Royal Airforce Collection

A Typhoon makes a pancake landing, on the edge of a rock strewn shore near Torquay in Devon. There were slight injuries to the pilot but no more

Picture shows The Sunderland. A new type of sea plane for the RAF. Pictured is a biplane, but it is related to the 2 winged plane

Bomber Command planning a large scale R. A. F. operation. Picture taken circa 17th November
Bomber Command planning a large scale R.A.F. operation. Picture taken circa 17th November 1943

R. A. F. armourers working with 12, 000 lb bombs. Lancaster Bombers have been
R.A.F. armourers working with 12, 000 lb bombs. Lancaster Bombers have been using these bombs with great success. Picture taken 14th October 1944

Picture shows a side view of a Hawker Typhoon in flight. The worlds fastest fighter plane in April 1943. Google images suggests this plane could be ()

Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England

Picture shows John Hobbs (Royal Airforce officer) instructing Ghita Moss (ballerina in black - centre) and members of the drama school that has been set up under the Educational

Picture shows 18 years old grocers assistant, Sidney Wallbutten from Cornwall, strapped to the cockpit of a glider, ready to take off

R. A. F. Officers explain to the Russian officers of the Russian Military Delegation on a
R.A.F. Officers explain to the Russian officers of the Russian Military Delegation on a visit to a RAF Bomber Command airfield the details of the bomb racks of a Stirling aircraft

Crew and staff involved in the operations of an RAF Sterling Bomber. The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War

RAF Airmen relax on the island of Diego Garcia, Indian Choral Island, The Indian Ocean. This picture was taken only about 24 hours before the official end of World War Two

R. A. F. Lancaster crew after a raid on Berlin over the course of 22nd and 23rd March 1944
R.A.F. Lancaster crew after a raid on Berlin over the course of 22nd and 23rd March 1944. 2, 500 tons of bombs were dropped. Picture taken circa 24th March 1944

Royal Airforce Flying Officer Alan Preston with his partner Agnes Brown. The couple are engaged to be married. Picture taken circa 1st May 1942

Royal Airforce Flying Officer Alan Preston with his partner Agnes Brown. The couple are engaged to be married. Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st May 1942

R. A. F. Flying Training Command train Army glider pilots who take their places in Airborne
R.A.F. Flying Training Command train Army glider pilots who take their places in Airborne Divisions. Army pilots in the making at a Glider Training School. A glider pupil pilot

The Librerator Bomber, known as Liberator D, for Donald Duck. Picture shows the cartoon Donald Duck on the side of the plane. Picture taken circa 18th January 1942

A Whirlwind bomber in flight. United Kingdom. The Westland Whirlwind was a British twin-engined heavy fighter[citation needed] developed by Westland Aircraft

Pilots return to their base somewhere in England, after a nine hour reconnaissance mission leaflet raid flight over enemy territory of Germany and Austria

Trawler being attacked by Beaufighters of the R. A. F. equipped with rocket projectiles
Trawler being attacked by Beaufighters of the R.A.F. equipped with rocket projectiles. Picture taken off the coast of Holland

Paratroop Training in Manchester. England. World War Two. The regiment on parade. The company are from RAF Ringway. RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England

A Stirling bomber in front of St Pauls Cathedral in the City of London, during Wings for Victory week, in an area cleared of bombed buildings. Picture taken 1st March 1943

Picture shows young royal air force recruits getting their hair cut within an air craft hanger. Picture taken 4th December 1940

A Douglas Boston 111 in flight. (background) (serial letter F) Pictured passed by Censors. (Picture number 192469 or 192409)

Air Office Commander JT Babington presenting The Air Force Medal (AFM) to Pilot Officer Hrncir, a Czech polis at a South Wales station. Internet background on Officer Hrncir suggests the below

Picture shows a Wellington aeroplane, number 5 on the side of the aircraft). Below is a RAF Spitfire breaking off after attacking the Wellington. Picture taken in England. RAF Gunnery School

Sir Arthur Harris in uniform at memorial service - May 1982 03 / 05 / 1982
Sir Arthur Harris in uniform at memorial service - May 1982 03/05/1982

Training for Air Crews. World War Two. Hundred of air crews are now being trained in order to obtain for Great Britain Air Supremacy

The nine (9) strong Womens Pilot Section - The Air Transport Auxilliary, who will fly new aircraft from the factories to the aerodromes pictured beside a RAF de Havilland Tiger moth The Air Transport

Picture shows a group of soldiers and cadets, old and young, in the Hull, East Riding and Yorkshire area of England. **please note

Picture shows a group of Air Cadets in the Hull, East Riding and Yorkshire area of England. There was Royal Air Force Station Driffield or RAF Driffield

Picture shows some of the Fighter command machines and men who are always ready day and night to take the air and attack Nazi bombers if they appear over the Eastern Counties

Group Captain DA Guillaume is reunited with his daughter. Her name reads as possibly Monrealle ?. Picture taken in Brussels

Picture shows an RAF (Royal Airforce) party for children of Belgium, in Brussels. One of the airmen is dressed up as Father Christmas

Gilly, the Australian mascot of an RAF Training School, saw the first enemy plane brought down over this country in the early months of the war

Picture shows cadets of the Wakefield 127 Squadron ATC giving landing instructions to Corporal Don Nicholson in the cockpit of their home made aeroplane. Picture taken 16th February 1944

A fragment cut from an enemy aircraft which the RAF squadron shot down is used for recording the number of enemy aircraft destroyed. October 1941

The Battle of Arnhem. British Troops fill a C46 transport plane to land with the first allied airborne army on enemy held Holland

HRH Princess Diana, The Princess of Wales arrives at Aberdeen with her son Prince William. A blizzard, gail force winds and hail met the Royal mother

Famous Battle of Britain pilots visited the RAF station at Duxford, near Cambridge, today where the Battle of Britain film is being made

The wings being attached to a Folland Gnat of the Red Arrows in preparation for a Royal Airforce exhibition at Thameside, Berkshire. 14th October 1967

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