Forties Collection (page 6)

Captured German radar at Pachino, Sicily. 15th August 1945

Anti-air trainee in West Africa using Radar apparatus. 15th August 1945

Crest of the RAF regiment. Circa 1942

Bomb damage to the Focke Wulf plant in Marienburg. October 1943

Evacuation of Louvain, Belgium. World War Two. On 28 May 1940, the King Leopold III surrendered to the Germans alongside his soldiers

Evacuating a sick man on a wheeled stretcher through Louvain, Belgium. Belgium surrendered to the Germans at the end of May 1940. Picture taken 19th May 1940

Photograph showing the area of damage from an 8000 lb bomb in Berlin. This photograph taken a month after the bomb was dropped

The main ammunition depot at Mariensiel after the RAF bombing raid of 11-12 February 1943. An area of approximately 150 acres has been devastated

Bomb damage to central Berlin near the Tiergarten area. 8th March 1944

The Heinkel factory in Rostock, Germany, following a raid by the RAF. April 1942

Damage to the central areas of Berlin after R. A. F. raids. 24th March 1944
Damage to the central areas of Berlin after R.A.F. raids. 24th March 1944

Cadets "Tarzan"act. You d think these boys were sons of Tarzan
Cadets " Tarzan" act. You d think these boys were sons of Tarzan, the way they swarm up the netting to the tree tops. They are members of the 61st (Middlesex) a Cadets

Front line French class for R. A. F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943
Front line French class for R.A.F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943

The folk of London on behalf of all Britain cheered and said "Well Done"
The folk of London on behalf of all Britain cheered and said " Well Done" as the Home Guard marched through the capital on the stand down parade

The Dutch Submarine Returns to Britain. O 19, laid down as K XIX, was an O 19-class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II

An indoor air raid shelter. Liverpool This indoor shelter is believed to be strong enough to withstand the collapse of an ordinary house. It has been made by an Liverpool engineer

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman Duncan French, accompanied by Lieut-General A I MacDougall and Colonel J B McKaig at an inspection of army Cadets who mainly belong to Liverpool

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation during the... Walcheren Island, at the western end of the Beveland Peninsula, overlooked the Scheldt Estuary

The bombing of Sandhurst Road School occurred during an air raid on Wednesday, 20th January 1943 when the school on Minard Road, Catford, south east London was seriously damaged

The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz), the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the German

Bomb damaged Temple Meads Railway Station in central Bristol, after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the night of 24th November 1940 during the Bristol Blitz of the Second World War

Mobile Canteen during World War Two. Liverpool, Merseyside. It is not known where this picture was taken, but the print stamp suggests Liverpool

The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III / KG 76 at Wychbold
The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III/KG 76 at Wychbold. The aircraft was damaged by Sgt Jankowiak of 307 Squadron and also hit by anti aircraft guns in the Liverpool area

The remains of 281 and 283 Hales Lane, Smethwick after Heinkel He 111 1G+KM Wk Nr 1555 of 4./KG 27 was shot down by Defiant N3387 of 151 Squadron and crashed into the houses

A direct hit on the Birmingham to Worcester canal at the Bournville canal tunnel, Draining the canal of millions of gallons of water and flooding the nearby Cadburys factory. 4th December 1940

19 burnt out and four partly burnt out buses sit in the remains of Hockley bus depot, Birmingham following a heavy air raid on the city. 23rd November 1940

British armys new self-propelled bridge. The "Scissors"
British armys new self-propelled bridge. The " Scissors" bridge being closed for bringing back into position on the bridging tank. Circa June 1945

A reconnaissance photograph taken by the RAF of the completely destroyed town of Duren, Germany, after the daylight attack by RAF Lancaster Bombers of Nos, 4, 6 and 8 Groups

Operation Blackcock (14th - 26th January 1945) was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

The Merchant Services Fighter United, an RAF operational aircraft unit based at Speke Airport, have played one of the most daring parts in the war at sea and in the air

A reconnaissance photograph taken by 542 Squadron RAF of the completely destroyed town of Duren, Germany, two days after the daylight attack by RAF Bombers of Nos, 4, 6 and 8 Groups

Home Guard armoured train with a 6-pounder gun mounted in the front. Location unknown apart from that is is in England. Picture circa 20th February 1944

Driver Harrison of London inspects the silk stockings that are on sale in the Corps gift shop near the front line. The shop sells perfume, toys

Inside the ruins of the Reichstag. Circa July 1945

A British solder having a bath. Tobruk. Libya. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied

The Reichstag after the battle of Berlin. Russia took Berlin on 2nd May 1945, a few days later the war in Europe officially ended on 8th May 1945. Picture taken 20th July 1945

A 2000 lb armour-piercing bomb as used by the RAF. Although not particularly massive in size, the bomb was highly destructive and specially designed to pierce the heaviest armour. Circa 1940s

Twin engined Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber, now being produced in Australia. Mechanic seen here making adjustments to the Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine during production 1st January 1942

Women at John I Thorneycroft & Co, Hampton Launch Works, Platts Eyot have just put the finishing touches to a Whaleback boat. 25th April 1943

Wounded fighting men from Roehampton Hospital enjoying a trip to the local fair at Putney Heath, accompanied by their friends and families on a visiting day at the end of the Second World War

Birmingham factory worker Mrs Ann Cottrell of Theodore Street, Birmingham, aged 83, at work at a munitions factory in the West Midlands during the Second World War. 11th September 1941

Interior of the private chapel at Buckingham Palace following a German bombing raid. In the centre, its three legs in the air, is the overturned altar

Southampton after the blitz during the Second World War. 30th November 1940

The Clydebank Blitz, comprised two devastating Luftwaffe air raids on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank, Scotland on 13th and 14th March 1941

Female munition workers of a London war factory put on their make-up before staging a show to entertain girls of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)

After the blitzing of the City of London, Red Cross Street Fire Station, which had been badly burned externally and only saved from destruction by the determined efforts of the Station personnel

One of Britains X-Craft, a midget submarine. January 1944

Six soldiers back from Burma, all from Droitwich, Worcestershire, enjoy a dinner at the Royal Exchange public house back in Droitwich

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