Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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Lovat Scout in prone firing position, dressed in sniper camouflage, Bisley, Surrey, 9 July 1940

 

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British “Chindits” take a break to make tea at their jungle bivouac in Burma; c. 1943-44

 

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7 May, 1942. 2 Dakotas of No. 31 Squadron, the only transport sqn in Burma at the time, were destroyed on the ground at Myitkyina as they prepared to take off with evacuees. Flights continued later that day; a DC-2 with a capacity of 21 seats took off over 60 passengers.

 

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TARAKAN, BORNEO. 1945-04-30. SAPPER R.A.R. STEVENSON (1), AND LANCE-CORPORAL R.C. MACE (2), MEMBERS OF 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, EXHAUSTED AFTER THE INITIAL ATTEMPT TO GET ASHORE AT LINGKAS TO BLOW WIRE DEFENCES, REST IN A LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE-PERSONNEL BEFORE A LATER SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT FULL TIDE.

Colourised by Benjamin Thomas.

 

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Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) women at a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun site at Wormwood Scrubs in London, 22 October 1941

 

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Bristol Blenheim mk.1F L4514/BQ-N of no.600 squadron sit on the Dutch mudbank in Herkingen, NL. Plt Off Dickie Haine's forced landing after being shot down by Bf-110s of 3/ZG1 during the strafing raid on ju-52 base in Waalhaven on the 10 May 1940, the day of Germany invasion of France.
L4514 is one of 5 Blenheim's out of 6 be shot down. Both P/O Haine and P/O Kramer both manage to escape from Holland by HMS Hereward.

 

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A Horsa Glider in flight, England, 1944

 

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OTD in 1944, Hove. A young Princess Elizabeth inspecting an honour guard from 2 Grenadier Guards

OTD in 1944, Monte Cassino area, Italy. A 17-pounder anti-tank crew.

OTD in 1944, Italy. Men from from 25 Tank Brigade

OTD in 1944, Italy. A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun from 12 Royal Horse Artillery.

 

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OTD in 1940, France. "Blitzkrieg". Lewis gun at the ready, an airman watching for enemy aircraft

 

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Great pics...thanks for posting!!

 

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RAF De Havilland Mosquito PR Mark XVI of No. 140 Squadron, warms up its engines before taking off on a night photographic reconnaissance sortie, Melsbroek Air Base, Belgium, 15 February 1945

 

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Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV's of No. 13 Operational Training Unit, R.A.F. Bicester, 1939

 

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OTD in 1940, the signal goes out to begin a mass evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk. Over the next eight days, Operation Dynamo will save 338,000 men

 

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Operation Dynamo. Light tanks abandoned on the beach at Dunkirk. 1940

 

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Matilda tanks of 'B' Squadron, 44th Royal Tank Regiment, on an exercise near Worthing, UK Date 31 December 1940

 

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A pilot of 6 Squadron RAF stands by his Hurricane Mk IID Tank Buster at Shandur Egypt 1943

 

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Two men of the Royal Observer Corps on a cliff top near Dover, 1943

 

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1945, Tiergarten. A long way, from Egypt to Berlin. The Desert Rats, men from British 7 Armoured Division

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HMS Victorious flight deck showing HMS Indomitable and HMS Eagle. Sea Hurricane and Albacore are ranged on flight deck. August 1942

 

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December 1942. Corporal Elizabeth Amery computing the range at 428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters in Dover