462 Squadron RAAF aircrew Sept 1942
AWM caption : A Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber squadron, No. 462 Squadron RAAF, operating in the Middle East Command is manned by flying crews from all over the Empire. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) N. Dear... More
RAAF 462 Sqn crew with Me 110 of W Schnaufer 1945
Schleswig, Germany, 19 June 1945. Informal group portrait of a Handley-Page Halifax crew of No. 462 Squadron RAAF standing next to an Messerschmitt Me 110G-4 aircraft (G9+BA). Identified are, left to right: Fli... More
617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 TR11...
617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Flight Lieutenant H S Wilson's crew. Left to right: Flight Sergeant J H Payne, gunner Pilot Officer T W Johnson, engineer Sergeant W E Hornby S... More
Consolidated Liberator - Digri - Royal Air Force Operations in the Far...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. The crew of "Winnie" a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 159 Squadron RAF based at Digri, India, salute the nose insignia on their aircraft. Sittin... More
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 1939-1945- Coastal Command CS175
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command U-boats were not the only threat to the convoys in northern latitudes. A watch had to be kept on the Arctic pack-ice, the extent and composition of which varied depend... 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
Martin Baltimore - Royal Air Force- Italy, 1942-1945. CNA2599
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. The crew of a Martin Baltimore Mark IV of No. 223 Squadron RAF walk from their aircraft (FA394) at Celone, Italy, after successfully complet... More
Radio mechanics testing the VHF transmitter-receiver in a Hawker Hurri...
Radio mechanics testing the VHF transmitter/receiver in a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 601 Squadron RAF at Exeter, Devon, November 1940. Radio mechanics testing the VHF transmitter/receiver in a Hawker Hurrican... More
Recruits take a Morse Code test at the RAF Aircrew Reception Centre at...
Recruits take a Morse Code test at the RAF Aircrew Reception Centre at St John's Wood, London, 24 September 1942. At the Aircrew Reception Centre of Royal Air Force Flying Training Command at St John's Wood, Lo... 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- Coastal Command CH18021
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command An airwoman chalks up details of Coastal Command's last patrol on the operations board at Castle Archdale. Sunderland V 'Z-Zebra' was sent out into the Atlantic to ren... 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 Bomber Command 1939-1941. D6053-colorized
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. The wireless operator of a Handley-Page Halifax of No. 35 Squadron RAF, in his position prior to take-off at Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. D6053
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. The wireless operator of a Handley-Page Halifax of No. 35 Squadron RAF, in his position prior to take-off at Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. 02
Français : Royal Air Force, 1939-1941. Un opérateur radio-navigant en formation sur un ensemble d'émetteur/récepteur T1083/R1082, étant assis dans une maquette en bois. Unité de formation opérationnelle, Abingd... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH1275
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. A wireless operator works his T1083/R1082 transmitter/receiver set, sitting in a wooden mock-up of a wireless-operator's position in an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, at... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1941-1945. CH11640
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1941-1945. Crew members of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 622 Squadron RAF face their intelligence debrief at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berl... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10678
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The air and ground crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, W4236 'QR-K', of 'A' Flight, No. 61 Squadron RAF, grouped by the nose of the aircraft at Syerston, Nottinghamshire,... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13702 colorisation
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF corporal radio telephony operator communicating with aircraft from the watch office at a Bomber Command station. Français : Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 194... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13702
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF corporal radio telephony operator communicating with aircraft from the watch office at a Bomber Command station.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C3767
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Flight Lieutenant A W Fraser and his crew, stand in front of their Consolidated Liberator Mark I, AM929 'H', of No. 120 Squadron RAF, at Reykjavik, Iceland, after sin... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C5355
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The crew of Consolidated Catalina Mark IV 'X' of No. 210 Squadron RAF, who made the last attack of the war on a German submarine, stand by their aircraft at Sullom Vo... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH13666
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A WAAF radio-telephony operator at her position in a pinnace at a flying boat base, communicating landing instructions to aircraft
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 Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH10281
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A WAAF wireless operator transposes a plain language message into perforated morse tape, while her companion threads the tape into into a high-speed transmitter at th... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH10298
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A general view of one of the wireless benches in the transmitting room of the signals centre at Headquarters No. 60 (Signals) Group, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. A... More
Royal Air Force Marine Branch, 1939-1945. CH12396
Royal Air Force Marine Branch, 1939-1945. Corporal D Taylor of Gosport, Hampshire, the wireless operator on board High Speed Launch HSL 156 of No. 28 Air Sea Rescue Unit, in radio communication with base at New... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. The Commanding Officer of a squadron of No. 326 Wing RAF, followed by wireless operator/air gunner, alights from a Bristol Blenheim Mar... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Field communications operating in the open air at Souk el Khemis ('Victoria'), Tunisia. The wireless operator on the left is using a p... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL1523
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A petty-officer in the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service, serving as a wireless operator/air gunner with No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF, checks over his .5 Browning... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. Warrant Officer J R Berry (wireless operator) and Flight Sergeant E J Holmes (pilot), an experienced air-sea rescue crew, stand in front of ... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Personnel of No. 284 Squadron RAF, an air/sea rescue unit, standing in front of one of their aircraft, Supermarine Walrus, X9506 'C', at Cas... More
Royal Air Force- Operations Over Albania and in Greece, 1940-1941. CM2...
