"Happy Xmas Adolf": RAF ground crew load a 4,000 lb "Cookie" blockbuster bomb on to a de Havilland Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron RAF, 1944 [2325 Γ 1748]
π︎ 1k
π
︎ Dec 19 2021
π︎ 477
π
︎ Dec 23 2021
Heinkel He 111 abandoned during the retreat after the Battle of El Alamein and 'commandeered' by No. 260 Squadron RAF, who painted it with RAF roundels and the unit code letters 'HS-?'. They used it to fly supplies, beer and other necessities from Alexandria to their bases in Libya
π︎ 217
π
︎ Jan 12 2022
B-25 Mitchell bomber of No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF goes down over occupied Europe after having its nose blown off by flak in late 1943
π︎ 2k
π
︎ Nov 17 2021
Finish Stuff Friday: Italeri Canadair CL-15 Sabre Mk. V, RCAF No. 410 Squadron, RAF Station North Luffenham England, 1952.
reddit.com/gallery/s42rda
π︎ 93
π
︎ Jan 14 2022
1943. Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX's of No. 611 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill. (860 x 612)
π︎ 103
π
︎ Jan 14 2022
Beaufighters of No. 236 Squadron RAF 1944
π︎ 110
π
︎ Jan 15 2022
A Canberra B.2 of No. 75 Squadron lands at RAF Tengah following the squadron's first bombing strike during the Malayan Emergency. 1958. [3733x2789]
π︎ 124
π
︎ Dec 29 2021
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
π︎ 199
π
︎ Dec 13 2021
Bristol Blenheim Mk I L8402 of No.39 Squadron RAF shot down by Italian Fiat CR.32 over Somalia on August 12th 1940
π︎ 297
π
︎ Nov 16 2021
December 1941. Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers of No. 35 Squadron RAF bombing the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in dry dock at Brest, France. (800 x 584)
π︎ 146
π
︎ Dec 13 2021
A flight of Baltimore Mk II's from No. 55 Squadron RAF, 1942.
π︎ 28
π
︎ Jan 14 2022
π︎ 166
π
︎ Nov 14 2021
UK. c 1940-42. The pilot of a Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber of No. 35 Squadron RAF prior to take off at Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire. (800 x 528)
π︎ 92
π
︎ Dec 13 2021
Armourers wheeling one 500-lb and two 250-lb GP bombs into position for loading onto a Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX of No. 132 Squadron RAF at B11/Longues, Normandy (1944).
π︎ 140
π
︎ Dec 27 2021
Luftwaffe soldiers help a captured British pilot rescued off the coast of Crete. In the photo, a crew member of a Maryland Mk.II from No. 203 Squadron RAF, Sergeant William James Charlesworth.
π︎ 26
π
︎ Dec 22 2021
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940. [960x729]
π︎ 325
π
︎ Nov 17 2021
A mechanic paints V-1 victory markings on the cockpit of the Mustang of No. 315 Polish Squadron RAF piloted by its commander Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, credited with 16 1/3 victories over planes and three downed V-1 bombs
π︎ 230
π
︎ Nov 14 2021
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945, Flight -Sergeant J Morgan, the rear gunner of an Avro Lancaster of No. 630 Squadron RAF at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, checks his guns in the Nash & Thompson FN20 tail turret before taking off on a night raid on the marshalling yards at Juvisy-sur-Orge,
π︎ 20
π
︎ Jan 02 2022
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940.
π︎ 239
π
︎ Nov 17 2021
Squadron leader of 15th Squadron RAF (No. 15 Squadron RNZAF) Michael James Herrick (05/05/1921 - 06/16/1944) in the cockpit of a P-40M fighter on Guadalcanal.
π︎ 48
π
︎ Dec 28 2021
A P-40 Kittyhawk belonging to No. 112 Squadron of the RAF in North Africa sometime in 1941
π︎ 118
π
︎ Nov 30 2021
Aircrew of No. 252 Squadron RAF climb into the back of a lorry for the drive to their Headquarters at Idku, Egypt, after a successful strike on an enemy supply train carrying guns and ammunition near Bir Abu Mischeifa.
π︎ 12
π
︎ Jan 04 2022
Malayan Emergency. October 1956. de Havilland Venom FB.1 fighter-bombers of No. 14 Squadron RNZAF, based at RAF Tengah Singapore, power up for a mission. (564 x 409)
π︎ 703
π
︎ Oct 09 2021
British Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter of No. 42 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flying Officer Campbell, attacking a bridge on the Nambol River near Imphal, India, May 1944
π︎ 174
π
︎ Dec 12 2021
My latest, Tamiyaβs 1/48 RAF Mustang Mk.III (P-51C) in the colours of no. 617 Squadron. Thanks for looking!
reddit.com/gallery/qq832k
π︎ 102
π
︎ Nov 09 2021
Harrier Gr.3s of RAF No.3 Squadron GΓΌtersloh (2400x1900)
π︎ 423
π
︎ Dec 04 2021
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940.
