Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; Royal Air Force D4736
Cecil Beaton Photographs- General The Royal Air Force: The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber.
Lockheed Hudson - Bircham - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The crew of a Lockheed Hudson Mark I, N7318, of No. 206 Squadron RAF which rescued the Commander in Chief of Free Polish Forces, General Władysław Sikorski and his st... More
Lockheed Hudson - Leuchars - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-194...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The crew of a Lockheed Hudson of No. 224 Squadron RAF, prepare to board their aircraft at Leuchars, Fife. The wireless operator/air gunner (far right) is carrying hi... More
Lockheed Hudson - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH339
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The wireless operator/air gunner of a Lockheed Hudson Mark I of No. 206 Squadron RAF based at Bircham Newton, Norfolk, signals with an Aldis lamp to four other aircra... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH12209
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Lancaster skipper, Flying Officer T Blackham of No. 50 Squadron, keeps a firm hold on the crew's lucky mascot, as he is helped into his flying jacket by his flight engi... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH14855
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Crew members of Lancaster PA995/BQ-V of No. 550 Squadron board their aircraft at North Killingholme for its 100th operation on 5 March 1945. Left to right are: Sergeant... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH573
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Trainee Polish air gunners receive instruction on a Vickers (VGO) K machine gun at a bombing and gunnery school. These were some of the Polish airmen who had escaped to... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2450
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On board a No 240 Squadron Catalina at Stranraer, March 1941. A WOp/AG (wireless operator/air gunner) poses with his twin Vickers 'K' guns at the starboard blister hat... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH413
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The two side-gunners in a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, mount watch from their positions by the open dorsal hatches mid-way along the fuselage, dur... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH637
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Air gunners at their positions on board a Beaufort Mark I, L4461 'OA-J', of No. 22 Squadron RAF at North Coates, Lincolnshire. One gunner occupies the Bristol Mark I... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH807
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The rear fuselage interior of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 210 Squadron RAF, showing the tail gunner leaving his turret and making his way forward.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH8078
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Flight-Sergeant Albert Jeffrey, a wireless operator/air gunner aboard a Consolidated Liberator GR Mark IIIA of No. 224 Squadron RAF based at Beaulieu, Hampshire, ste... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH8080
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Flight-Sergeant Ronald Johnson, a wireless operator/air gunner on board a Consolidated Liberator GR Mark IIIA of No. 224 Squadron RAF based at Beaulieu, Hampshire, m... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH810
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Two gunners in Short Sunderland Mark I, N9027, of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban, Argyll, sit at their positions with .303 Vickers K-type machine guns, mounted in... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1585
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A pilot, (Flying Officer L G H Kells; left), and gunner of No. 29 Squadron RAF climb on board their Bristol Blenheim Mark IF for a night sortie from Coleby Grange/Wel... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH868
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Pilots and gunners of No 264 Squadron RAF, pass the time with a game of draughts while waiting at readiness outside their dispersal tent at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Royal Air Force- 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH1081
Royal Air Force- 1939-1945- Coastal Command A Dutch air gunner in the turret of an Anson of No 320 Squadron at Carew Cheriton, near Pembroke Dock, in August 1940.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A1867
The Royal Navy during the Second World War The crew; pilot, observer, and air gunner, report to the Commanding Officer on getting out of their Supermarine Walrus aircraft on board the aircraft carrier HMS ARGUS... More
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A24262
The Royal Navy during the Second World War Interrogation of Grumman Avenger bomber crews of 832 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm on board HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. Left to right: Petty Officer R O Begley, Tail Gunner, from Dulwi... More
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A3843
The Royal Navy during the Second World War The air gunner of a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber at his position on the rear-facing .303 inch Vickers machine gun. This Fairey Swordfish was one from HMS ARK ROYAL.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A7540
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A bearded Fleet Air Arm gunner, Leading Airman C H Clark, from Tadworth, Surrey, exits his Fairey Albacore aircraft carrying his flying kit, after his aircraft returne... More
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A9008
The Royal Navy during the Second World War Air gunners of a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish squadron passing a line of Supermarine Walrus sea-planes at HMS SPARROWHAWK, Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, Orkney Islands.
20TH AIR FORCE, OKINAWA-A-2C Don W. Murray of Mazon, Ill., flashes a v...
Scope and content: 20TH AIR FORCE, OKINAWA--A/2C Don W. Murray of Mazon, Ill., flashes a victory smile from the gun blister of his U.S. Air Force B-29 "Superfort" after shooting down a Communist jet fighter. A... More
98TH BOMB WING, JAPAN-Pfc. Benjamin Livingston flys as a gunner on one...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
FEAF BOMBER COMMAND, JAPAN-As the words informing the world of the tru...
Scope and content: FEAF BOMBER COMMAND, JAPAN--As the words informing the world of the truce being signed in Korea reached the ears of military personnel in Korea and Japan, emotions were expressed in a variet... More
Aircrew walking beneath tnose oaShort Stirling
Aircrew in full flying kit walking beneath the nose of Short Stirling Mark I, N3676 'S', of 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire while the ground crew run up the engines. The pilot (2nd fro... More
Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy (fourth from left) and his crew of No. ...
Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy (fourth from left) and his crew of No. 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) at RAF Scampton, 22 July 1943. The crew of Lancaster ED285/`AJ-T' sitting on the grass, posed under stormy cl... More
The crew of Lancaster AJ-T sitting on the grass, posed under stormy cl...
