Historical Period - Second World War

Three Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I aircraft of 19 Squadron.

The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All

Use Spades Not Ships

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

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.

Your Britain - Fight for it Now [South Downs]

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.

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

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

Going to Work

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.

Runway Perspective

Battle of Britain

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

Women of Britain - Come into the Factories

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

Colonel David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service, with an SAS jeep patrol in North Africa, 18 January 1943.

The western bell towers of St Paul's Cathedral in London seen through an archway after the heavy incendiary raid of 29 December 1940.

Children are Safer in the Country...Leave Them There

Your Britain - Fight for it Now

Take Off

Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring

The Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940

Potatoes - Feed Without Fattening and Give You Energy