Royal Air Force Collection (page 6)

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

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

Fighter support planes circle round a New Zealand column in the Western Desert during the battle of Egypt. August 1942

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

Group Captain Scott OBE, DSO, DFC, led a recent attack by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Typhoon on a hidden gun position at Le Havre, Northern France

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

An RAF Typhoon aircraft patrolling the skies over a convoy after taking off from an airfield in Normandy, Northern France. July 1944

The thousandth enemy aircraft to be destroyed by the RAF in Malta was a Junkers 52, which fell to an American Fighter Pilot commanding one of the islands Spitfire Squadrons

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

RAF personnel being rowed out to a waiting Sunderland Flying Boat, many of which aided in the withdrawal from Greece. 23rd May 1941

AN RAF Mark XI Spitfire in flight during the Second World War. 13th July 1944

Pre-war ground crew members of the County of London Auxiliary Squadron, pictured here in Italy with their Flaming Sword crest which was carved in 1928

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

An RAF Spitfire fighter plane flown by Canadians commemorates "Byng of Vimy"
An RAF Spitfire fighter plane flown by Canadians commemorates " Byng of Vimy", a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada. September 1941

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

Spitfire fighter aircraft piloted by pilots of the Royal Norwegian Air Force give fighter cover and close support to the Navy and Amy

Seafire fighter flying over Japan, piloted by Lieutenant Norman Goodfellow, R. N. V
Seafire fighter flying over Japan, piloted by Lieutenant Norman Goodfellow, R.N.V.R of Southport, Lancashire, operating from an aircraft carrier in the British Pacific Fleet. 17th July 1945

Inter-Allied air cooperation is particularly marked in Corsica where units of the French Air Force are flying Spitfires of the most forward of the Allied squadrons operating against German occupied

An RAF squadron took over the airfield from the Japanese, the children, who are brothers, presented themselves at the Orderly room of the station

This burning tug is the result of of an attack by R. A. F. Liberators in the Gulf of Siam
This burning tug is the result of of an attack by R.A.F. Liberators in the Gulf of Siam. 22nd August 1945

German flags captured by the 341st Reconnaissance Batallion of the 16th Motorised Division and 48th Army Corps of the 2nd Tank Army (left) and (right) of a German submarine captured by an R.A.F

The first Lancaster to be flown from the United Kingdom to Australia, with her fully Australian " Pathfinder" crew, which created a record in the process

Thousands of Allied aircraft which took part in the 1st Airborne Armys first great operation on September 17th, flew over the battle area in Belgium on their way to Holland

RAF daylight raid on Cologne 2nd March 1945 which was the last of the 262 air raids the city suffered throughout the war. In the morning and afternoon of 2nd March

One of a series of pictures showing the work of a Royal Observer Corps Centre where every aircraft, both hostile and friendly, has its course plotted on the operations table

One of the first official photographs to be released of operation Fido, showing how fog was dispersed by artificial means from RAF airfields

The famous "Dam Busters"raid by Royal Air Force No
The famous " Dam Busters" raid by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in the Ruhr Valley, Germany

A Halifax bomber landing after a night raid over Italy during the second World War. 19th December 1942

Dakota transport planes being unloaded on a captured airfield in southern Italy during the Second World War. In the foreground is the skeleton of a burnt out Italian CR42 single seat fighter plane

A Halifax bomber of RAF Bomber Command in flight over the target area during a raid on the synthetic oil plant at Wanne-Eickel in the Ruhr region of Germany

Scenes on an RAF Bomber Command Station as Halifax bombers take off to attack the German industrial city of Dusseldorf, Germany on the night of 11th June 1943

A bomber station in Britain from which great Halifax planes of RAF Bomber Command leave with their loads to take part in the systematic Allied campaign to wipe out German centres of industrial

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

Dakota aircraft of Transport Command RAF flying over the Danish capital city of Copenhagen, with members of an Allied SHAEF mission to Denmark. May 1945

Photograph taken during a daylight raid on the docks and enemy shipping at Rotterdam, Holland, by Bristol Blenheims of 105 Squadron R.A.F

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

Villagers of Valkenswaard, south of Eindhoven, Holland, watch Allied aircraft and gliders passing overhead to support troops of the Airborne Army on the ground in Holland. 28th September 1944

Avro Lancaster planes of RAF Bomber Command carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, Northern France through which the 2nd

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