Hamburg-Steinwerder, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3395
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial view of severely damaged docks in the Steinwerder district of Hamburg, looking south-west from over the Rive Elbe. The whole area has been devastated a... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE91
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DK148 'MP-G' "Johnnie the Wolf", of No. 76 Squadron RAF rests at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, after crash-land... More
Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Gr...
Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Grand Slam' 22,000-lb deep-penetration bomb, running up its engines at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 1944. An Avro Lancaster B Mark 1 (Special)... More
Hamburg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3677
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Annotated vertical aerial taken during the night raid on Hamburg of 24/25 July 1943. Sticks of incendiaries are burning in the Altona and Dock districts (top, '4'). ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11972
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer A E Manning and his crew gather by their aircraft, Avro Lancaster B Mark I, W4964 'WS-J', of No. 9 Squadron RAF, shortly after their return to Bardney, ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18743
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Officer of the Watch in the Watch Office at Snaith, Yorkshire, guiding Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF back to base after a night raid on Nuremberg. ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6091
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 83 Squadron RAF is signalled off on the third 'Thousand Bomber' raid, an attack on Bremen, Germany from Scampton, Lincolnshire. The... More
Münster, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL2372
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A locomotive and its tender, upended by an explosion during heavy raids by Bomber Command, is inspected by an RAF officer in the railway yards at Munster, Germany.
Berlin-Siemensstadt, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3196
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Siemens factory at Siemensstadt, Berlin, badly damaged as a result of raids by aircraft of Bomber Command.
St Leu d'Esserent, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL1679
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial photograph showing the entrances to the subterranean tunnels at St Leu d'Esserent, north-west of Paris, France, which were used by the Germans to store ... More
Avro Lancaster Mk Is of No. 44 Squadron RAF, 29 September 1942. TR198
Avro Lancaster Mk Is of No. 44 Squadron RAF, 29 September 1942. Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire, flying above the clouds. Left to right: W41... More
Berlin-Marienfelde, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3330
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken over the Marienfelde district of Berlin, during the first major night raid on the city by aircraft of Bomber Command since November 19... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10900
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Short Stirling B Mark III of No. 90 Squadron RAF relax by their aircraft on a hard standing north of the main runway at West Wickham/Wratting Common, Cam... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12606
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Air Vice Marshal R D Oxland, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Bomber Command. He also served as Bomber Command Liaison Officer at SHAEF in 1944. Photograph... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH15363
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') is hoisted from the bomb dump to its carrier at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to be lo... More
Berlin-Moabit, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4925
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Aerial vertical taken over the Moabit district of Berlin during a raid by 33 De Havilland Mosquitos of the Late Night Striking Force. The track of a falling target in... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6425
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster Mark I, L7540 'OL-U', of No. 83 Squadron RAF's Conversion Flight undergoes an engine overhaul at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. Note the armament has been... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6588
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Pilot Officer R P Burrows, a Flying Control Officer at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, radios the barometric pressure to aircraft seeking permission to land, while a WAAF a... More
Hamburg-Wandsbek, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3832
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Annotated vertical photograph taken over Hamburg, Germany by a specially-equipped aircraft to show the feasibility of damage plotting during a night raid. This exposu... More
Nürnberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3097
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Wrecked workshops of the Siemens-Schuckert Werke electrical factory at Nuremberg, which was attacked a number of times by Bomber Command.
Juvisy-sur-Orge, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL4170
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Low-level oblique aerial photograph of wrecked rolling stock in the severely-damaged marshalling yards at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. The yards were successfully attacke... More
Köln-Mülheim, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4748
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken over the Mulheim district of Cologne, Germany, during a heavy daylight raid, showing a Handley Page Halifax flying southwards over the... More
Lancasters daylight formation
Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10405 (cropped)
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 'WS-H', of No 9 Squadron RAF, flown by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF and his crew, taking off at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a raid ... More
Obersalzberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C5242
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken during the daylight raid on Adolf Hitler's chalet complex and the SS guard barracks at Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, by 35... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH5135
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers wait for the conclusion of an engine test on Short Stirling Mark I, 'OJ-N', of No. 149 Squadron RAF, parked at the end of the south-east runway at Mildenhall... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH7844
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Douglas Boston Mark IIIs of No. 88 Squadron RAF based at Oulton, Norfolk, flying at low level over the North Sea, in order to avoid detection by enemy radar, while on ... More
Avro Lancaster Mk I of No. 83 Squadron, based at Scampton in Lincolnsh...
