Forties Collection (#88)

Fire burning at the Creditual Minier plant in Romania after a 9th Airforce, US bombing raid over Ploiești, Romania on 1st August 1943 Picture taken circa 1st August 1943

A plaque showing the crest of Squadron No. 111. 24th December 1945

The Battle For Mandalay: A burning pagoda near Port Dufferin. Circa 1940s

British and Australian crew of a Wellington bomber are rescued from a dinghy in The Bay of Biscay, near South West France. Picture taken 29th August 1942

Jadwiga Ziemianska, a member of the Polish A. T. S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service
Jadwiga Ziemianska, a member of the Polish A.T.S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) meeting her daughter whilst off duty. He husband was arrested in Poland, and she has no news of him

Polish paratroops on a training exercise. Picture possibly taken in Scotland, where the Polish air force was stationed in World War Two. Picture taken 27th September 1941

Quadrath / Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No
Quadrath/Fortuna power station, near Cologne, under attack by Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group. Photograph show a direct hit on the coal handling plant 12th August 1941

Major General C. E. N. Lomax plans an amphibious operation from his base on Ramree Island
Major General C.E.N. Lomax plans an amphibious operation from his base on Ramree Island. 15th April 1945

Damage to the important railway station and junction of Soltau, north of Hanover. 22nd February 1945

Survivors of an R. A. F. Sunderland flying boat being rescued by the crew of a destroyer
Survivors of an R.A.F. Sunderland flying boat being rescued by the crew of a destroyer. The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Canadas great aircraft production drive at the mass manufacture of four warplane types - the Mosquito, Avro Lancaster

British troops of the 14th Army take Budalin, in Burma during Second World War. Circa 1940s

A memorial to the British Commonwealth forces who gave their lives in the Dutch East Indies. Batavia, Indonesia. 1946

British troops in Burma advancing behind a smokescreen. On the left a sergeant is using a field telephone. Circa 1940s

Belgian refugees fleeing the German invasion. May 1940

Air photograph of Hamburg on the day of its surrender. This picture was taken by an RAF photographer three minutes after surrender time. The city was devastated, apparently deserted

R. A. F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945
R.A.F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945

The Acropolis is the key bastion of one flank of the British positions in Athens. South west of this lies the Piraeus, still largely in ELAS hands. Pictured, an R.A.F. fighter on patrol over Athens

A German Naval rating aboard the Tirpitz. This Royal Air Force official photo is one of the first close-up pictures taken of the German battleship Tirpitz since the ship was sunk by R.A.F

Royal Scotch Fusiliers of the British 36th Division moving down the Myitkina-Mandalay railway corridor in the new Allied push in northern Burma. 29th December 1944

Royal Air Force raid on Kiel harbour. December 1940

R. A. F ground crew equipping Beaufighters with rocket projectiles
R.A.F ground crew equipping Beaufighters with rocket projectiles. These Beaufighters have been attacking shipping off the Dutch and Norwegian Coast Lines. Picture taken 28th May 1944

Food supplies which were interrupted for a time in the early days of the fighting are again being distributed. The first supplies for the people of Athens are bing unloaded by University students

Railway bridge at Sinthe Chuang damaged by R. A. F. attacks. 17th December 1944
Railway bridge at Sinthe Chuang damaged by R.A.F. attacks. 17th December 1944

Newport has the only two policewomen in Wales, Miss Phyllis Gamble and Miss Joan Bartlett. Miss Gamble before going to Newport served four years in the Metropolitan Police Force. September 1941

General Lord Gort VC, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary force, with General Joseph Georges, Commander in Chief of the French 9th Army

Mrs. Isolda Jones, a Cardiff housewife, who formally moved the Indicator in Warship Week
Mrs.Isolda Jones, a Cardiff housewife, who formally moved the Indicator in Warship Week, speaking at the ceremony. Warship Weeks were British National savings campaigns during the Second World War

Men of the Australian Imperial Forces practice manoeuvres in the Libya desert. Climbing a desert hill. January 1941

Australian troops advancing towards the defences of Bardia, in the light of the dawn. January 1941

British Troops Land in Albania with the aim to help Marshal Titos Yugoslva Partisan Army and the Albanian patriots in harrassing the German withdrawal from the Balkans

Lord Gort, Inspector General of Training, on a visit to Northern Ireland on a tour of inspection, where he visited various military training centres and units

Major General V. M. Fortune with Gen. Fagalde at Bethune, France. October 1941
Major General V.M. Fortune with Gen. Fagalde at Bethune, France. October 1941

Bomb damage to Queens Street in Central Cardiff after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. 3rd March 1941

Australians advance on Bardia, Libya. January 1941

View of bomb damage to the interior of St Anthonys church in South East London, after it was struck by incendiary bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

View of bomb damage Jewin Street in the City of London, after it was struck by bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

Australians with a captured Italian bomber in Bardia. January 1941

Swansea Salute The Soldier Week Circa June 1944. Salute the Solider Week was a national fundraising effort to encourage civilians to place their money in national Savings

WaF band, leading Treforest Trading Estate "Wings for Victory"
WaF band, leading Treforest Trading Estate " Wings for Victory" parade during the Second World War, Circa March 1943

Commander George Gilbertson, Royal Navy, of Pontardawe, taking the salute at a parade which marked the opening of Warship Week at Pontardawe. March 1942

Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens opening Cardiffs Warship Week. Also In the picture; Col. Gerald Gaskell, Col. Lyttleton, Col. Sir Gerald Bruce, Sir Willie Reardon-Smith, Bt

Corps Commandant Mrs. R. Peake inspected new recruits of the M. T. C. at Cardiff
Corps Commandant Mrs.R.Peake inspected new recruits of the M.T.C. at Cardiff. She is seen talking to some of the officers

Gunner F. E. Tett of the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
Gunner F.E. Tett of the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, with his wife and daughter who greeted him on his arrival at Cardiff as he returns home from duty in the Far East at he end of

Viscount Gort, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force with the Duke Of Gloucester and a French officer discussing the movement of troops. Circa 1939

V2 Rocket strike on Duke Street during Second World War. 11th December 1944

Two Australians inspect Italian tanks abandoned in the Western Desert. December 1940

Bomb damage in Central London after a German Air Raid during The Blitz. London, England EC4M 8AD. 15th January 1942

Munition working ladies in their factory. They are enjoying their moment together for the photograph, and have a great role together, helping the war effort.. Picture taken 17th August 1942

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