Royal Air Force Collection (page 2)

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. 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. 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

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

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

Crest of the RAF regiment. Circa 1942

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

Damage to the Rheinmetall Borsig AG plant in Dusseldorf following an attack by bombers of RAF Bomber Command on the night of the 22nd/23rd April 1944

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

The first British troops to enter Cherbourg were four RAF members of an Embarkation Unit. They entered the town with the Americans and took up their headquarters by the quayside

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

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

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

A Kittybomber Curtiss P-40 plane of Number 112 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, nicknamed the " Shark Squadron"

Men of the R. A. F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome
Men of the R.A.F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome. 18th November 1942

WWII. ROYAL AIR FORCE. EAGLE SQUADRON SHOULDER PATCH. October 19th 1940

Bristol Beaufighters peels away from a German escort vessel which blew up after receiving cannon and rocket fire, during a combined attack on an enemy convoy south-west of Heligoland by the North

Operating with the partisans in Yugoslavia are numbers of RAF personnel. As promised by Winston Churchill some months ago " Every effort in our power will be made to aid

Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944

After spending 11 hours in the sea, an RAF Hurricane pilot who had been shot down in combat over the retreating enemy, walked in to an aerodrome near El- Daba

"Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Command
" Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Commands last convoy escort for the Royal Navy. At one minute past midnight on 4th June 1945

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

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

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

A thick columns of black smoke rising from a Japanese train attacked by Bristol Beaufighters at Kokkogon, about 40 miles along the branch line from Pyinmana, on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, Burma

A swarm of bees searching for a home, decided to take up their quarters in an aperture in the port rudder of " Q for Queenie" a Halifax bomber at an airfield in the north of England

Royal Air Force night fighter pilots wear darkened goggles in the rest hut so that their eyes will be already adjusted when they go in to the darkness outside

Valiant helpers in building planes for the RAF are blinded men. Here is one of the, Mr R W Comley, veteran of the last war. He is putting finishing touches to a fuel tank. 19th March 1942

Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image showing a carpet of bomb craters and severe damage to the marshalling yards and surrounding town area at Rheine

R. A. F. ground crews clear up wreckage inside a bomb shattered hanger at an airfield near
R.A.F. ground crews clear up wreckage inside a bomb shattered hanger at an airfield near Salerno, following the success of Operation Avalanche, the allied invasion of mainland Italy

The effects of RAF Bomber Commands November 1943 attacks on the city of Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. March 24, 1944

RAF Technicians at one of the launch control suites for one of the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

RAF Technician runs a tests on the Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Press Visit to R. A. F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base
Press Visit to R.A.F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base. The Thor is a intermediate range ballistic missile. Seen here taking its places as part of the operational front - line of the Royal Air

Group photograph taken at RAF Ansty aerodrome shows some of the instructors together with a number of the Volunteer Reservists. Seated in the front row are: Flying Officer E. S. Greenwood, Mr, C

A Spitfire Mk IXe (ML417) of the Fighter Collection seen here in the skies above Duxford, Cambridgeshire, during rehearsals for the 1998 Spitfire Airshow. 30th May 1998

Sculptor Tom Bird seen here on Flat Holm Island (Ynys Echni) in the Bristol Channel. With his sculpture which combines the islands outline with a battleship radar top

A cheery wave from Master ALM Bob Danes as the RAF helicopter from 202 Squadron at Leconfield flies a survey mission over the North Humbersides snow bound village. 19th February 1979

A gunner checks the Coventry Ordnance Works C. O. W 37 mm autocannon in the bow gunners
A gunner checks the Coventry Ordnance Works C.O.W 37 mm autocannon in the bow gunners position of a Blackburn Perth aircraft of 209 Squadron being prepared for a test flight at the Blackburn works at

An Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft of the Royal Air Force zooms low over a British weather ship 550 miles out in the Atlantic ocean

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

Handley Page Victor bomber with Blue Steel atomic missile at RAF Wittering near Peterborough February 1964

A Blue Steel missile at RAF Waddington The UKs nuclear deterrent seen here being loaded aboard a RAF Avro Vulcan. 14 February 1963

RAF Patrington and Holmpton. Underground telephone exchange. From left reporter Stuart Russell, Capt JD Ford and Wing Cdr Geoffrey Oliver

RAF Patrington - In the Hot Seat sits the man with a hot line to London. Gp Capt JD Ford, master controller, warns of unidentified enemy aircraft

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