Short Stirling W7459 'O' of No. 1651 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) in flight, 1942.
Vickers Wellington Mk IC bombers of No. 149 Squadron in flight, circa August 1940.
World War 2: RAF Bomber Command during World War 2 - RAF Bomber Command was created in 1936 and comprised the RAF's light and heavy bomber squadrons
A la mémoire des équipages des groupes de bombardement français Guyenne 346 et Tunisie 347, qui participèrent de jour et de nuit à la destruction de l'Allema...
Images from the RAF Museum of air and ground crews from the Second World War involved in flying and servicing its fleet of bombing aircraft. Of 125,000 aircrew who served in the strategic bomber force between 1939 and 1945, 55,000 were killed and another 18,000 wounded or taken prisoner, a casualty rate of 60 per cent. Statistically, there was no more dangerous occupation during the war, except for that of U-boat crewman. The chance of being killed on a typical operation was one in 20, while the standard “tour” undertaken by a crew consisted of 30 ops.
Operation OYSTER, the daylight attack on the Philips radio and valve works at Eindhoven, Holland, by No. 2 Group. Douglas Bostons fly over the burning Emmasingel lamp and valve factory at the height of the raid. The works were so severely hit that full production was not resumed for six months.
Oblique aerial photograph taken during a bombing raid on the harbour at Boulogne, France, showing bombs exploding on the Quai Gambetta and on the central post office.
An interior view of Avro Manchester Mark I, L7288 'EM-H', of No 207 Squadron RAF at Waddington, Lincolnshire, looking aft towards the rear turret with a member of the crew posing by the flare chute.
Aircraft of the Empire Air Armament School, lined up across a dispersal track at Manby, Lincolnshire.
Trainee engine mechanics receiving instruction on a radial engine at No. 5 School of Technical Training, Blackpool, Lancashire.
Avro Lancaster DammBuster
The United States loaned the RAF 87 Superfortresses to equip several RAF Bomber Command squadrons. Known as Boeing B-29 Washington
No. 76 Squadron spent most of the Second World War flying the Handley Page Halifax with RAF Bomber Command.
Taken from Volume 1 of the CD RAF Bomber Command at War, this clip takes you into the belly of an Avro Lancaster B.Mk, I (ED586: EM-F), named F for
I thought it would be useful if we could start a thread on WW2 Vehicles used by the RAF, Having recently watched a documentry on Bomber Command, there was a good selection of RAF crew 'buses', tractors, Radio/Radar trucks & refuellers. So, how about uploading pictures of vehicles in RAF use d...
Aerial photographies taken by American LIFE William Vandivert in July 1945 of the bombed out Berlin at the end of the World War 2. Bomb damage by RAF Bomber Command and USAAF bombing campaign
Entry to Yorkshire Allied Air Forces Memorial Museum included with York Pass, usually £16.00. Multi-award winning Yorkshire Allied Air Forces Memorial Museum is based on the grounds of historic RAF Elvington, WWII Bomber Command Station. Featuring many original buildings housing exhibitions and has an extraordinary collection of aircraft spanning 165 years of aviation.
Part of a vertical photographic reconnaissance aerial taken over Wilhelmshaven, Germany, showing the naval ammunition depot at Mariensel, after the night attack by RAF Bomber Command on 11/12 February 1943. This raid was the first on which Pathfinder aircraft used the H2S radar successfully to mark the target accurately.
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