A pilot at Fairlop airfield in Essex has a haircut during a break between sweeps. A Supermarine Spitfire is in the background.
Reverend Hermann Mayerowitsch stands in the runis of the Great Synagogue, Dukes Place, London. The building was extensively damaged during an air raid on 10 May 1941.
The dawn sky is lit by the bombardment before the assault on Thiepval, 15 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.
Cecil Beaton photograph of an RAF bomber crew being debriefed by the squadron intelligence officer on their return from a night raid over Germany, 1941.
Short Stirling Mk IVs of Nos. 196 and 299 Squadrons RAF lining the runway at Keevil in Wiltshire, before emplaning paratroops of the 5th Parachute Brigade Group for the invasion of Normandy, 5 June 1944.
A horticultural school for women now training students in all branches of agriculture and horticulture with special regard to producing disease free crops.Hard work but fun, digging a trough for seed sowing in the experimental vegetable gro
Bristol Beaufighter Mk Xs of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy in Scotland, February 1945.
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX at Eastleigh in Hampshire, after assembly at Vickers Armstrong Ltd, 9 May 1944.
