Escape Collection

A long the roads leading to Antwerp an everlasting stream of civilians may be seen flying before the German shells. But despite " this hurricane of fire and blood

Fire crews tackling a blaze following an air raid, at Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31st January 1941

Fire crews, police and ARP wardens help salvage furniture from properties close to Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark

First pictures of the evacuated British Airborne Forces from Arhem, Holland during the Second world War. Sergeant C Bennet of the 1st Airlanding Brigade (home town Darlington)

Captain Alvin D. Skaggs of Lawton, Oklahoma, ponders his luck as he holds charred remains of his pilots seat from the smouldering wreck of his ship, the B-24 Liberator bomber " Vadie Raye"

Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port

Nine survivors of a blazing American Superfortress plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean have been recovering in hospital in Calcutta after rescue by two RAF Catalina flying boats

In accordance with a request from the Norwegian High Command, British naval forces have evacuated the entire civilian population from an island behind the German lines off the coast of northern

Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, who were encircled by the Germans at Dunkirk, Northern France before their miraculous escape, pictured on arrival at Dover

Yugoslav people settle down to life in a refugee camp operated by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in the Middle East during the Second world War. April 1944

The withdrawal from Dunkirk in Northern France showing British Expeditionary Force troops wading in the water to meet the rescue boats during the Second World War. June 1940

Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, only one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port

Nine survivors of a blazing American Superfortress plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean have been recovering in hospital in Calcutta after rescue by two RAF Catalina flying boats

In a battle over Keren, this RAF bomber pilot dived towards the ground with one wing of his aircraft blazing. So great was the speed of the dive that the flames were extinguished

So many officers and men of the Allied army are escaping through enemy lines to the Eighth Army, that it has become necessary to put up directional signs for them as seen here in the village of

On 18th February 1944, a Mosquito wing of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force carried out an attack on the prison at Amiens in an attempt to assist more than 100 prisoners to escape

Operation Jericho 18 De Havilland Mosquito of No. 140 Wing, 2nd Tactical Airforce, RAF, led by Group Captain P C Pickard, attack at low level the prison in Amiens

Evacuation of soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force fromm the beaches of Dunkirk in Northern France after large numbers of Belgian, British

Aerial view of Dunkirk in Northern France, taken from the shore showing a remarkable panoramic view of the two furiously burning oil tanks

A picture of a British infantry regiment who held the whole of a large actor of the Somme during a vital stage In the German Advance

Prison escapee John Raeburn, who escaped from the Isle of Sheppey, contacted the Daily Mirror writer Don Short to ask for help to win back his wife

The hamster which was steadily eating its way through the minicab of John Daly has - after taking forty minutes to do so - been removed by fitter Bert Watson

Stiff and limping, home-sick Welshman Brian Robson, 19, who tried to send himself back to Cardiff from Australia arrived at London Airport this morning stiff

A man with his children walking the streets through a ruined French town during the Second World War, August 1944

The Great Escape! Lionel the cat tries to help free Percy the Parrot from his chain November 1961

Suez Crisis 1956 British civillians evacuated from Egypt arrive at Southampton by flying boat

Dawn breaks on the Antwerp road revealing a line of refugees making for the city ahead of the advancing Germans. September 1914

The Polish Steamer Jaroslaw Dabrowski leaves Galleons reach after its arrest with police launch in attendance. The ship had been stopped by river police about an hour after she had left the Pool of

The Polish Steamer Jaroslaw Dabrowski seen here unloading her cargo in the Pool of London. The ship had been stopped by river police about an hour after she had left the Pool of London

Estonian refugees arrive at Cork Harbour, Ireland after crossing the North Sea in the Victory ex-landing craft October 1949 O20372-003

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