Aircraft of World War II

617_the_Dambusters_January_1945

johnbr — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:21:11 -0400

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Description: 617 the Dambusters January 1945 Group Portrait of 617 2nd Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron (the Dambusters) was created to attack the dams in the Ruhr area of Germany (Operation

Flight_Lieutenant_Jimmy_Whalen_DFC_

johnbr — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:47:04 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Flight Lieutenant Jimmy Whalen DFC. In November 2010, PZ865 was sent to Duxford for major maintenance and refurbishment. From 2012 this famous Hurricane will wear a new colour scheme, faithfully replicating Hurricane Mk IIC HW840, coded �EG-S�, of 34 Squadron, South East Asia Command during 1944, the personal aircraft of Canadian pilot, Flight Lieutenant Jimmy Whalen DFC. Sadly, Jimmy lost his life on 18 April 1944, 5 days before his 24th birthday, during the Battle for Kohima. He had carried out 176 sorties against the enemy, 107 being over enemy territory and 23 at night. He had to his credit 3 ME-109s destroyed and 1 damaged whilst flying from England and 3 Japanese Navy Val Type 99s destroyed over Ceylon

u190-rcn-crew

johnbr — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:32:31 -0500

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hms-hood-3a

johnbr — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:27:47 -0500

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hms_tartar_full_crew_1940

johnbr — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:25:41 -0500

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Captain_Valentine_Baker

johnbr — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:56:54 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC (24 August 1888 � 12 September 1942) served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor, and co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company. He was the father of novelist Denys Val Baker. Contents [hide] 1 Military career 2 Civilian life 3 Martin-Baker 4 References [edit] Military career Born in Llanfairfechan, Wales, "Bake" (as he was known to his friends[1]) joined the Royal Navy ("for land service") on 27 October 1914, and was immediately rated Petty Officer Mechanic,[2] and assigned to the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Section as a despatch rider.[3] At the time he joined up he was described as being five feet eight and four-fifths inches tall, with a thirty-eight inch chest, "medium brown" hair, blue eyes and a "medium" complexion.[2] Five months later, in the Gallipoli Campaign, he was wounded by a bullet in his neck which lodged near his spinal column. Doctors informed him that any operation to remove it might be fatal, so Baker told them to "leave it alone then", and he lived the remainder of his life with it in his neck.[3] He was discharged from the RNAS on 31 August 1915,[2] but he returned to military service with the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a temporary second lieutenant in November 1915. The following spring, after his marriage to Dilys Eames, he was posted to the School of Aero Flying and graduated as a pilot in September 1916; he was appointed a Flying Officer in the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps and transferred to the General List on 25 September.[4] Baker was assigned to 41 Squadron, with which he spent his entire nine-month combat flying career, during which time he was reputed to have shot down several German aircraft.[1] He also earned the Military Cross, awarded on 26 July 1917, the citation read: 2nd Lt. Valentine Henry Baker, Gen. List and R.F.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In a large number of aerial combats he showed the greatest daring and determination. On one occasion, alone, he flew at a low altitude over the enemy lines, attacking and dispersing enemy artillery, infantry, and transport, and returned with a valuable reconnaissance report concerning the retiring enemy.[5] The RFC decided that his skills as a flying ace would be best used to train new pilots, and in June 1917 he became a flight instructor, teaching at Turnbury, Catterick, and Cramlington. During this period, his son was born, and he was successively promoted to temporary lieutenant, and captain on 27 August 1917.[6] Baker transferred to the new Royal Air Force on its formation as a merger of the RFC and RNAS on 1 April 1918. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours,;[7] the announcement was made the same day that the medal was instituted,[8] and Baker was first in the alphabetically ordered list of recipients;[7] some sources claiming him as the first recipient of the medal.[1] He was assigned to No. 18 Squadron, then sent to Beverley in September 1919 to supervise the closing of the aerodrome there, followed by an assignment to Grantham aerodrome. On 24 October 1919 he was given a regular Short Service Commission in the rank of flight lieutenant.[9] His final job for the military was in the Secret Codes Department, Air Ministry, from May 1920 until he resigned his commission on 1 October 1921, and was permitted to retain the rank of captain In 1934, Baker left Heston to join his friend James Martin to found the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, where Baker was the company's test pilot. During a test flight of the Martin-Baker MB 3 prototype, the engine seized and he was forced into an emergency landing, during which the aircraft struck a tree stump and he was killed. Baker's death affected his partner deeply,[14] so much so that pilot safety became Martin's primary focus and led to the reorganisation of the company to focus on ejection seats.[

