To the Rescue - A black and white photo of a man falling off a helicop...
Description: "A Whirlwind Mk10 helicopter of RAF Coastal Command demonstrates the double lift rescue technique". RAF photograph used to illustrate 1964 Defence White Paper...Date: 1963..Our Catalogue Reference:... More
461 Sqn Sunderland (AWM P01520.001)
A Short Sunderland Mark III operated by No. 461 Squadron RAAF. AWM Caption: PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1944? MARK V SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT 'P' PETER OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF TOUCHING DOWN AFTER AN ANTI-SUBMARINE PATRO... More
Sunderland 10 Sqn RAAF rescueing Wellington crew 1944
A Short Sunderland Mk.III (EK573/P) of No. 10 Squadron RAAF on the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No. 172 Squadron RAF, clinging to a one-man dinghy (seen at right) aft... More
A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at O...
A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban in Scotland, patrols over a Canadian troop convoy on its way to Greenock, 31 July 1940. Sunderland Mark I, L2163 'DA-G', of No. 210 Squa... More
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 160 Blenheim V...
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 160 Blenheim V. Blenheim Mark V prototype, DJ702, which served with No. 12 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit and No. 17 Service Flying Training Unit, in flight, 1943.
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated M...
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator Mark I, AM910, on the ground following conversion as an anti-submarine aircraft by Scottish Aviation Ltd at Pre... More
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated M...
American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- Consolidated Model 32 Liberator. Liberator GR Mark IIIs, FK228 M and FL933 O, of No. 120 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft at Aldergrove, Cou... More
Boeing B-17 - Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH11101
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command A No 220 Squadron Fortress IIA seen 'bombing up' with depth charges at Benbecula, in the Outer Hebrides, May 1943.
Boeing B-17 - Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH11126
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The presence of aircraft in an otherwise remote location, previously linked to the mainland by boat only, meant that No 220 Squadron flew its share of mercy missions f... More
Boeing Fortress Mk IIA of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Benbecula in t...
Boeing Fortress Mk IIA of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, in flight over the Atlantic Ocean, May 1943. Fortress Mark IIA, FK212 V, of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Benbecula in ... More
Lockheed Hudson - Bircham - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. 250-lb GP bombs being loaded into a Lockheed Hudson Mark I of No. 206 Squadron RAF, at Bircham Newton, Norfolk.
Lockheed Hudson - Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2648
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Hudson III T9465, 'Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees', was famous as a 'presentation' aircraft, purchased for the RAF from funds raised by workers at the Lockheed-Vega... 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 1939-1945- Coastal Command CS202
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command In June 1942 the 'Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees' - a Hudson III presented to the RAF by Lockheed workers and operated by No 269 Squadron in Iceland - was forced to... 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
Lockheed Hudson - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH6573
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Lockheed Hudson Mark III, T9431 'VX-B', of No. 206 Squadron RAF based at Aldergrove, County Antrim, on patrol over the Atlantic.