π︎ 104
π
︎ Nov 17 2021
1942. A pilot of No. 6 Squadron RAF stands by his Hawker Hurricane Mark IID at Shandur, Egypt. (756 x 693)
π︎ 73
π
︎ Dec 15 2021
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
π︎ 71
π
︎ Dec 13 2021
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt, April 1942.
π︎ 18
π
︎ Dec 21 2021
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
π︎ 57
π
︎ Dec 13 2021
1942. A pilot of No. 6 Squadron RAF stands by his Hawker Hurricane Mark IID at Shandur, Egypt. (756 x 693)
π︎ 54
π
︎ Dec 15 2021
Gun camera footage shot from a P-51 Mustang Mark III flown by Flying Officer J. Butler of No. 65 Squadron RAF, as he shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190D of II/JG 26 which was attempting to attack an Avro Lancaster over Cologne, Germany
π︎ 59
π
︎ Dec 07 2021
Focke-Wulf FW 200 Kondor (KG40) sinking in the Atlantic Ocean after being shot down by a Lockheed Hudson Mk V from No. 233 Squadron RAF.
reddit.com/gallery/qlw29v
π︎ 71
π
︎ Nov 03 2021
Kota Bharu Airfield, Malaya. 12 December 1941. A Japanese soldier inspects a Brewster Buffalo fighter of No. 243 Squadron RAF. (550 x 347)
π︎ 26
π
︎ Dec 12 2021
Kota Bharu Airfield, Malaya. 12 December 1941. A Japanese soldier inspects a Brewster Buffalo fighter of No. 243 Squadron RAF. (550 x 347)
π︎ 44
π
︎ Dec 12 2021
Martin Baltimore bombers of No. 223 Squadron RAF fly through anti-aircraft fire over Italy on November 5th 1943
π︎ 1k
π
︎ Aug 28 2021
B-25 Mitchell of No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF goes down after having its nose blown off by flak in late 1943
π︎ 151
π
︎ Nov 08 2021
The loading of the wounded onto British American-made C-47 transport aircraft (Douglas Dakota Mk.III) at the Bazenville airfield. Aircraft from the No. 512 Squadron RAF and the No. 575 Squadron RAF) are visible in the frame. 1944
π︎ 6
π
︎ Dec 21 2021
"Short Sunderland Mark I, L2164 'DQ-M', of No. 228 Squadron RAF, on fire in St Paul's Bay, Malta after being hit for a second time by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of 7/JG26. L2164, already damaged from the previous attack on 7 March 1941, ultimately sank after efforts to tow her ashore failed."
π︎ 47
π
︎ Nov 28 2021
Night fighter pilots of No. 85 Squadron RAF, wait in the crew room at Debden, Essex. They are wearing goggles to adjust their eyes for night flying. Joining them is squadron dog Kim, 1941.
π︎ 98
π
︎ Nov 17 2021
Gloster Gladiator Mk. II, RT- Z, N5829, of RAF No. 112 Squadron, Himare, Greece, 28 February 1941. Pilot Officer William "Cherry" Vale, of 80 Sqdn., claimed an Italian G50 and a S.79 in this plane on this date.
π︎ 12
π
︎ Dec 06 2021
A spreading patch of burning oil and petrol on the surface of the water, following the shooting down of a Junkers Ju 88 by Bristol Beaufighters of No. 248 Squadron RAF over the Bay of Biscay.
π︎ 36
π
︎ Nov 25 2021
The cockpit of a Beaufighter Mk IF of RAF No. 252 Squadron, based at RAF Chivenor, Devon. Β© IWM (CH 17305).
π︎ 13
π
︎ Dec 06 2021
Sergeant Harry Howell. He perishe on 13 March 1941, during a raid with RAF No. 50 Squadron. He is buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
π︎ 30
π
︎ Nov 29 2021
RAF pilots of No. 33 Squadron at Larissa, Greece circa April 1941. Several of these pilots are KIA beginning today, 15 April 1941, and through and until 17 June 1941. Others become POWs in May on Crete. Β© IWM (ME(RAF) 1246).
π︎ 6
π
︎ Dec 06 2021
Bristol Blenheim Mark Is of RAF No. 62 Squadron at Tengah Airfield, Singapore, before flying north to their new base at Alor Star, in northern Malaya. Photo taken ca. 8 February 1941 (IWM Photo No. K 135/Collection No.: 4700-10).
π︎ 24
π
︎ Dec 01 2021
Please note that this site uses cookies to personalise content and adverts, to provide social media features, and to analyse web traffic. Click here for more information.