1914-0900c-nikon-001sweb-HMS-Unicorn-RNVR-Mobilisation

johnbr — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:51:09 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: In 1914, on the outbreak of the Great War, despite its members having volunteered and trained for service at sea, the RNVR was mobilised and marched off to the trenches as the Royal Naval Division. This extraordinary decision to use the RNVR as soldiers was not sweetened by the fact that latecomers volunteering further into the war did get the opportunity to go to sea. Dundee�s 7 officers and 150 men joined Hood Battalion of the Second Brigade, were sent to Belgium for the defence of Antwerp and narrowly avoided internment with the other battalions during the chaotic retreat of the following few days. During this retreat the Division�s Silver Band discarded its instruments, but they were recovered by the Belgians and returned to Dundee in 1920. These instruments still form part of Tay Division�s Silver Band. Senior Naval Officer Dundee and staff, outside HMS Unicorn during WW1 HMS Unicorn herself remained in Dundee and had an active war as the headquarters for the Senior Naval Officer, Dundee. HMS Vulcan had arrived in the Tay in 1910 to act as a submarine depot ship and a seaplane base had been started at the Stannergate in 1913; both of these were active throughout the War.

1914-Unicorn-Group-outside-ship-possibly-WW1

johnbr — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:50:48 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: Senior Naval Officer Dundee and staff, outside HMS Unicorn during WW1

Sir Neville Chamberlain

johnbr — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:50:21 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: 40British Premier Sir Neville Chamberlain, on his return from talks with Hitler in Germany, at Heston airfield, London, England, on September 24, 1938. Chamberlain brought with him a terms of the plan later to be called the Munich Agreement, which, in an act of appeasment, allowed Germany to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. (AP Photo/Pringle) #

w28_0

johnbr — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:37:29 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: England's biggest demonstration of its readiness to go through a gas attack was staged, March 16, 1938, when 2,000 volunteers in Birmingham donned gas masks and went through an elaborate drill. These three firemen were fully equipped, from rubber boots to masks, for the mock gas "invasion". (AP Photo) #

Frank_Whittle_CH_011867

johnbr — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:08:00 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: From an early age Whittle demonstrated an aptitude for engineering and an interest in flying. Determined to be a pilot, he overcame his physical limitations to be accepted into the RAF, where his abilities earned him a place on the officer training course at Cranwell. He excelled in his studies and became an accomplished pilot. While writing his thesis there he formulated the fundamental concepts that led to the creation of the turbojet engine, taking out a patent on his design in 1930. His performance on an officers' engineering course earned him a place on a further course at the University of Cambridge where he graduated with a First. [3] Without Air Ministry support, he and two retired RAF servicemen formed Power Jets Ltd to build his engine with assistance from the firm of British Thomson-Houston. Despite limited funding, a prototype was created, which first ran in 1937. Official interest was forthcoming following this success, with contracts being placed to develop further engines, but the continuing stress seriously affected Whittle's health, eventually resulting in a nervous breakdown in 1940. In 1944 when Power Jets was nationalised he again suffered a nervous breakdown, and resigned from the board in 1946. [4] In 1948 Whittle retired from the RAF and received a knighthood. He joined BOAC as a technical advisor before working as an engineering specialist in one of Shell Oil's subsidiaries followed by a position with Bristol Aero Engines. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1976 he accepted the position of NAVAIR Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy from 1977-1979. In August 1996, Whittle died of lung cancer at his home in Columbia, Maryland. [2]

-9090bfe44a3c

johnbr — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:05:32 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: The breaching of the Mohne and Eder Dams in May 1943 was one of the greatest feats of arms ever undertaken by the Royal Air Force. Achieved through the combined genius and persistence of Barnes Wallis and the skill and courage of the aircrew of 617 Squadron, the Dams Raid continues to seize the imagination of successive generations. The 617 Squadron went on to famously sink the German battleship Tirpitz, using Barnes Wallis's 'earthquake' bombs. Discover more about the legendary operations and discuss them in the company of two established authorities: your hosts and guides are historian and author Professor Richard Morris and Robert Owen, official historian of the 617 Squadron Aircrew Association, who together wrote "Breaching the German Dams - Flying into History", which revealed new aspects of the Dams Raid and the weapon that made it possible.

