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A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River Humber, at No. 17 Balloon Centre at Sutton-on-Hull in Yorkshire, January 1943. CH8663

A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River ...

A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River Humber, at No. 17 Balloon Centre at Sutton-on-Hull in Yorkshire, January 1943. A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on t... More

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. CH11528

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

Aerial Views in the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. HU91899

Aerial Views in the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. HU91899

Aerial Views in the United Kingdom, 1941-1942. No. 17 Balloon Centre, Sutton-on-Hull, Hull, Yorkshire, from the north-west.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. CH11529

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 Whitley C928

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

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1943 HU69095

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1943 HU69095

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1943 Handley-Page Halifax 'G for George', an aircraft bought for the Royal Air Force by the people of Ceylon, with its typically mixed Bomber Command crew of British, Canadians,... More

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk Vs of No. 102 Squadron RAF being prepared for a leaflet-dropping sortie at Driffield, Yorkshire, 7 March 1940. C921

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

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

Hmt Sapper FL5784 - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

Hmt Sapper FL5784 - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

Hmt Sapper Underway on the Humber on completion. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pilots of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940. CH1535

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 CH5354

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH5354

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command A typical group of 'Aussie' aircrew of No 460 Squadron, RAAF, photographed at Breighton, Yorkshire, 21 April 1942.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH6600

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 CH6627

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH6627

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Tiredness etched on the face of a young Halifax pilot of No 405 (Vancouver) Squadron, RCAF, after returning from an operation over Germany, July/August 1942.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command CH7905

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 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 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2465

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2465

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The duty officer in the tower at RAF Catfoss in Yorkshire keeps watch while an airman signals to an aircraft using an Aldis lamp, April 1941. Catfoss was home to No 2 ... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1940. C924

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. CE161

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE161

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer F H Greenhalgh, a wireless operator serving with No. 158 Squadron RAF based at Lissett, Yorkshire, contemplates his lucky escape when the propeller from... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE84

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. 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. CH10251

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10251

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Group Captain P C "Pick" Pickard with his pet sheepdog "Ming", pictured while resting from operations as Station Commander at Lissett, Yorkshire.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10293

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10293

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Handley Page Halifax of No 51 Squadron RAF hand in their parachutes at Snaith, Yorkshire on their return from a bombing raid on the Ruhr, Germany.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10331

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. CH10451

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10451

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. WAAF safety equipment assistants, working in the parachute section at Snaith, Yorkshire, inspecting Mark I Life Jackets ('Mae Wests'). Behind them are parachutes hang... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10776

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. 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. CH11401

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11401

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews of No. 76 Squadron RAF board their transports at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, to be driven to their dispersa... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11622

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. CH12598

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12598

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Squadron Leader Peter Hill, briefs crews of No. 51 Squadron RAF on the forthcoming raid to Nuremberg, Germany in the Operations Room at Snaith, Yorkshire. The Station... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12601

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12601

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Snaith, Yorkshire, Group Captain N H Fresson, is joined by other officers on the balcony of the control tower as they await the return of Hand... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13407

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13407

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Trolleys loaded with 500-lb GP and MC bombs, and their attendant armourers, are towed by tractors from the Bomb Store at Snaith, Yorkshire, towards aircraft dispersals... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH14589

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. CH15248

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH15248

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Half-length portrait of Air Vice Marshal J R Whitley, Air Officer Commanding No. 43 Base. He became AOC of No. 4 Group on 12 February 1945, and the last commander of ... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH17362

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. CH18743

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18743

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Officer of the Watch in the Watch Office at Snaith, Yorkshire, guiding Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF back to base after a night raid on Nuremberg. ... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6607

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. 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. 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. CH6695

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6695

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Chance Light, a powerful runway floodlight on a trailer, in operation at Pocklington, Yorkshire. Behind the Chance Light is the Airfield Identification Beacon, also... More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH7908

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. 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.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH9321

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH9321

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Half length portrait of Wing Commander G W Holden, Officer Commanding No. 102 Squadron RAF, taken at Pocklington, Yorkshire.

Sea Scout Zero (SSZ) airship at Howden Q27507

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 with No. 102 Squadron, by the rear turret of his Halifax at RAF Pocklington, February 1944. CH12263

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 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.

Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during the Second World War HU98865

Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during th...

Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during the Second World War Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard, RAF. Portrait cropped from Royal Air Force official photograph CH 10251, tak... More

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1531

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 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 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 British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H32528

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H32528

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 Troops help gather in the harvest at Fridaythorpe in Yorkshire, 2 September 1943.

The Polish Air Force in Britain, 1940-1947 CH1840

The Polish Air Force in Britain, 1940-1947 CH1840

The Polish Air Force in Britain, 1940-1947 The first four Polish recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, wearing their awards after a presentation ceremony by Air Marsha... More

The Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain CH1531

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 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 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 Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1947. CH1840

The Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1947. CH1840

The Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1947. The first four Polish recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF, wearing their awards after a presentation ceremony ... More

The Royal Australian Air Force in Britain, 1943 CH11173

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

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

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

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

51 Squadron Halifax crew return from Ruhr WWII IWM CH 10293

51 Squadron Halifax crew return from Ruhr WWII IWM CH 10293

The crew of a Handley Page Halifax of No 51 Squadron RAF hand in their parachutes at RAF Snaith, Yorkshire on their return from a bombing raid on the Ruhr, Germany.

Armourers 'bombing up' a Handley Page Halifax Mk II of No. 405 Squadron RCAF at Pocklington in Yorkshire, August 1942. CH6609

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

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

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.

Chance light at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 6695

Chance light at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 6695

IWM caption : A Chance Light, a powerful runway floodlight on a trailer, in operation at Pocklington, Yorkshire. Behind the Chance Light is the Airfield Identification Beacon, also on a trailer.

Halifax automatic pilot maintenance WWII IWM CH 6607

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

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

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

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 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 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

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.

Polish recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross No 303

Polish recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross No 303

The first four Polish recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross No 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF, wearing their awards after a presentation ceremony by Air Marshal W Sholto-Douglas at Leconfield, Yorkshire. Lef... More

R 23 With Sopwith Camel WWI during World War I

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

RAF Driffield WWII IWM HU 91931

RAF Driffield WWII IWM HU 91931

Aerial photograph showing part of RAF Driffield, with Armstrong Whitley Mark V bombers of No. 77 Squadron RAF parked in front of the hangars.

RCAF Halifax bomb load WWII IWM CH 17362

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

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

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

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

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.