The crew of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber of No. 58 Squadron RAF load their parachutes on board their aircraft at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, prior to a sortie, June 1940.
Armourers install .303 Browning machine guns into the rear turret an Armstrong Whitley Mk V of No. 58 Squadron RAF at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, June 1940.
RAF kite balloons are walked out of No. 1 Airship Shed at Cardington for handling practice by No. 1 Balloon Training Unit, October 1940.
Hawker Hurricane Mk Is of No. 85 Squadron RAF, October 1940.
Avro Manchester Mk I of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Waddington, Lincolnshire, 12 September 1941.
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of aircrew candidates in London, May 1940.
Kite balloons of No. 1 Balloon Training Unit await their handlers, during the morning parade in No. 1 Airship Shed at Cardington, October 1940.
An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I at at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940.