Barnes_Wallis

johnbr — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:49:58 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Aircraft designHis many achievements include the first use of geodetic design in engineering and in the gasbag wiring of Vickers' R100 in 1930, which, at the time, was the largest airship ever designed. He also pioneered, along with John Edwin Temple, the use of light alloy and production engineering in the structural design of the R100. Neville Shute Norway was the chief calculator for the project, responsible for calculating the stresses on the frame. Despite a better-than-expected performance and a successful return flight to Canada in 1930, the R100 was broken up following the tragedy that befell its "sister" ship, the R101 (which was designed and built by a team from the Government's Air Ministry); the later crash of the Hindenburg led to the abandonment of airships as a mode of mass transport. By the time of the R101 crash, Wallis had moved to Vickers' aircraft division. The pre-war aircraft designs of Rex Pierson, the Vickers Wellesley and the Vickers Wellington, both employed Wallis's geodetic design in the fuselage and wing structures. The latter was one of the most robust airframes ever developed, and pictures of its skeleton largely shot away, but still sound enough to bring its crew home safely, are still impressive. The geodetic construction offered a light and strong airframe (compared to conventional designs) with clearly defined space within for fuel tanks, payload etc. However the technique was not easily transferred to other aircraft manufacturers nor was Vickers able to build other designs in factories tooled for geodetic work. [edit] Bomb designAfter the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe in 1939, Wallis saw a need for strategic bombing to destroy the enemy's ability to wage war and he wrote a paper entitled "A Note on a Method of Attacking the Axis Powers". Referring to the enemy's power supplies he wrote (as Axiom 3): "If their destruction or paralysis can be accomplished they offer a means of rendering the enemy utterly incapable of continuing to prosecute the war". As a means to do this he proposed huge bombs that could concentrate their force and destroy targets which were otherwise unlikely to be affected. Wallis's first super-large bomb design came out at some ten tonnes, far larger than any current plane could carry. This led him to suggest a plane that could carry it, the "Victory Bomber", rather than drop the idea. M�hne dam, breached by bouncing bombsEarly in 1942, Wallis began experimenting with skipping marbles over water tanks in his garden, leading to his April 1942 paper "Spherical Bomb � Surface Torpedo". The idea was that a bomb could skip over the surface of water (avoiding torpedo nets) and sink directly next to a battleship or dam wall as a depth charge, with the surrounding water concentrating the force of the explosion on the target. A crucial innovation was the addition of backspin, which caused the bomb to trail behind the dropping aircraft (decreasing the chance of the aircraft being downed by the force of the explosion below), increased the range of the bomb, and also prevented it from moving away from the target wall as it sank. After some initial scepticism, the Air Force accepted Wallis's bouncing bomb for attacks on the M�hne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in the Ruhr area. The raid on these dams in May 1943 (Operation Chastise) was immortalised in Paul Brickhill's 1951 book The Dam Busters and the 1955 film of the same name. The Mohne and Eder dams were successfully breached causing damage to German factories and disrupting hydro-electric power. Valentin U-boat pen, with its roof of 4.5 metres of reinforced concrete penetrated by a Grand Slam bombAfter the success of the bouncing bomb, Wallis was able to return to his huge bombs, producing first the Tallboy (6 tonnes) and then Grand Slam (10 tonnes) deep-penetration earthquake bombs. These were not the same as the 5-tonne "blockbuster" bomb, which was a conventional blast bomb. Although there was still no aircraft capable of lifting these bombs to their optimal release altitude, these two bombs could still be dropped from a lower altitude, entering the earth at supersonic speed and penetrating to a depth of 20 metres before exploding. They were used on strategic German targets such as V2 rocket launch sites, submarine pens, and other reinforced structures, large civil constructions such as viaducts and bridges, as well as the German battleship Tirpitz. They were the forerunners of modern bunker-busting

wel_1big

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:35:15 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Wellington MF139:K of No 37 Squadron, with spring flowers around Ju 88 wreckage left by the former occupants of Tortorella. The trusty 'Wimpy' still soldiered on with night bombing operations in the Mediterranean area, this one failing to return from Brod Bosanski on 15 July 1944. (IWM CNA4207/1)