Lockheed Hudson - Royal Air Force- 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH41
Royal Air Force- 1939-1945- Coastal Command The crew of a Hudson of No 224 Squadron, N7264/QX-Q, inspecting damage to their aircraft sustained during an operation to support troops landing at Andalsnes in Norwa... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command C2068
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On 27 August 1941 Coastal Command claimed a rare and unusual success when one of its aircraft was instrumental in the capture of a U-boat. A No 269 Squadron Hudson ope... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command C4550
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command In July and August 1944 Mosquitos of No 248 Squadron and No 235 (newly converted from Beaufighters) were operating together on escort and anti-shipping strikes along t... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command C5212
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command A Mosquito of the Banff Strike Wing in action in the Kattegat on 5 April 1945. There the Mosquitos discovered a convoy of seven ships evacuating Germans troops back to... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH12366
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Wing Commander R. T. F. Gates (far left), CO of No. 53 Squadron, chats to the 10-man crew of Liberator Mk V 'H for Harry', about to set off on an anti-submarine patro... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH12371
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Fitters working on the 1,200hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines of a No. 224 Squadron Liberator at St Eval, 26 February 1944.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH18031
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command No. 120 Squadron Liberator III's undergoing daily inspections at Aldergrove, April 1943. Here, an armourer cleans out the gun barrels of the rear turret.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH18520
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command A Liberator crew of No 311 (Czech) Squadron at Beaulieu, 21 July 1943. The aircraft is a Mk IIA, serial number LV343.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH18579
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Beaufighter X LZ440 of No 254 Squadron in flight, December 1943.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH20902
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The only crew in Coastal Command to sink two U-boats in one sortie was that of Flying Officer Kenneth Owen Moore, a Canadian serving with No 224 Squadron. 'Kayo' Moore... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2747
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighter Is of No 252 Squadron in flight, January 1941.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH6156
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Landing a Sunderland on the open ocean was fraught with danger, as its thin hull and planing surfaces were never designed to withstand a pounding from large waves and ... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH6160
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On 13 July 1942 a Sunderland from the newly-formed No 461 Squadron RAAF rescued a No 77 Squadron Whitley crew in the Bay of Biscay. The skipper of the Sunderland was t... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH7709
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The shattered remains of Liberator III FL910/H of No 224 Squadron, wrecked while attempting to land at Predannack in Cornwall, 20 October 1942. The aircraft, captained... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH7710
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The shattered remains of Liberator III FL910/H of No 224 Squadron, wrecked while attempting to land at Predannack in Cornwall, 20 October 1942. The aircraft, captained... More
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH8089
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Daily inspection for a Liberator III of No 224 Squadron at Beaulieu in Hampshire, December 1942.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH9602
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command A convoy seen from 'X for X-Ray', a No 120 Squadron Liberator based at Aldergrove. The aircraft made contact after a flight of several hours at low-level to avoid icin... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. C2058
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Bristol Beaufort Mark I, L4474, on patrol over the Atlantic Ocean. While serving with No. 217 Squadron RAF, L4474 was lost during a bombing raid on Lorient, France, o... More
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. CH1076
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Pilots of No. 320 (Dutch), or 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF walk to their Avro Anson Mark Is at Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire. Both Squadrons were formed on 1 June 1940 f... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH12373
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Armourers unload 250-lb Mark VIII depth charges from bomb-trolleys beside a Consolidated Liberator GR Mark VA of No. 53 Squadron RAF at St Eval, Cornwall.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH13998
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A ground crew member cleaning the plexiglass covering of a Leigh Light, fitted under the starboard wing of a Consolidated Liberator at St Eval, Cornwall.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH18032
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Mechanics undertake their daily inspection of the engines of Consolidated Liberator GR Mark III, FL907, of No. 86 Squadron RAF, at Aldergrove, County Antrim.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH4017A
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Flight-Lieutenant T M Bulloch of No. 120 Squadron RAF, a successful anti-submarine pilot, with six of the crew of his Consolidated Liberator, probably taken at Nutt's... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH9765
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. The crew of a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIC (ITF) of No 144 Squadron RAF stand by the cockpit of their aircraft at a dispersal at Tain, Ross-shire. The Interim Torped... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CS344
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Consolidated Liberator GR Mark IIIs of No. 120 Squadron RAF rounding the mountains of Iceland after taking off from Reykjavik to escort an Arctic convoy.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CS92
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. A Northrop N3P-B, 22 'GS-F', of No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron based at Akureyri, Iceland, in flight over the North Atlantic Ocean.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azore...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945. An RAF tractor, towing trolleyloads of depth-charges, negotiates a flooded disperal area between Consolidated Liberator GR Mar... More
Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azore...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945. An airman of the Royal Air Force Regiment drives a tractor hauling a device for levelling the runway area during airfield cons... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 CF620
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 A tender conveys aircrew to Short Sunderland Mark III, EJ143 S, of No. 230 Squadron RAF Detachment, moored in the lagoon at Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands.
Roycal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CH17869
Roycal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, in flight along the Scottish coast. NV427 was shot down by ant... More
Short Sunderland - Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Coastal Command CH16148
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command This well-worn Sunderland III, W4004/Z of No 10 Squadron RAAF, has just been winched out of the water in preparation for an overhaul at Mount Batten, January 1943. The... More
The German mine-detecting ship SAUERLAND being attacked off La Pallice...
