458 Squadron RAAF aircrew Dec 1941 AWM P05660.001
AWM caption : Group portrait of the crew of "K" for Kitty, 458 Squadron RAAF after a raid. Identified, left to right: 404455 Sergeant (Sgt) James Howard "Rupe" Holmes, captain of Brisbane, Qld 404611 Sgt Sven ... More
458 Squadron RAAF Wellington aircrew Dec 1941 AWM P00631.003
AWM caption : A flight crew from 458 Squadron RAAF, in front of Wellington aircraft `R for Robert'. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) Stewart Ricketts (Air Gunner) (probably 402040 Carlyle Raymond Stuart Ricketts)... More
466 Squadron Halifax aircrew at RAF Leconfield Jan 1944 AWM UK0959
AWM caption : Yorkshire, England. 1944-01-17. The crew of a Halifax aircraft of No. 466 Squadron RAAF, at RAF Station Leconfield. They were formerly a Wellington aircraft crew. Left to right: 420171 Flight Ser... More
466 Squadron RAAF Halifax Kellys Gang AWM UK2630
AWM caption : Yorkshire, England. C. 1945-03. The crest on a Halifax bomber aircraft of No. 466 Squadron RAAF, RAF Station Driffield, reads "Kelly's Gang Rides Again!".
Flight Lieutenant Constable RAAF of 78 Squadron RAF with damaged Halif...
AWM caption : 409383 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Donald Frank Constable (centre), RAAF, a pilot with 78 Squadron RAF, and two unidentified aircrew pose on the badly damaged wing of a Halifax bomber. Flt Lt Const... More
A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk ...
A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk V of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 21 October 1943. A sergeant on flying control duty reports in as a Halifax V ... More
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax....
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. Halifax B Mark V Series 1 (Special), EB151 OO-R, of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Rufforth, Yorkshire, getting airborne from Ho... More
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Wh...
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley Two Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs, N1373 'KN-J' and N1347 'KN-E', of No. 77 Squadron RAF, overfly Driffield, Yorkshire, on retur... More
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepar...
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepared for a leaflet-dropping sortie at Driffield, Yorkshire, 7 March 1940. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being pr... More
Handley Page Halifax CH14526, World War II photo
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command This crashed Halifax III at Full Sutton in early January 1945 was the centrepiece of a posed sequence illustrating the work of WAAF nursing orderlies. Corporal Dennett ... More
Pilots of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF with one of their Hawker Hurri...
Pilots of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940. A group of pilots of No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF walking toward the camera from a Hawker Hurricane after, purpor... More
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104760
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of No. 102 Squadron in flight during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104764
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of No. 102 Squadron during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104765
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of No. 102 Squadron during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104767
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of No. 102 Squadron refuelling during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104768
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V N1385 DY-P of No. 102 Squadron taking off during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104769
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys of No. 102 Squadron during a press day at Driffield, March 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104770
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron during a press day at Driffield, March 1940. Foreground aircraft is N1379 DY-E.
RAF Bomber Command HU104766
RAF Bomber Command Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron during a press day at Driffield, March 1940. N1382 DY-A in the background was lost on a raid to Augsburg, 16/17 August 1940. The foregrou... More
RAF Bomber Command HU107785
RAF Bomber Command The crew of a Vickers Wellington Mk II board their aircraft at Driffield. circa August 1941.
RAF Bomber Command HU108387
RAF Bomber Command Aircrew of No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF board their Wellington Mk II at Pocklington, July 1941.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH6600
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Engine fitters at Pocklington prepare to fit a brand new Rolls-Royce Merlin XX to a waiting Halifax, July/August 1942.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH7905
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command A bomb aimer demonstrates the selector switches and bomb release in the cramped nose of a Halifax of No 10 Squadron at Melbourne, Yorkshire in December 1942.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH9331
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command 'Pinocchio', a veteran Halifax of No 102 Squadron at Pocklington, has the bomb symbol for its 26th operation painted on its fuselage by a member of the ground crew, Apr... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. C923
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepared for a leaflet-dropping ("Nickelling") sortie at Driffield, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. C924
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. 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.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. C925
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. The crew of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No. 102 Squadron RAF study their route at Driffield, Yorkshire, prior to taking off on a leaflet-dropping ("Nickel... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. C927
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. Three Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs take off on a leaflet-dropping ("Nickelling") sortie from Driffield, Yorkshire. In the foreground is Whitley V, N1380 'DY-R',... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C914
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1371, of No. 102 Squadron RAF, landing at Driffield, Yorkshire, after a leaflet dropping ("Nickelling") sortie over Germany.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C916
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1386 'DY-P', of No. 102 Squadron RAF takes off on a leaflet-dropping ("Nickelling") sortie from Driffield, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C917
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Ground crewmen hand propaganda leaflets to a crew member of Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1386 'DY-P', of No. 102 Squadron RAF at Driffield, Yorkshire, prior t... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C918
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Mechanics overhauling the Rolls Royce Merlin X engines of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No. 102 Squadron RAF at Driffield, Yorkshire. The front turret is a... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE84
