Forties Collection (page 5)

Parade of Air Raid Precaution (ARP) Wardens in reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. Circa 1941

The rifle range of a company of Home Guard on parade in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 29th June 1942

Birmingham A. R. P. ambulance drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at the Central
Birmingham A.R.P. ambulance drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at the Central Car Park Depot taking instruction. 23rd April 1940

Petrol Rationing: Members of the public queuing to register for petrol coupons after the government announcement that fuel would be rationed from the 22nd September 1939

Evacuated Birmingham schoolchildren seen here cooling off with an ice cream whilst taking in the sights of Stratford of Avon. 4th September 1939

Operation Blackcoc was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

Chinese workers inspect the fuselage of a Japanese plane, shot down by British a gunners in Malaysia. January 1942

Scottish crew of a Bofors gun in Malta. May 1942

The aftermath of the Battle for Caen. The town fell to Canadian and British troops on the 9th July after a sustained bombardment which caused substantial damage to the town

Russian cavalry on the attack. This picture taken when Russia had joined the Allies in fighting Germany. After first having cooperated with Germany in invading Poland whilst remaining neutral in

Small ships pool. The amateur crew on the boat-deck in port. 13th August 1943

British Marines escort Chinese women from an occupied area in Hong Kong. 30th August 1945

British Army constructing gun emplacements near Alexandria, Egypt. 15th December 1940

At an aircraft receiving depot, cadets are being x-rayed in modern manner, miniature film being used. The films after development are projected on to a screen and cases of suspected T.B

R. A. F. pilots scramble to waiting Spitfires. The Supermarine Spitfire is a
R.A.F. pilots scramble to waiting Spitfires. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during

Bomber Command planning a large scale R. A. F. operation. Picture taken circa 17th November
Bomber Command planning a large scale R.A.F. operation. Picture taken circa 17th November 1943

R. A. F. ground crew clean the guns of a bomber. Pilots are ready to praise
R.A.F. ground crew clean the guns of a bomber. Pilots are ready to praise the ground staff and say there would be no raids if the guns weren t cleaned and the planes regularly checked

R. A. F. armourers working with 12, 000 lb bombs. Lancaster Bombers have been
R.A.F. armourers working with 12, 000 lb bombs. Lancaster Bombers have been using these bombs with great success. Picture taken 14th October 1944

Reloading the guns of a Hurricane Fighter of Burma squadron. The Hurricane Fighter Squadron adopted by Burma is the famous No 257 squadron

Bomber crew after raid on Germany. RAF, Royal Airforce, returning home after the raid. Picture taken 2nd March 1940

R. A. F. Beaufighter squadron successes recorded by an Intelligence Officer in the Middle
R.A.F. Beaufighter squadron successes recorded by an Intelligence Officer in the Middle East. Picture marked as used 8th February 1943, but picture suggests it was taken circa 3rd November 1942

Men of the East Anglia Royal Observer Corps at sea with the Royal Navy. Picture taken 23rd April 1943

Photo-reconnaissance image taken by 541 Squadron, RAF over Stettin, Germany, following the long-range attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on the night of 20/21 April 1943

An enemy freighter of about 6000 tons destroyed destroyed by an RAF Royal Air Force mine off of the Pomerania Coast. Baltic Sea

Emperor Haile Selassie kissing the cross offered by the High Priest of Debra Marcos after the Ethiopians had driven the Italians from the fort. 15th April 1941

In the Western Desert, a bakery at work. Fresh bread for Australian troops at Tobruk is baked in these " Aldershot" ovens in the field

The German battleship Bismarck burns on the horizon approximately 350 miles west of Brest, France in the Atlantic Ocean after being engaged by the British battleships King George V

Binnen Alster area showing the deployment of camouflage on the area. The innermost of the two lakes in the heart of Hamburg - has been camouflaged by means of huge floating rafts to represent a

A flak landing craft equipped with anti-air weaponry. October 1943

One of the first official RAF photographs of Berlin since its fall. Taken by a low-flying Mosquito of the RAF Film Production Unit

The young Peter Downer looks for his mother during an exercise class held for mothers at Churchdown Institute Downham Estate, Bromley during the Second World War. 27th November 1943

Mr. John St Leger Hunter, a member of the Swansea G. P. O
Mr. John St Leger Hunter, a member of the Swansea G.P.O. who has been awarded the George medal for gallantry for his actions during a recent raid on Swansea. Circa 1941

Leading Air Mechanic George Shields of Crwys, Cardiff who served aboard the British Royal Navy aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal. November 1941

HMS Duke of York, a King George V-class battleship. March 1942

US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress under heavy snow. Within the hour the bomber will be roaring eastwards, high in the icy sub-zero skies

A French woman slaps a captured Gestapo agent who was the cause of her husband being mutilated during the German occupation in Southern France. 31st August 1944

The Finnish steamer Carolina Thorden was bombed by Germans off the coast of Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. A Faroese rescue boat approaches the ship which displays neutral markings. May 1941

Number 1 Commando Brigade led the British assault across the Elbe River. They had captured their objective, Lauenburg by dawn on April 29th 1945

Men of C. Company, the Border Regiment, waiting to repulse a German attack, who were barely a hundred yards away during the battle in the Netherlands. 20th September 1944

The Arab legion. Men of the Desert Patrol of the Arab Legion on the march through the desert in Transjordania. In the background is a fort built in the thirteenth century

The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively

British internees at Camp Stanley, Hong Kong, celebrate their liberation. 1st September 1945

RADAR equipment used for offensive and defensive purposes. The Radar " Chain Home" station was as one of the first types of radiolocation stations to be erected in the defence of Great

The RAF 12000 lb Tallboy bomb, the first completely streamlined heavy bomb to be used during the second World War and the forerunner to the 22, 00 lb " Grand Slam" bomb which followed

The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14 / 16 was under the command of
The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14/16 was under the command of Vice- Admiral Curtesis. It was sighted

Close up of the breast badge of a National Fire Service uniform. September 1941

These EWS (Emergency Water Supply) tanks, typical of hundreds all over the country, have had so much rubbish thrown into them that their usefulness for fire-fighting is seriously affected

British radar system located somewhere in England. August 15th 1945

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