Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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14th Dec, 1943, Frisa, Italy. Indian troops from 6 Royal Frontier Force Rifles advancing in a universal carrier.

 

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'Bellman', an M3 Stuart tank of 8th Hussars, 7th Armoured Division, knocked out near Tobruk - 15 December, 1941

 

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Canadian troops advancing through Italy have hit the port town of Ortona, transformed into a fortress by German paratroopers. Germans have dynamited Italian homes to clear fields of fire- they're making Canadians pay dearly for every building.

 

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Hawker Hurricane Mk IV. Designed for ground attack, it could be armed with bombs, 40mm cannons or 3 inch RPs, as well as enhanced defensive armour. Operated in Europe until 1944 and in the Far East until VJ Day.

 

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The crew of a Light Tank Mk VIB cook their Christmas dinner besides their vehicle, 31 December 1940.

 

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2 Jan 1941, Crew of HMS Ladybird operating a 6-inch 50-caliber Mk XIII gun

 

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Casualties on Coastal Command’s anti-shipping operations were high in 1941-42. The combination of inexperienced crews and flawed tactics led to a 6:1 ratio of aircraft lost to ships sunk. Things improved in 1943 with specially-trained Strike Wings

Beaufighter Mk X, NE255/EE-H of 404 squadron, RCAF at RAF Davidstow Moor, 21st Aug 1944

 

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A Sherman Firefly dug-in near Gangelt, on the Dutch/German border. 1944.

 

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Newly-arrived Indian troops on the quayside at Singapore, November 1941. Two Indian brigades would be practically annihilated at the Battle of Slim River two months later following the Japanese invasion.

 

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5th Jan 1941 Bardia was captured. The Australian 6th Division captured 40,000 Italian prisoners, including four generals, at a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded in Australia's first major land battle

 

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The flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Laying out the wing of a Martlet. September 1942

 

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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC of 451 Squadron RAAF at Edku. Hurricane IIc HL983 A, Feb 1943

 

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Casualties on Coastal Command’s anti-shipping operations were high in 1941-42. The combination of inexperienced crews and flawed tactics led to a 6:1 ratio of aircraft lost to ships sunk. Things improved in 1943 with specially-trained Strike Wings
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I would like to see this colourized - it is much later as it is in D-Day livery

Not 100% sure of the mark but it looks like a Bristol Beaufighter TF mk X

This could be possibly EE H

 

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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC at an airbase in Egypt
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Were there any notes with this one as it's a tropical version? - but looks like a late one with two 44 gal aux drop tanks

I would suspect mid 1943 - mid 1944 - and possibly flown by Aussies

 

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Were there any notes with this one as it's a tropical version? - but looks like a late one with two 44 gal aux drop tanks

I would suspect mid 1943 - mid 1944 - and possibly flown by Aussies

Good eye mate, I found this:
451 Squadron RAAF at Edku. Hurricane IIc HL983 A Feb 1943

 

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Good eye mate, I found this:
451 Squadron RAAF at Edku. Hurricane IIc HL983 A Feb 1943

thanks - it was not a picture I had seen before

 

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I would like to see this colourized - it is much later as it is in D-Day livery

Not 100% sure of the mark but it looks like a Bristol Beaufighter TF mk X

This could be possibly EE H

Beaufighter Mk X, NE255/EE-H of 404 squadron, RCAF at RAF Davidstow Moor, 21st Aug 1944

 

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Battle of Bardia, Libya. January 1941. Australian troops from the 2/2nd Battalion, 6th Division, move through the streets of the Italian held port city.

 

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The ship's Chaplain of battleship HMS Revenge conducting the morning Service under the shadow of her 15 inch guns, 1940. © IWM A 1511