Five_Men_Of_A_Wellington_1

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:18:55 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: econd Photo from London Evening Standard, October 14th 1943 titled "Five Men Of A Wellington) Left to Right P/O F.C.Blair DFM F/O Raymond John Hopkins DSO P/O E.F.Hicks CGM,DFC F/O Reginald Francis Clayton DFC F/O FTV Cairns DFC

w02_10105014

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:28:14 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Entering their fourth year of war against Japan, Chinese military forces were strengthening their air force, producing their own armaments, and training their officers in the methods of modern war. Here, Chinese cadets in full battle dress, they favor the German type of steel helmet, on parade somewhere in China, on July 11, 1940. (AP Photo)

FrankVerney1_web

johnbr — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:44:52 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: ww1

lancaster_2big

johnbr — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:33:04 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: PA995/BQ:V, The Vuture Strikes, was the third Lancaster of No 550 Squadron to complete 100 raids, reaching the century on 5/6 March 1945 with Fg Off G. Bladder and crew, Bladder finishing his own tour on this night. All those in the squadron associated with this aircraft posed for a commemorative picture. Included are the CO, Wg Cdr J. С MacWatters, two WAAFs, the padre and the inevitable dog mascot. George Bladder is in the cockpit. Such a record was no insurance for continued longevity, for this bomber failed to return from its next operation with another crew on 7/8 March to Dessau. (IWM CH14853)

sherdley_park_ccompany

johnbr — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:58:47 -0400

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Pic_Recce2high

johnbr — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:45:29 -0400

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Description: Back Row, left to right: Henley (possibly Hanley or Manley), Mason, Freeman, Earwicker, Simpson, Parker, Bell, Cornes, Williams, Partridge, Benn, Sharman, Newsome, Grimshaw, Murphy, Templeton, Browning, Hancock, Dillaway (possibly Hillaway), Bridges. Fifth row: Miller, Sheffield, Wilson, Fordham, Wheatley, Downes (possibly Dawnes), Plant, Musgrave, Caddick, Lamont, Lewis, Elsey, Croft, Bevan (possibly Bevin), Glover, Stead, Bessick, Brown, Sutton, Grey. Fourth row: Burt, King, Barrett, Wilcox, Buck, Lawson, Edwards, Dawber, Whitehead, Waldron, Patchett, Murray, Roberts, Blood, Baron, Bateman, Sharples, Hurt, Hill, Spencer. Third row: Name unknown, believed to have been a Moseley Black Shirt, Hunt, Lowes, Lenk, Butterworth, Sharpe, Byland, Billings, Jones, Knowles, Smith, Tomkinson, Waterhouse, Blackwell, Darlington, Johnson, Dyer, Ashfield, Clark, Clarke. Second row: Thompson, Atkinson, Reg Leitch, Garbutt, Murray, Dunne, Malyon, Cardwell, Barnet, Pultney, Bertram, Hughes, Legget, Foley, Oldham, Moult, Cousins, Weymouth, Boswell. Front row: Prime, Haywood, Roberts, Rydall, Cheyney?, Ashton, Rayne (possibly Rine), Truelove, Dawson, O'Brien.

bill_humble_alex_henshaw_jeffrey_quill_g_dehavilland_fh_dixon_colin_evans_p

johnbr — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:29:57 -0400

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Description: Test pilots (Left to right )Bill Humble,Alex Henshaw,Jeffrey Quill,Geoffrey deHavilland,F.H. Dixon,Colin Evans, Pat Fillingham and J.R.B Hartnoll. Error creating thumbnail! Error code: 1 I fel lke giving up.

eugene-gagnon-1945

johnbr — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:02:45 -0400

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HMS_HOOD_115

johnbr — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:00:40 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Just how do you position a crew of over 1400 men into one picture? - take two pictures I would think. I don't think there are over a thousand men here, do you? The picture gives you some idea of the beam and height of the ship above 1 deck {upper deck}. Look for the ships trophies {the silver-ware} under and in the middle of 'A' Turret immediately aft of the ship's life-buoy. Picture taken in Grand Harbour Malta.

HMS_HOOD_1161

johnbr — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:59:26 -0400

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Description: A Whalers crew, this time composed of Royal Marine Bandsmen with their naval boss, possibly the senior boats officer or even the first lieutenant.