Royal Air Force- Operations Over Albania and in Greece, 1940-1941. The Commanding Officer of No. 211 Squadron RAF, Squadron Leader J R Gordon-Finlayson, and his wireless operator/air gunner, Pilot Officer A C G... More
The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH15748
The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. View of the interior of the Wireless Cabin of the Central Forecasting Station at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, showing WAAF and RAF radio operators recording meteorological reports from ... More
The crew of a Short Stirling bomber of No. 622 Squadron RAF being debr...
The crew of a Short Stirling bomber of No. 622 Squadron RAF being debriefed by the intelligence officer at Mildenhall, Suffolk, after returning from the major raid on Berlin of 22/23 November 1943. The crew of ... More
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. CH7673
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. A WAAF wireless operator at work, receiving a message in morse code.
The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War A10817
The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Wren radio mechanics and operators at a Royal Naval Air Station in Donibristle, Fife coming off duty. The women are walking past the nose of a Superma... More
Vickers Warwick - Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. CH1293...
Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. The interior of a Vickers Warwick C Mark I of No. 525 Squadron RAF based at Lyneham, Wiltshire,, looking towards the cockpit from the passengers' cabin. The wireles... More
Vickers Wellington at Amendola - Royal Air Force - Italy, the Balkans ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. A Boeing B-17 crew of the 5th Bombardment Wing, 15th USAAF, after returning to Amendola, Italy, from a daylight bombing mission over Sofia, ... More
Vickers Wellington at Chaklala - Royal Air Force Operations in the Far...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. The crew of Vickers Wellington Mark X, HZ950, of No. 99 Squadron RAF, gather by the tail turret of their aircraft at Chaklala, India, after returning from ... More
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, Vc, Dso and Bar, Dfc and Bar, Commander of ...
Wing Commander Guy Gibson, Vc, Dso and Bar, Dfc and Bar, Commander of 617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Wing Commander Guy Gibson with members of his crew. Left to right: Wing Co... More
Air Force personnel & equipment. The Pacific, England, Wash. DC. 1942-...
Scope and content: B-29 Men bombed Tokyo. The crew of "Waddy's Wagon", fifth B-29 to take off on the initial Tokyo mission from Saipan, and first to land after bombing the target. Crew members, posing here to ... More
Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193 (cropped)
IWM caption : Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the ... More
Avro Lancaster pigeons WWII IWM TR 193
IWM caption : Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the ... More
Memphis Belle crew USAF
Crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle" is shown at an air base in England after completing 25 missions over enemy territory on June 7, 1943. They are, left to right: T... More
FileːScott Field - Students Marching to Radio School
Scott AFB - World War II Radio School postcard, featuring a sign that reads "Thru these gates pass the best damned radio operators in the world!"
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Interior Photos Of Avro Lancaster B. Mk I - Paine Field USA - (2010) - (nose section) - Radio operator panel.
Fokker C-2 interior 051127-F-1234P-023
Interior of the Atlantic-Fokker C-2 radio lab test aircraft, passenger compartment looking aft. Officer is Capt. Paul Edwards. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Fokker C-2 interior 051127-F-1234P-024
Interior of the Atlantic-Fokker C-2 radio lab aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)
NNSA-NSO-970, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - 11TH BOMB WING CREW PARTICIPATES IN TEAPOT OPERATION - CARSWELL AFB, TEXAS. Left to right, front row: Lt. Col. Fred D. McKinney, aircraft commander; Captain Joseph J. Tyler, 1st. Pilot; 1/Lt. Dan J. L... More
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
75 NZ Squadron crew at RAF Hucknall June 1944 IWM CH 473
The wireless operator and observer of a No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron Wellington pose while on the ground at RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
A Sergeant Wireless Operator (1940)
A wireless operator inside an aircraft is shown writing in a ledger.
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.
George Thompson VC IWM CH 14685
IWM caption : Portrait of George Thompson, a wireless operator with No 9 Squadron, who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry on 1 January 1945 during a raid on the Dortmund-Ems Canal nea... More
Lancaster wireless operator WWII IWM CH 8790
IWM caption : Flying Officer R W Stewart, a wireless operator on board an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 57 Squadron RAF based at Scampton, Lincolnshire, speaking to the pilot from his position in front of the... More
Memphis Belle crew
The "Memphis Belle" crew shown at an air base in England after completing 25 missions over enemy territory on June 7, 1943. Left to right: Tech. Sgt. Harold P. Loch, top turret gunner; Staff Sgt. Cecil H. Scott... More
Curtiss NC-4 Crew 1919
Crew members of the NC-4, first trans-Atlantic flight, 1919. From left to right: LT Elmer F. Stone, U.S. Coast Guard (Pilot); Chief Petty Officer Eugene C. Rhoads, USN; LTJG Walter Hinton, USN (CoPilot); ENS He... More
United States bomber crew- Radio Operator
United States bomber crew- Radio Operator
Boeing XC-105 Grandpappy and crew in Panama 1943 090430-F-1234S-004
Monochrome photograph of the XC-105 in 1943, shown in Panama at Albrook Field with the airplane's flight crew posed in front of the nose which is painted with an elephant carrying supplies and the name "Grandp... More
PB4Y-2 ECM operator NAN3-46
View of the ECM-operator on a U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer.
45th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24579
45th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24579 "Eddie Allen" of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, XX Bomber Command. Aircraft condemned, battle damage, West Field, Tinian, Mariana ... More