France Collection (page 4)

Royal Air Force ground staff in Bayeux during their off duty periods make friends with the youthful French population and visit the sights of this little-damaged town. (Picture) Men of the R.A.F

R. A. F. Bomb Damage Revealed at Fall of Brest. As organised emery resistance
R.A.F. Bomb Damage Revealed at Fall of Brest. As organised emery resistance finished in Brest on September 19th, a R.A.F. official photographer took these pictures of the French port

Photograph taken during a daylight raid on the Renault automotive works at Le Mans, France, by De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IVs of Nos. 105 and 139 Squadrons RAF

The Beachhead Landing. An aerial view of the storming of the Beachhead in the great Allied attack on the French coast. Tanks

General view of banquet hall, decorated by banners and pictures of Stalin and Roosevelt, In the centre are Ge. Courtney Hodges, Commanding General 1st U.S

The last moments of a Dornier Do217 over Dieppe on 19 August 1942, as recorded by Sergeant Helge Sognnes of No 331 Squadron

R. A. F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1
R.A.F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1. Destruction of the south end locomotive machine shop. 2. Four-bay shed totally destroyed. 3.Direct hit at north end shed. 4

Heavy aircraft of R. A. F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax
Heavy aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax, and Manchester - made a daylight attack upon the Nazi pocket-battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisena

A Avro Lancaster B Mk I of No. 5 Group, flying at low-level over the French countryside on the evening of 17th October 1942, while en route to attack the Schneider engineering factory at Le Creusot

Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U. S
Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th Air Forces on the German Gllsy aerodrome at Amiens early on the morning of 14.7.43 shows - bombs bursting dead

A photographic-reconnaissance image taken by No 106 Photo Reconnaissance Wing of the RAF over the SA des Pneumatiques Dunlop rubber factory at Montlucon, France

On the 4th August 1943 Marauders of the U. S. 8th Air Force rounded off ten days of
On the 4th August 1943 Marauders of the U.S. 8th Air Force rounded off ten days of attacks on German installations in France by leaving the shipyard at La Trait in flames

Low-level photographic reconnaissance photograph taken by No1 PRU Squadron following the special low-level daylight raid by Avro Lancasters of No

The German aircraft factory of Liore Et Oliver at Velizy-Villacoublay in France, blanketed by smoke as bombs dropped by U.S. 8th Air Force Fortresses find their mark

To day members of the section Sanotaire Automobile Feminine S. S. B. M
To day members of the section Sanotaire Automobile Feminine S.S.B.M. visited units of the British Army to distribute conforms

These are a components of the German Ointment-Box mine: The body, the pressure plate, and the firing device mine is completely fashioned of glass, with the exception of trigger. 23rd December 1944

The Royal Navy is now establishing permanent bases along the Normandy coast. Wherever there are Naval shore establishments there are Wrens and these are the vanguard of many more to follow

At 1: 30 a. m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops
At 1:30 a.m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops and parachutists, using over 1, 000 troop carriers and gliders landed behind the German defences in Normandy

Special Unit Prepares for Action. Many special, service units have made their final preparations for the coming offensive scenes during and after the preparations of one unit

Queen Alexandra Imperial Nurses of the 79th General Field Hospital prepare their beds in the slit trench where they will be protected if any more bombing occurs near Bayeux. 20th June 1944

The first party of ATS attached to the 21st Army Group seen here coming ashore from a landing craft on one of the beaches in Normandy. Their duties are to act as clerks on the beachhead

An operation underway at No. 79 General Hospital near Bayeux, France following the arrival of a contingent of Queen Alexandra Imperial Military nurses from the UK

Medical officer Captain Rs Devor after attending to a French womans baby, the family come to the door of the cottage to bid good-bye to the MO and Madamoiselle Dervis. 4th August 1944

In a daylight evening attack, a force of Lancaster Bombers of RAF Bomber Command attacked dry docks and naval shipping at the German occupied port of Le Havre in Northern France

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

The Gnome Le Rhone aero-engine works at Limoges, France before it was attacked by a small force of Lancaster bombers of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War

Aerial photograph showing extensive damage to the Gnome Le Rhone aero-engine works at Limoges, France after it was attacked by a small force of Lancaster bombers of RAF Bomber Command during

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

An attack on enemy strongpoints around Le Havre, Northern France on the afternoon of 10th September 1944 by aircraft of RAF Bomber Command

Photograph taken during an attack by Boston aircraft of the Lorraine French Squadron on the Mir De Bretagne transformer station near Guerledan, Brittany on 26th August 1943

Bostons and Mitchell aircraft of RAF bomber command attacked a German ammunition dump at Montreuil-Belfroy, east of Nantes, France in a daylight raid on 2nd August 1944

Sabotage of the Artillery Park at Grenoble on the night of 13th / 14th November 1943 by the French Resistance. Detonations were put in position near some 30 tons of powder

In a daylight raid on 5th August 1943, aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attacked U-boat pens at Brest, North Western France

Photo taken during a recent RAF raid on shipping and small craft in Boulogne Harbour. Direct hits can be seen and fires are starting in dockside buildings

In this daylight attack on the docks at Dunkirk, occupied Northern France, at least fourteen bomb bursts are seen: five in the northern half of the commercial dock

Daylight attack on Fives / Lille steel and engineering works
Daylight attack on Fives/ Lille steel and engineering works, Lille in occupied Northern France. Thia target was successfully attacked, on July 6th.1941. PHOTO SHOWS: Annotation: 1

A salvo of 25 bombs launched from RAF bombers against a convoy of enemy mechanical transport vehicles moving northwards from Ruisseauville, Northern France. Circa May 1940

In a daylight raid on 14th April 1942, a formation of RAF Boston bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the power station at Mondeville, near Caen, in enemy occupied Northern France

Nine bombs bursting on the concrete runway of St. Omer / Longuenesse aerodrome during a Royal Air Force daylight sweep over enemy occupied Northern France during the Second World War. June 1941

Bombers of the RAF carried out a daylight attack on Le Havre in enemy occupied Northern France on 26th March 1942 when docks and buildings were hit

Collapse of The Normandy Front. Picture in Trun, in the Orne region of Normandy. German soldiers surrender to the Allies. Picture taken 27th August 1944

Photo taken during a recent R. A. F. raid on shipping and small craft in Boulogne Harbour
Photo taken during a recent R.A.F. raid on shipping and small craft in Boulogne Harbour. Direct hits can be seen and fires are starting in dockside buildings

Picture taken from R. A. F. Bostons during attacks on 3-10-43
Picture taken from R.A.F. Bostons during attacks on 3-10-43. on transformer and switching stations near Paris shows: The transformer and switching station at Chaingy

Photograph taken during a daylight raid by 11 Douglas Bostons of No. 342 (Free French) Squadron RAF, on the power station at Chevilly-la-Rue, near Paris. 3rd October 1943

Photograph taken during a daylight raid by Bostons of No. 342 (Free French) Squadron RAF, on the power station at Chevilly-la-Rue, near Paris

The jump master and crew chief push out supplies in para-packs from a transport plane for the airborne troops fighting below during Allied landings in France

The barrel of one of the 15 German naval guns captured by Canadian forces at Cap Gris Nez. The four Siegfried Krupp 380mm /15 inch Naval guns were used to target Allied shipping in the straits of

This was Hitlers HQ. Troops of the U.s First Army view remains of Hitler
This was Hitlers HQ. Troops of the U.S First Army view remains of Hitlers headquarters, near Rodert, Germany, demolished by the retreating enemy a few days ago

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