Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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The Canadian crew of Sherman V "Clanky" sits before the battle south of Caen (May sur Orne, Canopies), 28th July 1944.

This was the personal tank of Major Dave Currie (VC) commander of C Squadron, 29th Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment) of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. This photo was on the cover of the magazine "Liberty" December 16, 1944.

 

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A British mother pushes a stroller by Matilda tanks coming out of the production line.

 

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OTD in 1943, Italy. A PIAT team from 9 Royal Fusiliers

 

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Flying Officer Philip Ingleby, navigator of Lancaster B Mark III of 619 Squadron based Coningsby, Lincs. in February 1944. (Killed in action August 1944, aged 23).

 

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OTD in 1944, the Hawker Tempest in front, flown by Squadron Leader K.A. Wigglesworth fired on a V2 launch site target near The Hague, causing an explosion which destroyed his aircraft and killing him.

 

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Lancaster I R5689/VN-N of 50 Sqn. Photo taken on August 28, 1942

 

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OTD in 1942, Syerston airfield. Bomb load of a Lancaster B Mark I from 207 Squadron, before a night bombing operation to Bremen

 

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Derna, Libya. 30 January 1941. Troops of the Australian 6th Division Cavalry Regiment rest up next to their Bren carrier after the capture of the town from the Italians.

 

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A Sherman and it's crew in Benghazi, 1942.

 

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A damaged Cruiser Mk I CS tank abandoned in the French port town of Calais; May 27,1940

 

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Syria - Lebanon Campaign. 11 June 1941. A Vickers Light Tank Mk VIB and crew from the 6th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment rest up during the advance into Syria.

 

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Men from No. 3 Commando arrive back at Newhaven following the Dieppe raid. August 1942. No. 3 ("British") Troop were tasked with gathering German documents from the town hall and distribute French Francs to the local French resistance. The No. 1 (French) Troop were attached to No.3 and No. 4 Commando, to act as interpreters, gather information, and also to persuade Frenchmen to return with them and enlist in the Free French forces. The men attached to No. 4 Commando assisted them in the capture of the Hess gun battery.

Most of the men from No. 3 Commando were captured during the landings. The men from No. 10 Commando / No. 3 Troop had one killed and two captured and never heard of again.

 

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Darwin, Australia. 1942. Armourers from No. 77 Squadron RAAF feed belts of .50 calibre ammunition into the six M2 Browning machine guns on a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk fighter/bomber.

 

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A British signals unit take cover as German mortar rounds explode nearby. Salerno, Italy. 14 September 1943

 

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"Bridging tank" Appears to be a training scenario. Not sure what year.

 

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OTD in 1942, North Africa. The crew of a Crusader tank preparing a meal in the Western Desert.

 

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BURMA. 11 OCT 1942. LOW LEVEL ATTACKS BY RAF BLENHEIM SQUADRONS. AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 60 SQUADRON LEVELLING OUT FOR THE "RUN IN" TO MAKE A MAST-HEAD ATTACK ON A JAPANESE COASTER OFF AKYAB

 

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Blenheim Mk.IVs attack Herdla airfield, Norway. Bf109 takes off to intercept. 27 Dec 1941

 

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OTD in 1944, Lille-Saint-Hubert, Belgium. Vickers machine-guns from Support Battalion 2 Middlesex

 

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OTD in 1944. Paratroopers holding out at Arnhem Bridge are overrun. Their last radio transmission simply says: "Out of ammunition. God save the King."