Battle Of Britain Collection

Sir Winston Churchill and wife Clementine seen here returning by boat after an inspection of bomb damage in the docks, London. 27th September 1940

The remains of an ammunition truck struck by a bomb in the goods yard of Bridlington Station 11th July 1940

Czechoslovak pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF and their British flight commanders grouped in front of Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3143 NN-D, at Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Damage to a house in Pype Hayes, Erdington, Birmingham. This was the first air raid on the city, carried out by a single aircraft. One person was killed, and six injured in the raid. 9th August 1940

Vapour trails of a dogfight during the Battle of Britain seen from Rusthall Common, Tunbridge Wells. Circa August 1940

Pilots from 501 squadron show off the tailplane rudder of a Messerschmitt 109 at RAF Filton in 1st November 1940

Prime Minister Winston Churchill seen here during a visit to the North East coast of England to inspect coastal defences and fortification as Germany and her allies amass troops

RAF Gloster Meteor jet aircraft at RAF Acklington due to take part in a Battle of Britain display. 13th September, 1963

Vapour trails over central London as the Luftwaffe attempts to bomb the city. 15th September 1940

A German fighter brought down over Kent. September 1940

Canadian fighter squadron which is led by Squadron leader Sir Douglas Bader, the famous RAF flying ace who lost both of his legs in an air accident in 1931

Flight Lieutenant Howard Peter "Cowboy"Blatchford of Number 257 Squadron RAF
Flight Lieutenant Howard Peter " Cowboy" Blatchford of Number 257 Squadron RAF who, in his Hurricane fighter plane

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

Scene showing considerable damage to the front of a bus following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. 18th August 1940

Lord Harrowby taking the salute at a parade of Walsall L. D. V. 19th July 1940
Lord Harrowby taking the salute at a parade of Walsall L.D.V. 19th July 1940

Men of A Company 3rd Battalion, Birmingham Home Guard, paraded at the Apollo Cinema, Pype Hayes in front of Captain S. A. Godsall MC 4th August 1940

Members of the L. D. V. seen here completing a course of intensive training to prepare them
Members of the L.D.V. seen here completing a course of intensive training to prepare them as instructors in physical and bayonet training

Captain S. A. Godsall MC addresses the men of A Company 3rd Battalion, Birmingham Home Guard, before they paraded at the Apollo Cinema, Pype Hayes 4th August 1940

Home Guard volunteers for the L. D. V. at Wolseley Motors Birmingham factory parading
Home Guard volunteers for the L.D.V. at Wolseley Motors Birmingham factory parading through the works gate. 13th July 1940

Two women salvaging the stock after their shop had been burnt out buy incendiary bombs, following an air raid by thew German Luftwaffe on a West Midlands town during the Second world War

Damage to shops and houses in a West Midlands town following an air raid during the Second World War. Not a single windows has remained in tact. Circa August 1940

Damage to a building in Birmingham following an air raid on the city during the Second World War. Not a single windows has remained in tact. 14th August 1940

Warden W Russel congratulates a woman woman, covered in dirt and dust, cut and bruised but remarkably safe after she walked out of a bomb damaged building set ablaze following an air raid in

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 bomb crater in Bromford Road, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

A damage house in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

Milkman examines the staircase of a damage house in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

A house damage by a bomb in Tyburn Road, Edrdington, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 14th August 1940

Damage to a house in Bromsford Lane, Erdington, Birmingham. This was the first air raid on the city, carried out by a single aircraft. One person was killed, and six injured in the raid

Householders examine the damage and crater to their Smallheath, Birmingham home following a raid on the city. 16th August 1940

Householders removing furniture from their bomb damage home in Smallheath, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 16th August 1940

Saved by shelters A bomb fell between these two shelters in Smallheath, Birmingham, nobody was hurt following a raid on the city. Here is a Midland A.R.P

Householders removing furniture from their bomb damage homes in Smallheath, Birmingham following a raid on the city. 16th August 1940

A demolition squad make safe a bomb damaged building at Hodge Hill Common following a raid on the city. 18th August 1940

Householders and ARP recovery squad removing furniture from their bomb damage home in Hodge Hill Common, Birmingham, following a raid on the city. 18th August 1940

Three houses in Acocks Green, Birmingham, destroyed during a bombing raid on the city. Four people were killed and two were injured. 25th August 1940

Three houses in Wildfell Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, destroyed during a bombing raid on the city. Four people were killed and two were injured. 25th August 1940

No one was injured. Twenty three people were in the back rooms of these two houses in Acocks Green, Birmingham, when a bomb exploded in the garden during the raid on the city

Knocked Sideways. This house in Acocks Green, Birmingham was knocked sideways when bomb exploded in the front garden. Many of the net-covered windows, it will be noticed, are intact. 24th August 1940

House in Sparkhill, Birmingham, destroyed during a bombing raid on the city. Four people were killed and two were injured. 27th August 1940

House in Bordesley, Birmingham, destroyed during a bombing raid on the city. Four people were killed and two were injured. 27th August 1940

A house in Aston, Birmingham, collapsed after the building received a direct hit during a raid on the city 25th August 1940

The remains of the Birmingham Food Supply Company factory, Fallows Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Makers of Queens Gravy Salts seen here following a heavy raid on the city. 27th August 1940

Aston, Birmingham, damaged to the living quarters of thePolice Station following a raid on the city 25th August 1940

Firemen and rescue workers in Aston, Birmingham, search through the collapsed remain of a house which received a direct hit during a raid on the city 25th August 1940

Messerschmitt plane downed in the waters around Dover, Kent, during the July to October 1940, Battle of Britain. Picture taken 24th September 1940

A German plane downed in the English Channel by Spitfires, during the July to October 1940, Battle of Britain. Picture taken 11th August 1940

A British convoy passing through the Straits of Dover seen here being attacked by German dive bomber. 11th July 1940. German air operations over the English Channel marked the first phase of The

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