Arab Legionnaires guard Gloster Gladiator fighter biplanes of No. 94 Squadron RAF in the Transjordan (1941). The Arab Legion were recruited from Palestine and Jordan and deployed by the British during the Anglo-Iraqi War when Iraqβs pro-Allied government was overthrown by pro-Axis Iraqi officers.
RAF officer inspects the hole left by a 22,000-lb deep-penetration 'Grand Slam' bomb that pierced the reinforced concrete roof of the German Valentin submarine bunker at Farge, on the Weser river, north of Bremen, during a daylight raid by Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF on 27 March 1945
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945.
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands alongside his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40.
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
Exhausted but alive, Bomber Command aircrew from No. 9 Squadron RAF stand beside their Avro Lancaster after raiding Stettin, Germany on 9 January 1944.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands alongside his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40.
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945.
Exhausted but alive, Bomber Command aircrew from No. 9 Squadron RAF stand beside their Avro Lancaster after raiding Stettin, Germany on 9 January 1944.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands besides his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40.
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945. [2325x1748].
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands alongside his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40.
Ground crew refuel and re-arm Hawker Tempest Mark V 'JF-G' of No. 3 Squadron RAF by the grass North-South runway at Newchurch, Kent. On the far side of the runway is the dispersal area of No. 56 Squadron RAF.
Bomber Command Short Stirling of No. 15 Squadron RAF in flight over England, c. 1942.
[860 x 692]A Harrier of No 1 Squadron RAF is prepared for a sortie on the flight deck of HMS Hermes, 1982
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands alongside his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40. [1772x2271].
Exhausted but alive, Bomber Command aircrew from No. 9 Squadron RAF stand beside their Avro Lancaster after raiding Stettin, Germany on 9 January 1944.
American pilots of No.71 "Eagle" Squadron rush to their Hurricanes at RAF Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 17th March 1941 [2441x1772]
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF stands alongside his Curtiss Kittyhawk, Egypt, April 1942. No. 112 Squadron was the first Allied unit to apply the famous βshark mouthβ to the P-40.
Exhausted but alive, Bomber Command aircrew from No. 9 Squadron RAF stand beside their Avro Lancaster after raiding Stettin, Germany on 9 January 1944.
Avro Lancaster's of No. 44 Squadron RAF; 29-Sept-1942. (L/R) W4125,`KM-W', flown by Sgt Colin Watt; W4162,`KM-Y', flown by PO T.G. Hackney (later KIA serving with No. 83 Squadron); and W4187,`KM-S', flown by PO J.D.V.S. Stephens (KIA with his crew two nights later during a raid on Wismar, Germany).
Flying Officer Robert Stanford Tuck flying aircraft registration FZ-L #K9906 leads two flights of No.65 'East India 'Squadron Royal Air Force Fighter Command Supermarine Spitfire Mk1's in step-down formation out of RAF Hornchurch in May 1939. Tuck scored the majority of his 27 kills in the Spitfire.
Bomber Command Short Stirling of No. 15 Squadron RAF in flight over England, c. 1942.
Czech Spitfire Mk. IXc from No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in colors of WWII Czechoslovak flying ace Otto SMIK, DFC. Republic Square, Pilsen today. [1773x1154]
Bomber Command Short Stirling of No. 15 Squadron RAF in flight over England, c. 1942.
Armourers load a 250-lb GP bomb into the outboard port wing-cell of a Fairey Battle of No. 103 Squadron RAF at Betheniville (France, 1939-1940)
Exhausted but alive, Bomber Command aircrew from No. 9 Squadron RAF stand beside their Avro Lancaster after raiding Stettin, Germany on 9 January 1944.
A Focke-Wulf Fw 200C of KG 40 sinking in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland, after being shot down by a Lockheed Hudson Mk V of No. 233 Squadron RAF 23 July 1941.
Sergeant D Cameron, the pilot of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, HR837 'NP-F', of No. 158 Squadron RAF, poses with two of his crew amidst the damage caused when it was hit by a falling bomb from another aircraft while raiding Cologne on the night of 28/29 June 1943.
Bomber Command Short Stirling of No. 15 Squadron RAF in flight over England, c. 1942.
Bomber Command Short Stirling of No. 15 Squadron RAF in flight over England, c. 1942.
Mustang Mark IIIs of No. 19 Squadron RAF (1944)
Armourers fitting 500-lb MC bombs to Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, JP802 'MR-M', of No. 245 Squadron RAF at Westhampnett, Sussex, for an attack on a flying-bomb launching site in northern France ('Noball').
Avro Lancaster's of No. 44 Squadron RAF; 29-Sept-1942. (L/R) W4125,`KM-W', flown by Sgt Colin Watt; W4162,`KM-Y', flown by PO T.G. Hackney (later KIA serving with No. 83 Squadron); and W4187,`KM-S', flown by PO J.D.V.S. Stephens (KIA with his crew two nights later during a raid on Wismar, Germany).
Life was in color too back then. RAF Flying Officer JB Burnside, flight engineer on board an Avro Lancaster B Mk III of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, checks settings on the control panel from his seat in the cockpit. February 1944. Color by Doug.
RAF ground crew load up a Bomber Command Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron with a 4,000 lb βCookieβ bomb marked βHappy Xmas Adolfβ, Wyton, England, 1945.
Intelligence Officer (C); questions pilots of No 501 Squadron after sortie, RAF Hawkinge, 15-Aug-1940. (L/R): Stefan Witorzenc, Hugh Adams, John Gibson, Paul Farnes, Antoni Gowacki, Bob Dafforn, Kenneth Lee, George Stoney. Farnes was the last remaining Battle of Britain fighter ace, dying in 2020.
Burnt out Gloster Gladiators of No 263 Squadron, RAF on the frozen surface of Lake Lesjaskog, Norway, after being destroyed by the Germans - 1940
MΓΆhne Dam breached after the previous day's RAF attack, 18 May 1943; photo taken by Flying Officer Jerry Fray of No. 542 Squadron from his Spitfire PR IX aircraft
A De Havilland Mosquito PR Mark XVI of No. 140 Squadron RAF, warms up its engines in a dispersal at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, before taking off on a night photographic-reconnaissance sortie. February 15th 1945. reddit.com/gallery/nvqwgr
A Royal Air Force Hawker Tempest V Series II (s/n NV696) on a test flight from the Hawker factory Langley, near Slough, on 25 November, 1944. This aircraft went into service with No. 222 Squadron RAF a month later. The aircraft is piloted by William "Bill" Humble, who normally did not wear a helmet.
28 February 1941. A Vickers Wellesley Mk I medium bomber of No. 47 Squadron RAF based at Agordat, Eritrea. (800 x 582)
Squadron leader Zumbach of No. 303 'KoΕciuszko' (Polish) Squadron RAF flying in his Spitfire VB aircraft, circa 1942
