32 Squadron RAF pilots with 6 Squadron Hurricane Greece IWM CNA 3204
IWM caption : Pilots of No. 32 Squadron RAF watch a Hawker Hurricane Mark IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF as it prepares to take off from Araxos, Greece, on a sortie.
Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade d...
Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade descending on Megara in Greece, October 1944. Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade descending on Megara to pr... More
Lieutenant General Ronald Scobie (IWM photo TR2730)
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie CB, CBE, MC, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his desk at his headquarters in Athens.
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No. 32 Squadron RAF cause much interest among the local peasants shortly after arriving at Araxos, Greece, ... 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. Pilots of No. 213 Squadron RAF based at Biferno, Italy, take refreshments in front of their North American Mustang Mark IIIs at Araxos, Gree... More
Royal Air Force- Italy,the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. C...
Royal Air Force- Italy,the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Ground crew refuelling and preparing Hawker Hurricane Mark IVs of No. 6 Squadron RAF for operations at Araxos, Greece.
Royal Air Force- Operations Over Albania and in Greece, 1940-1941. CM2...
Royal Air Force- Operations Over Albania and in Greece, 1940-1941. Groundcrew of a Bristol Blenheim squadron at Menid/Tatoi, Greece, await the return of their aircraft from an operation over Albania.
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 British Army in Greece 1941 E2535
The British Army in Greece 1941 A British Army 15-cwt truck in Greece, 21 April 1941.
The Liberation of Rhodes, 1945 E30946
The Liberation of Rhodes, 1945 Men of the Bhopal Regiment on the quayside at Rhodes having disembarked from their infantry landing craft (LCI). Theses troops arrived from the Aegean island of Symi following the... More
The Second World War- Personalities TR2720
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, with his Brigadier General Staff, Brigadier H S K Mainwaring (left) and his Military Advi... More
The Second World War- Personalities TR2724
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his desk looking at a map with his Brigadier General Staff, Brigadier H S K Mainwaring... More
The Second World War- Personalities TR2726
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his desk looking at a map with his Brigadier General Staff, Brigadier H S K Mainwaring... More
The Second World War- Personalities TR2733
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie CB, CBE, MC, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, holding a pipe at his headquarters in Athens.
The Second World War- Personalities TR2736 (cropped)
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie CB, CBE, MC, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his headquarters in Athens.
The Second World War- Personalities TR2736
The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie CB, CBE, MC, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his headquarters in Athens.
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 XIIIs of No. 221 Squadron RAF based at Kalamaki, Greece, parked on Sedes airfield after transporting men and supplie... More
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
With the British Navy in Greece. January 1945, Simi. A27431
With the British Navy in Greece. January 1945, Simi. Vice Admiral W G Tennat, FOIC, Levant and Eastern Mediterranean, leaving HMS SIRIUS to carry out an inspection of re-occupied Greek islands.
Lt General Scobie in Athens WWII IWM TR 2724
Photograph of Lieutenant General R M Scobie, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his desk looking at a map with his Brigadier General Staff, Brigadier H S K Mainwaring at his headquarters ... More
211 Squadron RAF Blenheim Greece WWII IWM CM 288
IWM caption : Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L6670 UQ-R, of No. 211 Squadron RAF preparing to taxy at Menidi/Tatoi, Greece.
211 Squadron RAF Blenheim landing Greece WWII IWM CM 290
IWM caption : Blenheim Mark IF, L6670 UQ-R, of No. 211 Squadron RAF, landing at Menidi/Tatoi, Greece, after a raid on Italian positions in Albania.
216 Squadron RAF Bristol Bombay at Crete 1941 IWM CM 172
IWM caption : RAF officers haul their luggage from a Bristol Bombay of No. 216 Squadron RAF after landing at Maleme, Crete, while en route for the Greek mainland during the initial stages of the RAF deployment.
