood slats
Evidence of the terrific battering Hamburg received from RAF and USaF bombers in July and August 1943, is provided by this ground photograph
Nearly five thousand workmen, mostly forced imported labour, were employed In repairing the bomb damage to the marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany, at one time
Reggie, Babble and Mary Damerell roll up their sleeves and lend a hand stocking the wheatsheafs while dad drives the three horse team harvesting the field of wheat on Brownston Farm near Yealmpton
The usual cook of the Catholic Womens League canteen in Bicester, Oxfordshire, fell ill just after Christmas and Lady Norah Viscountess Torrington rolled up her sleeves
Serviceman injured in combat during the second World War, use a London bus. to practice walking on their new artificial limbs. Picture shows: Albert Pegrum, Late Royal Fusiliers, assisted by Mr G
Explaining the composition of an incendiary bomb to office girls of a city company who are taking part in a fire fighting course
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
Civil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W. ECivil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W.E. Seddon of A Division Headquarters who has been in the National Fire Service since 1936
Blackout restrictions are lifted towards the end of the Second World War. A scene looking into well lit cafe on Oxford Street, Central London. 23rd April 1945
All fighter pilots most learn how to load their guns in case of emergency. picture shows officer pilots practicing loading their guns on a spare wing. April 1941
Miss Muriel Haddesley, former England woman cricketer and Warwickshire County golfer and hockey player, has been appointed to supervise the physical training
Picture taken on board, one of HMS Escort Vessels during West Coast Convoy shows one of the the bright moments of the day. The Rum Ration is due any moment now. 20th October 1942
A famous RAF fighter station near London runs its own agricultural section for producing pigs, rabbits, ducks and eggs. The labour is provided by the station personnel in their spare time
Eighth Army soldiers Sepoy Sardara Singh of Slal Kat District, India and Sepoy Jaawant Singh of District Pattiola, India, both of Indian Division
Picture taken at a battery in the Eastern Command, which is manned entirely by Newfoundlanders. Men bringing up shells for the gun on trolleys. February 1941
General Alan Brooke, The Commander in Chief, Home Forces, visited the Northern Command, and was accompanied on his tour by the Commander In Chief of Northern Command, Sir Ronald Adam
A Machine gun platoon of the West African Infantry Recce Company, West African Frontier Force at Practice, firing a Vickers Machine-gun. August 1942
The first contingent of ground staff volunteers for the RAF have arrived in Britain from the West Indies. Picture shows: A volunteer just back from Stores and well set up. February 1944
Picture taken on 22nd June 1944 behind the fighting line in Normandy, Northern France. While in the Caen / Tilly area British
First close up pictures to be released of the terrific pasting the US Navy delivered to the Japanese on Attu Island. Army and Navy forces advanced to the attack together
Heavy cruiser of United States Navyin column during manoeuvres off the coast of California as viewed from the deck of a Destroyer. December 1941
Members of a United States Navy gun crew tt their battle stations scan the sky while flight deck mechanics stand by a line of Hellcat fighters
Nine kingfisher scout planes of the United States navy fly in close formation during precision exercises. December 1943
The 70 ton Martin Mars, worlds largest flying boat is pictured luring a test flight before its final acceptance by the US.Navy. The ship as a wingspread of 200 feet
American troops embarking the largest troop ship bound for North Africa. November 1942
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings of the Eight US Air Force, hover over Flying Fortress bombers during their first operational flight as the Stratosphere Sentinels of the Bomber Command. November 1943
Ground crewmen look on tensely as the combat crewmen of an Eighth US Air Force Flying Fortress help " medics" remove their wounded tail gunner to an ambulance waiting with doors open at an
A rocket ship of the US Navy pounds Japanese positions in a softening up prelude to the landing of US troops during the battle for the Philippines
US trucks haul supplies to waiting LSTs (landing ship tanks) at a port in a Central Pacific Mariana Island. From the warehouses in the background a steady stream of trucks carries equipment
Battleships of the US Navys Seventh fleet move in to formation into Lingayen Gulf on Luzon island for a bombardment of enemy installations on the coast prior to landings of American troops
A lookout on a US warship trans glasses on two of the US Navys new Essex class aircraft carriers as they proceed in line ahead formation with two other warships on a combat mission in the Pacific
Seamen on the deck of a US Coast Guard Frigate watch a large caravan of ships carrying supplies and reinforcements to American troops fighting the Japanese in the Philippines
While its planes soar and circle overhead, one of the US Navys new 25000-ton Essex class aircraft carriers speed through the Pacific
Versatile A2 (Havoc) light bombers of the ninth US Air Force which have been operating from England for several weeks, winging their way toward the continent to again blast Hitlers Fortress. May 1944
Attack on the marshalling yards at Reims, German occupied France by heavy bombers of the American Eighth Air Force on 30th May 1944
These close-up photographs of Paris were takes from an aircraft of RAF Coastal Command which flew over the French capital city. They establish the roof-hopping" height at which the pilot flew
Marauder B-26 medium bombers of the American Ninth Air Force struck a telling blow at the transportation system of Hitlers war machine when they successfully bombed the railway yards at Hirson
In a daylight evening attack, a force of Lancaster Bombers of RAF Bomber Command attacked dry docks and naval shipping at the German occupied port of Le Havre in Northern France
The scene as heavy bomber aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attack German position around Le havre in Nazi occupied France. Circa July 1944