Picture series: 617 Squadron (Dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943. Object description: The crew of Lancaster ED285/'AJ-T' sitting on the grass, posed under stormy clouds. Left to right: Sergean... More
VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132558), Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive
Suomi: Kun tähystäjäoppilas on suorittanut ilma-ammunnan, lähtee seuraava ampumapaikalle.
USS Yorktown VS-5 July 1942
U.S. Navy pilots and rear gunners of scouting squadron VS-5. VS-5 flew the Douglas SBD-2/-3 Dauntless dive bomber from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the ship's 1942 operations, including at t... More
Ruptured Duck Crew
Crew of "The Ruptured Duck" (B-25 Doolittle Raider) Crew No. 7 (B-25 #40-2261: target Tokyo) Front Row L-R, Lt. Ted W. Lawson, pilot; Lt. Dean Davenport, copilot; Back Row L-R, Lt. Charles L. McClure, navigato... More
Doolittle Raider, Plane 1
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Crew No. 1 Crew No. 1 (Plane #40-2344, target Tokyo): 34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, pilot; Lt. Richard E. Cole, copilot; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; SSgt.... More
Doolittle-plane8
Crew No. 8 (Plane #40-2242, target Tokyo): 95th Bombardment Squadron, Capt. Edward J. York, pilot; Lt. Robert G. Emmens, copilot; Lt. Nolan A. Herndon, navigator/bombardier; SSgt. Theodore H. Laban, flight eng... More
Doolittle Raiders Crew5 060217-F-1234P-113 1
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Crew No. 5: Crew No. 5 (Plane #40-2283, target Tokyo): 95th Bombardment Squadron, front row: Capt. David M. Jones, pilot; and Lt. Ross R. Wilder, copilot; back row: Lt. Eugene F. McGur... More
Doolittle Raid Crew 6
Lt. Chase J. Nielsen (left) stands with his fellow crewmen before the famed Doolittle Raid mission April 18, 1942. As part of Crew No. 6, 95th Bombardment Squadron, they flew Plane #40-2298 to bomb targets in ... More
LADY BE GOOD Crew
The ill-fated crew of the Consolidated B-24D "Lady Be Good," from the left: 1Lt. W.J. Hatton, pilot; 2Lt. R.F. Toner, copilot; 2Lt. D.P. Hays, navigator; 2Lt. J.S. Woravka, bombardier; TSgt. H.J. Ripslinger, e... More
"A "Send-Home" Photo" (BOND 0579)
B-17 gunner poses for "send home" photo, Will Rogers Field, 1943. Frank Bond photo. Subject: "military base, photography, American soldier"
Betty tail gunner. Japanese empire during World War Two.
G4M1 Betty tail gun station view Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
150 Squadron Wellington crew Tunisia WWII IWM CNA 1271
The crew of a Vickers Wellington Mark X of No. 150 Squadron RAF receive a final briefing from their flight commander before taking off from Kairouan, Tunisia, for a raid on targets in the Salerno area on the d... More
466 Squadron Wellington crew RAF Leconfield 1943 IWM CH 11173
The first all Australian crew in Bomber Command to complete a tour of operations (with No 466 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force) stand in front of their Vickers Wellington bomber at RAF Leconfield, Yorkshir... More
A No. 57 Squadron Lancaster mid-upper gunner in his turret, February 1...
A No. 57 Squadron Lancaster mid-upper gunner in his turret, February 1943. A No 57 Squadron mid-upper gunner, Sergeant 'Dusty' Miller, 'scans the sky for enemy aircraft' from a Lancaster's Fraser Nash FN50 tur... More
Blenheim gunner Greece 1940 CM 285
IWM caption : A wireless operator/air gunner mans his Vickers K gun in the turret of an RAF Bristol Blenheim Mk I at Menidi/Tatoi, Greece.
Boulton Paul Defiant gun turret WWII IWM CH 879
An air gunner in the turret of a Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I of No. 264 Squadron RAF, trains his four .303 Browning machine-guns skywards at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
RAF gunners with Balkan Air Force Italy WWII IWM CM 6978
RAF air gunners attached to 13th Squadron, Royal Hellenic Air Force, prepare for a sortie at Pescara, Italy, where the Squadron operated as part of No. 254 Wing RAF, Balkan Air Force, in missions over northern... More
RAF gunners with Martin Baltimore Italy WWII IWM CM 6922
IWM caption : RAF air gunners attached to 13th Squadron, Royal Hellenic Air Force, stand in front of Martin Baltimore Mark V, FW852 'Y', at Pescara, Italy, where the Squadron operated as part of No. 254 Wing R... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH12282
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Veteran air gunner Flt Lt J A Howard DFC in the rear turret of a No 619 Squadron Lancaster, 14 February 1944.
Vickers K cockpit, Imperial War Museum
A sergeant air-gunner mans his .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun from the rear cockpit of a Fairey Battle of No. 103 Squadron RAF at St-Lucien Ferme near Rheges. Note the unofficial flight and squadr... More
Whitley tail gunner WWII IWM C 924
IWM caption : An air gunner sits at the ready in the Nash and Thompson Type FN4 rear turret of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No.102 Squadron RAF at Driffield, Yorkshire.
Whitworth tail gunner in turret WWII IWM C 913
The Nash and Thompson Type FN4 rear turret of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No.102 Squadron RAF at RAF Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
Doolittle Raiders China h97502. Japanese empire during World War Two.
Photo #: NH 97502 Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942; Doolittle and flight crew in China after the raid. Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese offi... More
Doolittle´s men with chinese friends
Major General Doolittle, his Tokyo bombing crew and some Chinese friends are pictured in China after the US Airmen bailed out following the Doolittle led air raid on Japan. Left to right, Staff sgt. F.A. Braem... More