The German mine-detecting ship SAUERLAND being attacked off La Pallice in France by RAF Bristol Beaufighters, 12 August 1944. The ship was later finished off by the Royal Navy. On 12 August 1944 the SAUERLAND, ... More
Vickers Wellington - Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. CM622...
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Groundcrew of No. 458 Squadron RAAF sit underneath one of the Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mark XIVs at Gibraltar, while another aircraft takes off past the Rock.
Vickers Wellington at Sedes - Royal Air Force - Italy, the Balkans and...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. Vickers Wellington Mark XIII, MF263 'F', of No. 221 Squadron RAF based at Kalamaki, Greece, parked on Sedes airfield after transporting men ... More
Fortress IIA 220 Sqn RAF over Hebrides 1943
A Royal Air Force Coastal Command Boeing Fortress Mark IIA (s/n FK186, "S") of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, flying past a Hebridean island in May 1943.
RAF crew with Boeing Fortress IIA at Lajes c1943
A publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores... More
Hudson V 48 Sqn RAF in flight 1942
A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mark V (s/n AM853, 'OY-K') of No. 48 Squadron RAF based at Wick, Caithness (UK), in flight along the Scottish coastline.
Wellington GR.XII 221 Sqn RAF over Greece 1945
A Vickers Wellington GR.XII (serial JA412, "S") of No. 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Coastal Command, operating from Hassani, near Athens (Greece), on its way to drop supplies including newspapers, leaflets and... More
German submarine U-243 under attack by Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 S...
The German 500-ton U-boat U 243 being attacked by two Short Sunderland aircraft of No 10 Squadron, RAAF, some 170 nautical miles west of St Nazaire, France. The aircraft were "H", piloted by Flying Officer W.B... More
320 Squadron RAF Coastal Command, bemand door leden van de Marine Luch...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : 320 Squadron RAF Coastal Command, bemand door leden van de Marine Luchtvaart Dienst, gestationeerd op de RA... More
320 Squadron RAF Coastal Command, bemand door leden van de Marine Luch...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : 320 Squadron RAF Coastal Command, bemand door leden van de Marine Luchtvaart Dienst, gestationeerd op de RA... More
404 Sqn RCAF Beaufighters Feb 1945
Royal Canadian Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF.Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire (UK), breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast.
Liberator GR.V 86 Sqn RAF in flight 1943
A Royal Air Force Coastal Command Consolidated Liberator GR Mark V (BZ877, "2-Q"), of No. 86 Squadron RAF based at Ballykelly, County Londonderry (Northern Ireland), in flight. 86 Squadron was based at Ballyke... More
Liberators 120 and 86 Sqn RAF at Aldergrove c1943
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Liberator GR.IIIs (FK228 "M" and FL933 "O") of No. 120 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft at Aldergrove, County Antrim. The third aircraft in line is a GR.V (FL952) of... More
RAF 220 Squadron Fortress at RAF Benbecula 1943 IWM CH 11102
250lb depth charges are being hoisted into the bomb bay of a No 220 Squadron Fortress IIA at RAF Benbecula, Scotland.
RAF Hudson FY689 with ASV Mk. II
RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson FY689. The ASV Mk. II antennas are easily visible on the nose and under the wings. The aircraft carries 8 RP-3 rockets.
Short Sunderland Mk V, World War II photo
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: SHORT S.25 SUNDERLAND. (CH 18020) Sunderland GR Mark V, ML778 ?NS-Z?, piloted by Wing Commander J Barrett, the Commanding Officer of No. 201 Squadron RAF based at Cast... More
U-119 Luftangriff - A black and white photo of a wave crashing
The minelaying U-boat U-119 under depth charge attack by two R.A.A.F. Sunderlands, 29th April 1943. In spite of the accuracy of the attacks the U-boat was only slightly damaged. Deutsch: Minenleger U-Boot U-1... More
Z24 & T24 under aerial attack, 25 Aug 1944
Z24 and T24 being attacked by rocket-firing Beaufighters Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description