Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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Bringing up a Supermarine Seafire onboard HMS Furious, Aug 1944

 

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Bougainville Campaign. 22 May 1945. Australian Matilda tanks of B Squadron, 2/4 Armoured Regiment, and troops of 24th Battalion, move along the Buin Road south of the Hongorai River to take up position on Egan's Ridge

 

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Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, JP321 'V', of No. 614 Squadron RAF, showing some of the many holes caused by splinters from an anti-aircraft rocket which hit the aircraft during an early pathfinding operation over central Europe. The aircraft was successfully flown back to the Squadron's base at Celone, Italy, but was struck off charge as a result of the damage. 1942

 

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Corsair Mk II 7L propeller vortex on the deck of HMS Formidable July, 1944.

 

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British Mosquito bomber flies under the Eifel Tower, 1944.

 

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Cheering crews pose with a Crusader tank for a special photograph to show their appreciation for tanks received from Great Britain, 2 April 1942. The sign reads "Thanks for the tanks, from Libya".

 

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British soldiers pose with a crashed German Bf 109 fighter plane in East Langdon, Kent, England (August 24, 1940)

 

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OTD in 1942, North Africa. A Stuart M3 tank on patrol

 

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OTD in 1944, France. Jeep-mounted infantry passing through the village of Vernonnet

 

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Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the factory of A V Roe & Co Ltd in Woodford. Cheshire. 1943.

 

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Pilots of 257 Squadron with one of their Typhoons. August 1943.

 

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Borneo Campaign. Battle of Balikpapan. 1 July 1945. Australian gunners from 8 Battery, D Troop, 2/4th Field Regiment, fire an Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short at Japanese positions from Vassey Highway some 200 yards from Green Beach, during Operation Oboe 2.

 

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Australia:
New Guinea Campaign. 26 April 1945. Private R. F. Gaudry, 2/3rd Battalion, 6th Division, in a forward pit at Kalimboa Village in the Aitape - Wewak area. He survived

 

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New Guinea Campaign. 9 August 1943. Australian troops on their way to the forward area near Mubo stop in at a Salvation Army tent for a cup of cocoa and biscuits. The tent is a short distance from the front lines.

Even today The "Sally Man" shows up close to the front edge of the fight to dole out a hot brew and biscuits, a friendly chat and a care for the souls of soldiers

New Guinea Campaign. 3 August 1943. Private Herbert Escreet, 2/5th Battalion, 6th Division (Australia), rests up during a halt on a track in the Mubo - Salamaua area. He survived

 

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OTD in 1944, Trie-Château, France. Cromwell tank from 2 Welsh Guards (Guards Armoured Division)

 

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OTD in 1943, North Africa. A 6-pounder anti-tank gun being loaded onto a DUKW.

 

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1 Sept 1944. Infantry from 5 Coldstream Guards advancing through Arras.

 

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OTD in 1944. Major Fotheringham from "X" Company Scots Guards carrying a German Karabiner 98 Kurz rifle

 

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4 Sept 1944, Tavoleto, Italy. Men from Indian 4 Infantry Division

 

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New Guinea Campaign. Timbered Knoll, Orodubi. 29 July 1943. Private W. H. Dawson, 2/3rd Commando Squadron, in the process of attacking Japanese pillboxes which were holding up the Australian advance. Private Dawson was awarded the Military Medal for this action.