33 Squadron RAF Hurricane pilots Greece WWII IWM ME(RAF) 1200
IWM caption : Pilots of No. 33 Squadron RAF, at Larissa, Greece, with Hawker Hurricane Mark I, V7419, in background. Standing (left to right); Pilot Officers W Winsland R Dunscombe (p.o.w 22 May 41) C A C Che... More
33 Squadron RAF Hurricane pilots Greece WWII IWM ME(RAF) 1246
IWM caption : Pilots of No. 33 Squadron RAF, at Larissa, Greece, with Hawker Hurricane Mark I, V7419, in background. They are (left to right); Pilot Officer P R W Wickham Flying Officers D T Moir V C "Woody" ... More
5th Parachute Battalion Vickers machine gun team
Paratroops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, fire a Vickers machine gun from a rooftop in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 7 December 1944.
6 Squadron RAF Hurricane landing Araxos Greece IWM CNA 3198
IWM caption : Hawker Hurricane Mark IV, LF498 R, of No. 6 Squadron RAF, coming in to land at Araxos, Greece.
80 Sqn RAF personnel with Hurricane at Eleusis c1941
Pilots of No. 80 Squadron RAF relax in front of Hawker Hurricane Mark I (V7599, 'YK-Q') at Eleusis, Greece: (left to right); Sergeant C.E. Casbolt, Flying Officer H.D. Flower, Pilot Officer J. Still, Pilot Offi... More
84 Squadron RAF Blenheim WWII IWM CM 264
IWM caption : The crew of Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L1381 'VA-G', of No. 84 Squadron RAF, prepare to board their aircraft at Menidi/Tatoi, Greece, for a raid on an Italian port in Albania. L1381 was one of four... 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.
British soldiers in a trench
THE BATTLE FOR CRETE 20 - 31 MAY 1941. A group of British soldiers on Crete in a trench with fixed bayonets.
Cullen Hurricane 1941 Warship photograph collection
Flying Officer R N Cullen of No. 80 Squadron RAF, preparing to take off from Paramythia, Greece, in Hawker Hurricane V7288 on the morning of 4 March 1941, as part of a fighter escort for bombers attacking Itali... More
D'Albiac in Athens WWII IWM CM 175
Air Commodore J H D'Albiac, Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece, sitting at his desk in his Headquarters at the Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens. He was promoted acting Air Vice-Marshal on 15 November.
Fuel drums for 6 Squadron RAF Hurricanes Araxos Greece IWM CNA 3199
IWM caption : Ground crew rolling drums of petrol to Hawker Hurricane Mark IVs of No. 6 Squadron RAF, during refuelling operations at Araxos, Greece.
Otter Light Reconnaissance Cars in Athens 1944 IWM CNA 4660
Greek civilians watch as Otter light reconnaissance cars of No. 2908 Field Squadron RAF Regiment drive through a street in Athens, after its liberation.
Squadron Leader Pattle of 33 Squadron RAF Greece IWM ME(RAF) 1260 (cro...
IWM caption : Squadron Leader Marmaduke Thomas St John "Pat" Pattle, Officer Commanding No. 33 Squadron RAF, and the Squadron Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant George Rumsey, standing by a Hawker Hurricane at Lariss... More
Squadron Leader Pattle of 33 Squadron RAF Greece IWM ME(RAF) 1260
IWM caption : Squadron Leader Marmaduke Thomas St John "Pat" Pattle, Officer Commanding No. 33 Squadron RAF, and the Squadron Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant George Rumsey, standing by a Hawker Hurricane at Lariss... More
Tuttle in Greece WWII IWM CNA 4721
Air Commodore G W Tuttle, Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Greece (second from left), discusses the security situation at Kalamaki/Hassani airfield with armed RAF officers.
This-R-A-F-Bomber-crew-just-landed-after-a-raid-over-Valona-3520398567...
Just landed after a raid on Valona. This RAF bomber crew are seen telling their Squadron leader about the raid.