HMS_HOOD_112

johnbr — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:58:05 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: This is the RM Detachment who traditionally manned one of the main armament turrets on a large ship. This was taken on the Hood in 1924. The two officers sitting centre in second row are, one the left the WO, and on the right a General List officer, a Major or a Captain R.M.

HMS_HOOD_116

johnbr — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:56:58 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: The WO's of the ship. Warrant officers wore thin stripes (quarter inch) and Commissioned Warrant Officers wore a thick stripe (half inch) - one such officer is clearly shown standing on the right hand side of the picture. Here there are 20, but at the time of Hood's destruction there were 16, 9 WO's and 7 CWO's. Fitting for such a huge gun ship, she had 4 Gunnery CWO's and 1 Ordnance CWO's, plus 1 Telegraphist CWO, 1 Schoolmaster CWO. The 9 WO's were 1 Boatswain, 1 Signalman, I Supply, 1 Electrical, 1 Ordnance, 1 RM Bandmaster, and 3 Engineers.

090803-F-1234S-017

johnbr — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:48:44 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: The End in Bataan Discussing surrender terms with the Japanese representative, Col. Nakayama. Facing, left to right, are Col. Everett Williams, Maj. Gen. Edward King Jr., Maj. Wade Cothran and Maj. Achille Tisdelle. (U.S. Air Force photo)

060320-F-1234P-001

johnbr — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:23:07 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Bataan Death March Prisoners of war on the Bataan Death March

home guard

xavier — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:37:23 -0400

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British 8th Army ACME Radio Photograph.

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:53 -0500

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Description: Taken in the aftermath of the successful attack on the Mareth Line, on the side of the Wadi Zigsau, Tunisia. This photo is grainy from front line transmission, via Cairo, Egypt to New York. Dated March 31, 1943.

British Paratroopers

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:52 -0500

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Description: British Paratroopers in a fire fight against German snipers during the Normandy Invasion. Near the town of Tilly - 30th June, 1944.

British Commandos

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:51 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British Commandos disembarking from their landing ship into the sea whilst under enemy fire.

British Soldiers

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:51 -0500

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Description: Through mud and debris. British infantry pressing forward in the wake of armour which has churned this road leading to the Reichwald into a quagmire. Household goods, overturned vehicles and other destruction line the road which came under heavy artillery fire before the men advanced.

British armour

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:50 -0500

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Description: Shown here are some of the 'Funnies' of 69 Brigade, 79th Armoured Division negotiating 'Rommel's asparagus' obstacles whilst under enemy fire.

British Commandos - 2

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:49 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British Commandos disembarking from their landing ships and onto the beaches at Normandy.

British Commandos -1

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:49 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British Commandos disembarking from their landing ships onto the beach at Normandy.

British Commandos

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:48 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Commandos perparing to move off the Invasion beach.

Sword Beach

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:48 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British infantrymen heads down as the bullets fly. The man at the bottom left has been hit in the face.

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British Commandos

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:47 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British Commandos following up behind a Sherman DD tank during the attack on the German battery at Oiustreham.

British infantry

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:46 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British infantry advancing down a French street, somewhere in Normandy.

British infantry and armour

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:46 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British infantry advancing behind a Sherman tank somewhere in Normandy.

Back home

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:45 -0500

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Description: Shown here packed on to the deck of a ship, weary Biritish troops arrive back at a UK port from Dunkirk.

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Operation Dynamo

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:45 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British soldiers wading out from the beaches of Dunkirk to the waiting ships and rescue.

On Manouevres

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:44 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a rare colour pic of British Home Guard volunteers.

British Sherman Firefly

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:43 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a Sherman Firefly tanks of the 3rd RTR (Royal Tank Regiment) crossing the Caen-Vimont railway line.

On Parade

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:43 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a unidentified Home Guard unit on parade somewhere in the UK.

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British armour

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:41 -0500

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Description: Shown here are british Sherman tanks on the start line for Operation Goodwood.

British light armour

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:41 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a British Humber Mk.IV armoured recce vehicle on the move. Note the American 37 mm (1.45 in) M6 gun as its main armament.

At speed

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:40 -0500

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Description: Shown here is a British Cromwell Mk.IV tank travels at speed along a French road.

Early morning chores

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:40 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Sherman crews of the 13th/18th Hussars do tiheir early morning chores before the next attack.