Planes Collection (page 15)

Hurricane fighter planes, equipped with special anti-tank guns, accounted. for many enemy tanks in the Western Desert. Picture shows

Lady MacRobert of Douneside, Tarland, Aberdeenshire has presented the RAF with four Hurricanes which will soon be in action in the Middle East. Three are named after airman sons killed in action

Fighter support planes circle round a New Zealand column in the Western Desert during the battle of Egypt. August 1942

Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk

Monsoon rain turns this airfield in Assam into a morass, but maintenance and repair work on the aircraft continues. August 1944

A formation of Hawker Hurricane fighters of Number 85 Squadron in search of enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. October 1940

Five topicalised Hurricane Mark IICs of No. 94 Squadron RAF based at El Gamil, Egypt, flying in loose starboard echelon formation

St DunstanOs men are now working in our aircraft factories. In the foreground, left to right, are Private Ernest Callow, R.W

One of the features of the fighting in France has been the close support given to the Army by RAF fighter bombers. The Typhoon fighter bomber now carries two 1, 000 lb bombs on certain operations

Spitfire and Royal Air force ground crew on Capodichino airfield, Naples, Italy after the citys capture. It suffered heavily during the previous Allied bombing campaigns as a target for Axis aircraft

Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA, P7895 RN-N, of No 72 Squadron, based at Acklington, Northumberland, in flight over the coast, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R Deacon Elliot. circa April 1941

Co-operating Naval and RAF ground crews re-arm a Spitfire plane on an aerodrome in Malta during the Second World War. 25th August 1942

Fighter aircraft of the RAF based on the Anzio beachhead have co-operated with the ground forces, first in defending the bridgehead from German counter-attack

Picture showing how the weather conditions are hampering air operations on the Italian Front. Picture shows: Rain and mud are playing their part in slowing down the advance of the Allied armies in

AN RAF Mark XI Spitfire in flight during the Second World War. 13th July 1944

A clipped wing Spitfire of the Royal Air Force being serviced at a Fighter Command Station in England prior to a sweep of the English Channel

For month after month of intensive blitz Malta showed the world how bravely she could " take it". Now backed by men of all three services, Army, RAF and Fleet Air Arm

RAF Mosquito fighter planes lined up in readiness for an open day to the public as part of the Battle of Britain anniversary celebrations at RAF Acklington fighter station in Northumberland

The RAF Is famous for the speed with which it is able to occupy a captured airfield, get it into working order and use it to intensify the air war in support of land forces

RAF Spitfires are taking part in the new offensive which has begun in Italy. The Spitfires are providing cover for Allied bombers and are also going out on offensive sweeps

RAF Halifax heavy bombers operating with the two Mediterranean Air Forces have not been prevented from attacking enemy targets although heavy rains have turned parts of their airfields into huge

The first RAF Flying Fortresses to land at Lagens Airfield in the Portuguese owned Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The islands were of enormous strategic value regarding the defeat of

B-26 Marauder medium bombers of the ninth US Air Force fly majestically through patches of white cloud as they head for their base in England after completing one of their many bombing missions over

The biggest Allied convoy to Russia fought through four day attack by enemy torpedo planes of the German Luftwaffe and U-boats of the Kriegsmarine to deliver her cargo at an Arctic port

When the Germans retreated in Yugoslavia, they destroyed t all railways, locomotives and machines capable of helping in the reconstruction of the country

Picture taken on board the British Escort carrier Campania during a recent British convoy to and from Russia when a U-boat was sunk

Part of the huge armada of RAF planes pictured before setting off from Britain for the Northern French Coast, ready to assist the Allied Forces during the D-Day Normandy landings. 6th June 1944

Air Vice Marshall Sir Richard Peck greets a trans-Atlantic ferry crew after their arrival in Britain. Its mission was to deliver American-built bombers from Canada to defend Britain

Members of a United States Navy gun crew tt their battle stations scan the sky while flight deck mechanics stand by a line of Hellcat fighters

Nine kingfisher scout planes of the United States navy fly in close formation during precision exercises. December 1943

A lookout on a US warship trans glasses on two of the US Navys new Essex class aircraft carriers as they proceed in line ahead formation with two other warships on a combat mission in the Pacific

While its planes soar and circle overhead, one of the US Navys new 25000-ton Essex class aircraft carriers speed through the Pacific

Paratroops under instruction at an RAF base in Britain where the Army and Royal Air Force are collaborating in training. Picture shows: Parachute troops leaving a flight of aeroplanes. May 1941

A plane from HMS Furious passing over the aircraft carrier while manoeuvering to alight on the landing deck during exercises off the North Coast of Africa

R. A. F Bombing of Maleme Aerodrome In Crete. Maleme aerodrome
R.A.F Bombing of Maleme Aerodrome In Crete. Maleme aerodrome, Crete after the Germans had made their invasion with airborne troops

General view showing a German supply airfield in use at Cyrenaica, Libya during the Second World War. 7th December 1942

Mr Mac Mullen who is over 70 years old is an enthusiastic pilot. He saw an Auto-Giro at Hanworth, and bought one. Photograph taken at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading. 23rd September 1932

Picture taken from an RAF photographic reconnaissance Spitfire plane of the scene in Holland / Netherlands when the first Allied Airborne army carried out its great operation, September 1944

Soviet Yak fighter planes on the assembly line at a factory in Russia during the Second World War. 3rd November 1942

A demonstration by Mosquito fighters and Mustangs during an air display at a Royal Observer Corps official Stand Down ceremony at North Weald during the Second World War. 7th July 1945

Series display phases of activities of the RAF in Iceland, main outpost of their effort in the battle of the Atlantic, in which british fighter planes play an important part

An Avenue of Hamilear gliders and RAF Halifax towing aircraft ready for take off

Beatles pop band in the cockpit of an aircraft on the way to the Northern Premiere of a Hard days Night in Liverpool. 10th July 1964

The wreckage of a Junkers Ju88 B3+HH works number 7087 of the I / KG 54 after it hit a
The wreckage of a Junkers Ju88 B3+HH works number 7087 of the I/KG 54 after it hit a barrage balloon cable over Coventry and crashed in Withybrook on 16th September 1940

The Beatles 19 July 1964 Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney at Blackpool Airport to appear on the Blackpool Night Out TV show

Fairy Swordfish and Westland Wyvern. July 1953 P004816

Comet-4. East-West triumph. The Comet, after landing at Harfield at 17: 38 hours
Comet-4. East-West triumph. The Comet, after landing at Harfield at 17:38 hours. It left for Hongkong this morning at breakfast-time. P004823

No 613 Squadron (City of Manchester) Royal Auxiliary Air Force was the first Auxiliary Sqadron in the N.W. to go into action under the Governments new scheme for fitting auxiliary sqadrons into

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