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Sergeant D Cameron, the pilot of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, HR837 'NP-F', of No. 158 Squadron RAF, poses with two of his crew amidst the damage caused when it was... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE91
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DK148 'MP-G' "Johnnie the Wolf", of No. 76 Squadron RAF rests at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, after crash-land... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10331
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Pocklington, Yorkshire, signals Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DT742 'DY-O', of No. 102 Squadron RAF, piloted by Sergeant ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10776
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series1A, JD206 'DY-T' of No. 102 Squadron RAF, about to be towed from its dispersal by a David Brown tractor at Pocklington, Yorkshire. ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11234
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flight Lieutenant A Carey, Captain of Handley Page Halifax Mark II, 'B for Beer', of No. 102 Squadron RAF, leads his crew to the interrogation room at Pocklington, Yo... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11622
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series 1A, HR952 'MH-X', of No. 51 Squadron RAF receiving a mixed load of 500-lb MC bombs and incendiaries in its dispersal at Snaith, Y... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH14589
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Close up of the nose insignia on Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, LV907 'NP-F' "Friday the Thirteenth", of No. 158 Squadron RAF, after returning to Lissett, Yorkshire,... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH17362
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000-lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and win... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6607
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An electrical fitter making adjustments to "George", the automatic pilot on a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6614
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The nose of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, W7710 'LQ-R' "Ruhr Valley Express", of No. 405 Squadron RCAF, at Pocklington, Yorkshire. An extra truck was added to the n... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6640
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers loading the ammunition servo-feed to the rear turret in a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH7908
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series 1of No. 10 Squadron RAF lands at Melbourne, Yorkshire, after a night raid to Turin, Italy.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH7910
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Ground crews overhaul the Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines of Handley Page Halifax Mark II, BB194 'ZA-E', of No. 10 Squadron RAF, in a dispersal at Melbourne, Yorkshire.
Sea Scout Zero (SSZ) airship at Howden Q27507
Photography British non-rigid airship of the S. S. ZERO class being handled by R. A. F. ratings at Howden Airship Station.
Sergeant Lincoln Orville Lynch DFM, a West Indian air gunner serving w...
Sergeant Lincoln Orville Lynch DFM, a West Indian air gunner serving with No. 102 Squadron, by the rear turret of his Halifax at RAF Pocklington, February 1944. West Indians in the Royal Air Force: Sergeant Lin... More
Severely Damaged Halifax Gets Back To Base CE82
Severely Damaged Halifax Gets Back To Base Comment : NP Squadron code on fuselage appears to identify this as belonging to No. 158 Squadron RAF.
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1531
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain Flying Officer Zdzisław Henneberg, Flight Lieutenant John A Kent, AFC, and newly awarded the DFC, and Flying Officer Marian Pisarek, all from the 303 Pol... More
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain In the summer of 1940 the first Polish squadrons were formed in Fighter Command. No 303 'City of Warsaw' Squadron was the top-scoring RAF unit in Septemb... More
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537
The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain In the summer of 1940 the first Polish squadrons were formed in Fighter Command. No 303 'City of Warsaw' Squadron was the top-scoring RAF unit in Septemb... More
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain CH1531
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain Flying Officer Zdzisław Henneberg, Flight Lieutenant John A. Kent and Flying Officer Marian Pisarek, all from No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, standing by the Squad... More
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain CH1533
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain A group of pilots of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF standing by the tail elevator of one of their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at RAF Leconfield, 24 October 1940. ... More
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain CH1535
The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain A group of pilots of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron walking toward the camera from a Hawker Hurricane after, purportedly, returning from a fighter sortie. Left to... More
The Royal Air Force in Britain, February 1943 TR674
The Royal Air Force in Britain, February 1943 A Handley Page Halifax bomber of No 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force, nicknamed 'Ye Olde Black Bitch', with 22 raid symbols, is signalled to its dispersal point at Poc... More
The Royal Air Force in Britain, February 1943 TR675
The Royal Air Force in Britain, February 1943 A Handley Page Halifax bomber of No 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force, nicknamed 'Ye Olde Black Bitch', with 22 raid symbols, is signalled to its dispersal point at Poc... More
The Royal Australian Air Force in Britain, 1943 CH11173
The Royal Australian Air Force in Britain, 1943 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 Vicker... More
102 Squadron Halifax at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 10776
IWM caption : Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series1A, JD206 'DY-T' of No. 102 Squadron RAF, about to be towed from its dispersal by a David Brown tractor at Pocklington, Yorkshire. This aircraft was hit by anti... More
1663 HCU - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky
A Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax B.V Series 1 (Special) (s/n EB151, "OO-R") of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Rufforth, Yorkshire (UK), getting airborne from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshir... 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
Armourers 'bombing up' a Handley Page Halifax Mk II of No. 405 Squadro...
Armourers 'bombing up' a Handley Page Halifax Mk II of No. 405 Squadron RCAF at Pocklington in Yorkshire, August 1942. Armourers wheel a trolley of 1,000-lb MC bombs into position for hoisting into Handley Pag... More
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ExCC
A Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V (s/n N1371) of No. 102 Squadron RAF, landing at Driffield, Yorkshire (UK), after a leaflet dropping ("Nickelling") sortie over Germany.
