One of the specially modified Avro Lancasters used by No. 617 Squadron on the raid against the Ruhr dams, 16/17 May 1943.
One of the specially modified Avro Lancasters used by No. 617 Squadron on the raid against the Ruhr dams, 16/17 May 1943.
An elephant pulling a Supermarine Walrus aircraft into position at a Fleet Air Arm station in India, June 1944.
An elephant pulling a Supermarine Walrus aircraft into position at a Fleet Air Arm station in India, June 1944.
Two sailors carrying the Christmas tree and holly for Christmas festivities with the destroyer flotilla at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, December 1941.
Two sailors carrying the Christmas tree and holly for Christmas festivities with the destroyer flotilla at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, December 1941.
Fairey Swordfish Mk I torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm on a training flight from Crail in Scotland, 1940.
Fairey Swordfish Mk I torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm on a training flight from Crail in Scotland, 1940.
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX at Eastleigh in Hampshire, after assembly at Vickers Armstrong Ltd, 9 May 1944.
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX at Eastleigh in Hampshire, after assembly at Vickers Armstrong Ltd, 9 May 1944.
A Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc of No. 885 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of HMS FORMIDABLE in the Mediterranean, December 1942.
A Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc of No. 885 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of HMS FORMIDABLE in the Mediterranean, December 1942.
Blackburn NA-39 during landing trials on HMS VICTORIOUS, June 1959.
Blackburn NA-39 during landing trials on HMS VICTORIOUS, June 1959.
Venus' the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART, 1941.
Venus' the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART, 1941.
Ice forming on a 20-inch signal lamp on the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD while escorting an Arctic convoy to Russia, December 1941.
Ice forming on a 20-inch signal lamp on the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD while escorting an Arctic convoy to Russia, December 1941.
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill seated on the quarterdeck of HMS PRINCE OF WALES for a Sunday service during the Atlantic Conference, 10 August 1941. </br></br></br>
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill seated on the quarterdeck of HMS PRINCE OF WALES for a Sunday service during the Atlantic Conference, 10 August 1941.


A Cecil Beaton portrait of a cook in the Women's Royal Naval Service.
A Cecil Beaton portrait of a cook in the Women's Royal Naval Service.
An emaciated internee, Miss Wendy Rossini, at Stanley Civil Internment Camp in Hong Kong, photographed after liberation in 1945 and showing the small quantity of rice and stew which served as rations for five people.
An emaciated internee, Miss Wendy Rossini, at Stanley Civil Internment Camp in Hong Kong, photographed after liberation in 1945 and showing the small quantity of rice and stew which served as rations for five people.