01441 Collection (page 4)

R, A, F, MOSQUITOS HIT TOURS RAILWAY WORKSHOPS IN DAYLIGHT ATTACK. Mosquitos of RAF Bomber Command attacked the railway workshops and installations at Tours, France, by daylight during Feb, 1943

Bombed ARP centre, Hull. 31st March 1941

Picture taken from Allied fighter, shows German troops running for cover as plane swoops down to machine-gun them and the obstacles they were erecting on a Normandy beach. 6th June 1944

Liberation of Greece: The mayor of Patras, Vasiliso Roufes, on horseback (bareheaded) shaking hands with a fellow parties on his return to Patra

German locomotive explodes due to a U.s Eight Air Force fighter pilot dove in
German locomotive explodes due to a U.S Eight Air Force fighter pilot dove in and strafed it. This train supply was destroyed by Capt.L.K. Carson 357 Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force. January 9, 1945

Bombs straddling the target during an RAF attack on Zeebrugge, part of a sustained daylight offensive over enemy occupied territories

Dudley House, Park Lane, London, built in 1824 by Lord Dudley and now the residence of Lady Ward was recently damaged by a bomb. Picture shows the wrecked ballroom. Picture taken 28th November 1940

Leros: Enemy bombs falling on Leros Island during an attack. After several fierce days of fighting the enemy recaptured the island on November 16, 1943

One of the most up to date mobile canteens in the country. The canteen aquired by The Liverpool Gas Company. It will be stationed Broadway

Bombs from Flying Fortresses of the Northwest African Airforces fall on the Sedes Airfield, 8 miles south east of Salonika (now Thessaloniki), Greece. October 18, 1943

Fireman at Cheapside, centre of London, during another night of air raids from the German Luftwaffe. They are pictured removing a casualty from the debris. A car is on fire in the background

Greek patriot fighter in Crete - April 28, 1944

General view of demolished houses in a residential area of Bristol. April 1941

Group of G. Is build a dam to keep the river from flooding their tents
Group of G.Is build a dam to keep the river from flooding their tents. 17th November 1944

RAF breach Rhine Dam. A 12, 000 pound bomb bursts on the dam, sending smoke and water into the air, October 9, 1944

A British tank gives covering fire to a street patrol in Athens. 1944

Aircraft of the RAF attack industrial works in Paris, occupied France during the Second World War. Picture taken the following day at low altitude shows the damage done to the works. March 1942

These mill workers were called out of pubs, cinemas and dance halls on Saturday night to put in a full weekends work at four Lancashire Mills

Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade led by Brigadier Lord Lovat (in the water, to the right of his men) land on Sword Beach, 6 June 1944

Aerial photograph taken during the major night raid on the Renault works at Boulogne-Billancourt, west of the centre of Paris

Members of the Merseyside mixed ack ack (ATS - Auxiliary Territorial Service) battery, assist in cutting the birthday cake on the first anniversary of the batterys formation

Greek guerilla fighters who continue to oppose the enemy from the mountains of Crete. They wear the traditional head-dress and boots of the islands fighters. January 1944

Bombers of the RAF carried out a daylight attack on Le Havre in enemy occupied Northern France on 26th March 1942 when docks and buildings were hit

Picture shows a new Bristol Hercules Engine being transported by Mr D Robinson, aged 29. A former silk weaver. Picture taken 27th November 1941

Low-level photograph taken during a daylight raid on the St Joseph locomotive works at Nantes, France, by twelve De Havilland Mosquitos of Nos. 105 and 139 Squadron RAF

Daylight attack on the power station at Pont A Vendin and the factories at La Basse in enemy occupied Northern France during the Second World War

The aftermath of an air raid on Hull, Yorkshire, 31st March 1941. The business sign of G E Burroughs printers, still just about hands above the doorway

Daylight attack by aircraft of RAF Bomber Command on the electric power station and chemical works at Gosnay, five and half miles south west of Bethune in German occupied France during the second

Men and assault vehicles storm the beaches at Normandy, Northern France as Allied landing craft make a dent in the German defences

The Mulberry B harbour "Port Winston"at Arromanches. 23rd August 1944
The Mulberry B harbour " Port Winston" at Arromanches. 23rd August 1944

HMS Latimer seen here shortly after laying one of the fuel pipes connecting the United Kingdom to the Normandy beach head as part of Operation Pluto. (Pipeline under the ocean). Circa July 1944

Angolo-French fete at Lens. Miners of Lens, many of them old soldiers, entertain men of the British Army. March 9, 1940

Bulldozers clear British advance beyond and through Aunay-Sur-Odon across the Orne. Rising out of the ruins of this famous french town was its ancient church which was untouched

Daylight attack by bombers of the RAF on the town of Comines (on the occupied France - Belgium border) during the Second World War

Pictures shows an un named member of the WRENS. WREN stands for The Womens Royal Naval Service. The Womens Royal Naval Service was the womens branch of the United Kingdoms Royal Navy

Halifaxes towing Hamilcar gliders carrying 6th Airborne Division reinforcements to Normandy pass over the battleships HMS Warspite and Ramillies, part of Bombarding Force D off Le Havre

A tribute to our bombing - shows Germanys precious petrol dump cunningly hidden in woods. Was found in Forest De Evereux. 30th August 1944

Broadgate, Coventry, 1942

Manchester Assize Courts and Cathedral following a Nazi raid. December 1940

Blitz on a north west town. Retrieving personal belongings after their home had been destroyed. March 1941

Free beer for sailors at the end of World War Two in Europe. VE Day Civilians bought up barrels and bottles of beer to give to the armed forces

Aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attacked the airfield at Tours, France, on the night of 7th - 8th May 1944. Earlier, aircraft of 8th US Fighter Command attacked this airfield on 28th April

Women of the Royal Navy with parachutes, ready for packing. Picture taken 19th February 1943

At last a start has been made on demolishing the air raid shelter in Albert Square, Manchester. Workmen with pneumatic drills breaking up the concrete roofing. Circa 1941

Remains of the village boys school in Petworth, West Sussex. 29th September 1942

Moonlight Attack by a force of RAF Bomber Command Lancasters on the night of 6th April 1944 caused considerable damage to the Aircraft Factory and Airfield used by the Germans at Toulouse

A tar fire caused by a raid over a south of England town. February 1941

A scene in Melville Terrace, Great Yarmouth, after an early morning raid. Mrs Friar, aged 77, with her son in background standing near their ruined home. 9th May 1943

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