Royal Air Force Collection (page 8)

When the airfield at Monte Corvino, near Salerno in Southern Italy was occupied by the Allies, RAF Servicing Commandos, who had gone in with the early landing parties

As the American 5th Army and British 8th Armiy of the Allied Forces press forward in Italy following the successful landings in September

Picture showing more of the weather conditions which are hampering air operations on the Italian front. Picture shows left to right Corporal E

Photos taken by the RAF Film Unit show, top left, a close-up as bombs are dropped from a Lancaster over Germany, and continue in sequence until in the last picture, bottom right

Sergeant Betty Dunn, a WaF masseuse, helps Sergeant Wheeler of Tottenham to try out his repaired leg, ready for the day when he will do this in earnest. October 1943

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

A New Zealand R. A. F. fighter pilot with his Hurricane during the Second World War
A New Zealand R.A.F. fighter pilot with his Hurricane during the Second World War. 18th June 1940

Mixing with the troops and the Air Force girls id Reverend W. E
Mixing with the troops and the Air Force girls id Reverend W.E. Buchanan-Dunlop, parson of St. Helens Church, Worcester. During the service there

Leading Aircraft-man Ivan Wallis of the Royal Air Force of 15 Wokingham Road, Reading, reads his local newspaper the Reading Standard from his post in the Middle East. Circa 1943

Corporal E. W. Stone of the RAF, former schoolmaster at park Lane School, Tilehurst
Corporal E.W. Stone of the RAF, former schoolmaster at park Lane School, Tilehurst, reading his local newspaper the Reading Standard while serving in the Middle East during the Second World War

Two brothers of Reading, Berkshire, Leading Aircraft-man Ronald Couch of the Royal Air Force and Driver Eric Couch of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)

Bristol Beaufighter night fighter crews of No. 600 Squadron RAF, resting in their crew hut at Colerne, Wiltshire before taking off on patrol

RAF gold coast spitfire squadron in Italy. Squadron Leader Derrick A. S
RAF gold coast spitfire squadron in Italy. Squadron Leader Derrick A.S. Colvin (seated on the bonnet of a jeep) talks to R.A.F. pilots before a flight. January 1944

An RAF Airman takes a bath in a wooden tub on the cobbles beside the pump and drinking trough in the courtyard of an Italian farm, an RAF camp in Italy. October 1943

RAF Balloon Barrage men were among the first Allied troops to land on the beaches at Salerno, Southern Italy. Their job was to keep low flying enemy aircraft from bombing

Heavy rain continues to hamper operations in Italy but in many points along the 8th. Army front, advance have been made. Heavy armour, supplies

Personnel of No. 2859 La Squadron RAF Regiment leave Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy, on board a commandeered Italian lorry, pulling a trailer full of camp equipment, furniture and kitbags

Men of the RAF Regiment keeping out the cold on the Italian front, these men are the most forward RAF personnel serving with the Eighth Army. 6th January 1944

A Kittyhawk squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force have moved into a villa which was once occupied by Bruno Mussolini, the former commanding officer of am Italian bomber squadron

Attack on barracks near Mellaha, Libya by the R. A. F. 29th November 1941
Attack on barracks near Mellaha, Libya by the R.A.F. 29th November 1941

Looking down on Lodingen Harbour, Norway as an enemy aircraft tender circles out of control and on fire after it receives a direct hit, from Fairey Fireflys of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm

Attack on enemy shipping by RAF Mediterranean Command. A series of heavy bombing raids on military objectives in Southern Italy and Sicily

Rocket firing Beaufighters of the Balkan Air Force, supporting the Yugoslav National Liberation Army of Marshal Tito in carrying out attacks on German targets in Yugoslavia

A Blenheim bomber of RAF Mediterranean Command delivering an attack from mast height on an enemy tanker off the coast of Tunisia. The tanker was escorted by a destroyer

The Italian campaign of World War II consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. RAF Mosquito intruders

RAF Baltimores of the Tactical Bomber Force in operation over the Sangro river battle area in Eastern Central Italy, attacked German defensive positions near Lanciano on the Sangro ridge

A German tanker ablaze to the water line after an attack by RAF Coastal Command in the English Channel off the French coast during the Second World War. July 1940

Beaufort aircraft of RAF Coastal Command bomb German ships lying alongside the quay at St. Peter Port, Guernsey in the Channel Islands in a daylight raid on 17th January 1942

In the early hours of January 20th 1944. Britains Dover Coastal batteries achieved a remarkable feat of marksmanship sinking a German blockade runner as she was hugging the French coast

Picture taken on an RAF Halifax bomber station, where ground crews had to combat snow conditions before the operation could begin

A German patrol ship in Heligoland fires a bright foutr star cartridge recognition signal as a challenge before opening fire at a Blenheim bomber of RAF Coastal Command which is about to make a dive

Bombers of RAF Coastal Command have forced the Germans to hide their shipping in Norwegian fjords, miles away from the sea and only move them at night or when it is foggy

A Yugoslav Squadron flying Spitfires from a Tactical Wing of the Balkan Air Force based in Italy, recently flew their first offensive mission over their homeland

Balkan Air Force squadrons are continuing to harass the Germans in Yugoslavia. South African Air Force squadrons of rocket firing Beaufighters attacked a big German barracks at Bjelovar

Flying through dense cloud, a Norwegian pilot led a strong force of Mosquito fighter planes from RAF Coastal Command over his native mountains to attack a large enemy merchantman in Dalsfjord

Recently the Fleet Air Arm of the British Royal Navy carried out offensive reconnaissances over the Norwegian coast. Oil tanks, a German military hutment camp, a wireless station

Wide sweeps of the North Sea are being made by the RAF in the search for enemy shipping. In this photograph, enemy shipping has been located

Some members of the RAF regiment who took part in the battle of Patras were inspected shortly afterwards by the C-in-C Land Forces. Adriatic, on the quayside of the captured port

Hit by a bomber plane of RAF Coastal Command, an enemy vessel off the coast of Norway, struck during operations against enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast. May 1941

Smoke rising from a 10, 000 ton Japanese tanker which was attacked by Liberators of 159 Squadron, Air Command South East Asia RAF, near to the Thai island of Ko Samui

The German blockade runner Alsterufer burning after a Czechoslovak-crewed RAF Liberator from No 311 Squadron attacked her with semi-armour piercing rockets and a 500lb bomb

The German tanker Passat seen here under attack by RAF Whitley bombers of Coastal Command close to the Nazi occupied St Nazaire U-Boat facility. 2nd September 1942

RAF bombers of Coastal Command flew at mast height to attack a German convoy of six ships off of Heligoland Bight on the 30th July 1941

At a secret RAF station in Britain, paratroopers enter an aircraft under the watchful eyes of RAF instructors. May 1941

Reconnaissance photographs being assessed at an R. A. F. headquarters
Reconnaissance photographs being assessed at an R.A.F. headquarters. 5th February 1940

A Bomber Command Lancaster attack on an enemy communications centre at Heilbronn during the Second World War. 8th December 1944

Within sight of the coast of France R. A. F. airmen study a map map at sea during Second
Within sight of the coast of France R.A.F. airmen study a map map at sea during Second World War. 17th August 1944

An officer studies reconnaissance pictures taken over Germany at a Wing Headquarters of the Royal Air Force. 5th February 1940

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