Bombing up 51 Squadron Halifax at RAF Snaith WWII IWM CH 11622
Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series 1A, HR952 'MH-X', of No. 51 Squadron RAF receiving a mixed load of 500-lb MC bombs and incendiaries in its dispersal at RAF Snaith, Yorkshire, for a night raid on Germany.
Halifax automatic pilot maintenance WWII IWM CH 6607
An electrical fitter making adjustments to "George", the automatic pilot on a Handley Page Halifax at RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Halifax nose art Friday the 13th IWM CH 14589
IWM caption : Nose insignia on Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, LV907 'NP-F' "Friday the Thirteenth", of No. 158 Squadron RAF, after returning to Lissett, Yorkshire, from its 100th operational sortie, a night ... More
Halifax nose art Pinocchio April 1943 IWM CH 9331
IWM caption : 'Pinocchio', a veteran Halifax of No 102 Squadron at Pocklington, has the bomb symbol for its 26th operation painted on its fuselage by a member of the ground crew, April 1943. The ice cream corn... More
Halifax nose art Ruhr Valley Express IWM CH 6614
IWM caption : The nose of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, W7710 'LQ-R' "Ruhr Valley Express", of No. 405 Squadron RCAF, at Pocklington, Yorkshire. An extra truck was added to the nose insignia after each missi... More
HMA R 23 Airship With Camel N6814
HMA R.23 airship with the underslung Sopwith Camel N6814. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMA R 23 Airship With Camel
HMA R.23 airship with underslung Sopwith Camel. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Loading gun ammunition in Halifax WWII IWM CH 6640
Armourers loading the ammunition servo-feed to the rear turret in a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
R 23 With Sopwith Camel WWI during World War I
IWM description : "THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE (RNAS) 1914-1918. Rigid Airship R.23 at Howden with Sopwith Camel N6814 suspended beneath her. This was a way of getting a fighter up to the same altitudes as a Ze... More
RCAF Halifax bomb load WWII IWM CH 17362
Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000-lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and wing cells of a Handley Page Halifax Mark II ... More
Sopwith Camel Flying Off Airship R 23
AWM Caption : "DROPPING OFF (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23." See also : Image:R23WithSopwithCamelWWI.jpg Image:SopwithCamelWithAirshipR23.jpeg
Sopwith Camel With Airship R 23
AWM Caption : "DROPPING OFF (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23" See also : Image:SopwithCamelFlyingOffAirshipR23.jpeg Image:R23WithSopwithCamelWWI.jpg
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.
Percival Mew Gull in flight
Percival Mew Gull in flight at Breighton Aerodrome, UK, being piloted by Tony (“Taff”) Smith.
Dywizjon 303 in color. Ariforce of the Second Polish Republic
Polski: 1940 Piloci Dywizjonu 303. Od lewej P/O Ferić, F/Lt Kent, F/O Grzeszczak, P/O Radomski, P/O Zumbach, P/O Łukuciewski, F/O Henneberg, Sgt. Rogowski, Sgt. Szaposznikow. Fotografia została pokolorowana. O... More
Dywizjon 303. Ariforce of the Second Polish Republic
Polski: 1940 Piloci Dywizjonu 303. Od lewej P/O Ferić, F/Lt Kent, F/O Grzeszczak, P/O Radomski, P/O Zumbach, P/O Łukuciewski, F/O Henneberg, Sgt. Rogowski, Sgt. SzaposznikowEnglish: 303 squadron pilots. From ... More
Piloci 303, World War II photo. Aviation in Poland
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron pilots. From the left side: P/O Ferić, F/Lt Kent, F/O Grzeszczak, P/O Radomski, P/O Zumbach, P/O Łukuciewski, F/O Henneberg, Sgt. Rogowski, Sgt. Szaposznikow (in 1940). Polski: ... More
Interior of the R100 Airship (Howden Aerodrome) 1933 (archive ref DDX1...
A view from the passenger lounge of the airship. (Why not try searching our East Riding of Yorkshire Map</a> for more historic images? erarchives/map</a> ) (Copyright) We're happy for you to share this dig... More
Inspecting the R100 Airship at Howden 1933 (archive ref DDX1017-1) (25...
This image shows one of three engine cars undergoing construction at Howden, East Yorkshire. (Why not try searching our East Riding of Yorkshire Map</a> for more historic images? erarchives/map</a> ) (Copy... More
Passenger cabin area of R100 Airship (Howden Aerodrome) 1933 (archive ...
The spacious interior of the R100 airship. (Why not try searching our East Riding of Yorkshire Map</a> for more historic images? erarchives/map</a> ) (Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital ... More
Inside the balloon section of the R100 Airship at Howden Aerodrome 193...
(Why not try searching our East Riding of Yorkshire Map</a> for more historic images? erarchives/map</a> ) (Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of Creative Commons... More
R100 Airship in its hangar at Howden Aerodrome 1933 (archive ref DDX10...
Howden, East Yorkshire was at the forefront of airship manufacture in the early 20th century. Here is one of its most famous airships, the R100, emerging from its hangar. (Why not try searching our East Ri... More