Historical Period - Second World War

The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All

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Three Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I aircraft of 19 Squadron.

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Take Off

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Your Britain - Fight for it Now [South Downs]

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Keep Mum - She's Not so Dumb! - Careless Talk Costs Lives

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A heavily-armed jeep patrol from 'L' Detachment SAS in North Africa, 18 January 1943.

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A Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940.

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Use Spades Not Ships

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Battle of Britain

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Better Pot Luck Than Humble Pie - Don't Waste Food!

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Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940.

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Going to Work

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Runway Perspective

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Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring

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Winston Churchill, cigar in mouth, gives his famous 'V' for victory sign during a visit to Bradford, 4 December 1942.

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Mr Churchill Inspecting a 'Tommy' Gun, 31 July 1940

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British commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, landing on 'Queen Red' sector of Sword Beach, at La Breche, on the morning of 6 June 1944.

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A Douglas Dakota of BOAC at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock.

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Women of Britain - Come into the Factories

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Your Britain - Fight for it Now

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A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4

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Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No. 610 Squadron based at Biggin Hill, flying in 'vic' formation, 24 July 1940.

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British airborne troops moving through a shell-damaged house in Oosterbeek near Arnhem during Operation 'Market Garden', 23 September 1944.

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