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Ships - Ark Royal prepares for service - The aircraft carrier Ark Royal, launched in 1950, leaves shortly for service in the Medterranean
Bombers of the German Luftwaffe in flight over London during the Battle of Britain. Picture shows: Two Dornier 217s flying above fires started by bombs in the neighbourhood of Beckton gas works in
Picture taken during the Allied Army journey to the East Bank of the Rhine. Horse and Hamilcar gliders were towed by Halifax and Stirling aircraft of the RAF
Aerial view of Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and gliders of the 9th Troop Carrier Command, a unit of the Ninth US Air Force
Lady MacRobert of Douneside, Tarland, Aberdeenshire has presented the RAF with four Hurricanes which will soon be in action in the Middle East. Three are named after airman sons killed in action
Farnborough Air Show 1956 Fairey Delta 2 jet fighter which completed the world speed record in March of the same year. Picture taken: 3rd September 1956
Swansea Airport. The Red Pelicans take off to give their display at the Air Day at Swansea airport. 12th June 1967
Two of nine Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish bombers launched from a Royal Navy Aircraft carrier travelling to attack the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic Ocean during the Second Word War
Picture showing how heavy rain in northern Russia hampered the activities of the RAF Wing, the improvised landing ground being frequently water-logged and ankle deep in mud
Mustang IIIs, the new long range fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force, fly here in echelon step up formation as they form part of the escort to Allied heavy bombers in daylight operations over
A Wildcat plane passes over a US Navy Landing Ship as it discharges a Sherman tank onto a beach during pre-invasion training exercises in the United States
Snow and heavy rainfall turned North African and Italian airfields into swamps, but the bad weather did not stop flying from these waterlogged fields
RAF Mosquito intruders which gained fame for their train busting exploits while operating from Malta to Sicily, are now carrying on their work from bases in Italy
As recently reported, the Norwegian Air Force has taken over a general reconnaissance squadron which is operating from an English aerodrome somewhere in the United Kingdom
Over two hundred and fifty enemy aircraft have been shot down since D-day by night fighters operating from bases on the continent
The Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bomber, operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, in flight during the Second World War. Circa 1944
"Deck landing"training of Fleet Air Arm pilots at a Royal Naval Air Station" Deck landing" training of Fleet Air Arm pilots at a Royal Naval Air Station. Photo shows: Pilots scramble. Naval Swordfish ranged on the deck at a naval shore station for immediate take
An RAF Hawker Hurricane in flight during the Second World War. Circa 1941
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilots in training exercises during the Second World War. Picture shows: Wheeling out the torpedo to be fitted to their aircraft. March 1941
This British Hurricane aircraft has been presented by the RAF to the Major General commanding the Northern Red Fleet Air Arm, who is sitting in the cockpit of the plane. Circa 1943
Hurricane fighter planes, equipped with special anti-tank guns, accounted. for many enemy tanks in the Western Desert. Picture shows
Fighter support planes circle round a New Zealand column in the Western Desert during the battle of Egypt. August 1942
Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk
Monsoon rain turns this airfield in Assam into a morass, but maintenance and repair work on the aircraft continues. August 1944
A formation of Hawker Hurricane fighters of Number 85 Squadron in search of enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. October 1940
Five topicalised Hurricane Mark IICs of No. 94 Squadron RAF based at El Gamil, Egypt, flying in loose starboard echelon formation
St DunstanOs men are now working in our aircraft factories. In the foreground, left to right, are Private Ernest Callow, R.W
One of the features of the fighting in France has been the close support given to the Army by RAF fighter bombers. The Typhoon fighter bomber now carries two 1, 000 lb bombs on certain operations
Spitfire and Royal Air force ground crew on Capodichino airfield, Naples, Italy after the citys capture. It suffered heavily during the previous Allied bombing campaigns as a target for Axis aircraft
Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA, P7895 RN-N, of No 72 Squadron, based at Acklington, Northumberland, in flight over the coast, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R Deacon Elliot. circa April 1941
Co-operating Naval and RAF ground crews re-arm a Spitfire plane on an aerodrome in Malta during the Second World War. 25th August 1942
Fighter aircraft of the RAF based on the Anzio beachhead have co-operated with the ground forces, first in defending the bridgehead from German counter-attack
Picture showing how the weather conditions are hampering air operations on the Italian Front. Picture shows: Rain and mud are playing their part in slowing down the advance of the Allied armies in
AN RAF Mark XI Spitfire in flight during the Second World War. 13th July 1944
A clipped wing Spitfire of the Royal Air Force being serviced at a Fighter Command Station in England prior to a sweep of the English Channel
For month after month of intensive blitz Malta showed the world how bravely she could " take it". Now backed by men of all three services, Army, RAF and Fleet Air Arm
RAF Mosquito fighter planes lined up in readiness for an open day to the public as part of the Battle of Britain anniversary celebrations at RAF Acklington fighter station in Northumberland
The RAF Is famous for the speed with which it is able to occupy a captured airfield, get it into working order and use it to intensify the air war in support of land forces
RAF Spitfires are taking part in the new offensive which has begun in Italy. The Spitfires are providing cover for Allied bombers and are also going out on offensive sweeps
RAF Halifax heavy bombers operating with the two Mediterranean Air Forces have not been prevented from attacking enemy targets although heavy rains have turned parts of their airfields into huge
The first RAF Flying Fortresses to land at Lagens Airfield in the Portuguese owned Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands were of enormous strategic value regarding the defeat of
B-26 Marauder medium bombers of the ninth US Air Force fly majestically through patches of white cloud as they head for their base in England after completing one of their many bombing missions over
Members of an aircraft factory who recently visited an RAF Squadron, invited the pilots to pay them a visit at the factory and see their fighter planes being made
The biggest Allied convoy to Russia fought through four day attack by enemy torpedo planes of the German Luftwaffe and U-boats of the Kriegsmarine to deliver her cargo at an Arctic port
When the Germans retreated in Yugoslavia, they destroyed t all railways, locomotives and machines capable of helping in the reconstruction of the country
Anti Aircraft Defence of Naples during the Second World War. Photo shows:The pattern of lights made by anti-aircraft fire during a recent Nazi raid on the city off Naples in Southern Italy
When Allied landing forces established the beachhead at Nettuno, Italy, B-26 Marauders bombers of the United States Army 12th Air Force gave support to the operations by bombing vital communications