Avro Lancaster Mk I of No. 83 Squadron, based at Scampton in Lincolnshire, June 1942. Lancaster B Mark I, R5852 OL-Y, of No. 83 Squadron RAF based at Scampton, Lincolnshire, in flight.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE121
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The rear section of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, DV305 'BQ-O', No. 550 Squadron RAF based at North Killingholme, Lincolnshire, seen at Woodbridge Emergency Landing Ground,... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE25
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Construction of an airfield for No. 3 Group RAF at Witchford, Cambridgeshire: a bulldozer and a No. 10 Ruston Bucyrus dragline excavator at work on a gravel pile.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10405
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 'WS-H', of No 9 Squadron RAF, flown by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF and his crew, taking off at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a raid o... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12680
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Aircrews of No. 199 Squadron RAF are briefed for a mine-laying sortie to be undertaken off the Dutch coast, in the Operations Room at Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13706
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF electrician repairing the switches on the engines panel in a Handley Page Halifax at a Bomber Command station.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH16135
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Head and shoulders portrait of Air Vice Marshal C R Carr, Air Officer Commanding No. 4 Group. Photograph taken at 4 Group Headquarters, Heslington Hall, York.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18684
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A loose formation of six Avro Lancaster B Mark IIIs of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, flying above clouds.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH5988
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The air and ground crews responsible for the maintenance, servicing and flying of a Short Stirling B Mark I of No. 218 Squadron RAF at Marham, Norfolk. Standing at th... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH9127
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No. 57 Squadron RAF parked in a dispersal area at Scampton, Lincolnshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL2731.2
Low-level oblique aerial photograph of the bomb-cratered German secret weapon site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France. The concrete slab covering the V3 guns which were intended to bombard London. The site w... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL3400 (cropped)
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial view of ruined residential and commercial buildings south of the Eilbektal Park (seen at upper right) in the Eilbek district of Hamburg, Germany. These... More
Düsseldorf-Derendorf, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL2518
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An RAF officer surveys the wreckage of the machine tool shop of the Rheinmetall-Borsig AG arms factory at Derendorf, Dusseldorf, Germany, which was severely damaged du... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4335
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical photograph taken during the night attack on the German tank and lorry depot near Mailly-le-Camp, France, by 346 Avro Lancasters of Nos. 1 and 5 Groups. A Lan... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4463
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Evening sunlight shines on a Handley Page Halifax, during an attack on a flying-bomb site in the Pas-de-Calais, France, as smoke from target indicators rises from the target.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10336
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An AEC Type 'A' 2,500-gallon extra heavy petrol tractor refuelling an Avro Lancaster.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12354
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 619 Squadron RAF, caught in floodlights while running up its engines at night at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH17864
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Wing Commander J B Tait, Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron RAF (fifth from left), standing with his crew by the tail of their Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special), E... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH17883
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A 4,000-lb GP Bomb is hoisted from its trolley during operational trials at Marham, Norfolk. It entered general service with Bomber Command squadrons in early 1943, b... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18658
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF intelligence officer, Section Officer P Duncalfe, questions the pilot, Warrant Officer H Blunt (to her left), and crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, JB362 'EA-D... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6097
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5626 'OL-E', of No. 83 Squadron RAF taking off for Bremen, Germany, on the third 'Thousand-Bomber' raid, from Scampton, Lincolnshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6276
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers preparing fire bombs at RAF Marham, Norfolk. Here trolleys loaded with Small Bomb Containers (SBCs) with their carriers attached, are awaiting delivery to aircraft.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL3400
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial view of ruined residential and commercial buildings south of the Eilbektal Park (seen at upper right) in the Eilbek district of Hamburg, Germany. These... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. HU60540
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair (in civilian raincoat), accompanied by the Commanding Officer of No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF, Wing Com... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE76
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The wrecked rear turret of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, ED413 'DX-M' "Minnie the Moocher", of No. 57 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Lincolnshire, after returning from a night ... More
Magdeburg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3459
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Low-level view of the centre of Magdeburg from over the River Elbe, showing the severe bomb damage to buildings and warehouses in the vicinity of the wharves.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CH8256
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 Lockheed Ventura Mark IIs of No. 464 Squadron RAAF running up their engines at Feltwell, Norfolk, before a flight.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. C4475
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster leaves the target area (top left), as smoke from exploding bombs smothers the village of Cagny, south-east of Caen, France. 942 aircraft of Bomber C... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10226
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax B Mark V Series I (Specials) of No. 76 Squadron RAF lined up at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11946
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Air Vice Marshal R A Cochrane, Air Officer Commanding No. 5 Group, sat at his desk at Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13702
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF corporal radio telephony operator communicating with aircraft from the watch office at a Bomber Command station.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13714
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A WAAF signals officer testing the intercom system in an Avro Lancaster at a Bomber Command station.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH14223
IWM text : "Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax B Mark III Series 1A of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit undergoes maintenance at night in a T2 Type hangar at Rufforth, Yorkshire". ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH14499
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Head and shoulders portrait of Air Vice Marshal H A Constantine, at the time of the announcement of his appointment as Air Officer Commanding No. 5 Group. Photograph ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH5595
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Aircrews of No 88 Squadron RAF standing around a bomb-trolley loaded with 500-lb GP bombs, before they are loaded into the Squadron's Douglas Boston Mark IIIs for a da... More
Darmstadt, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3359
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial view of the devastated town centre of Darmstadt, Germany. Most of the damage was caused on the night of 11/12 September 1944, when 226 Avro Lancasters ... More
Düsseldorf, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3125
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken over the centre of Dusseldorf at 11 pm on 10 September 1942, at the height of the major night raid by 479 aircraft of Bomber Command. ... More
Etaimpuis-Biennais, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4462
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax is silhouetted against target indicators descending over the target during the bombing of a flying-bomb storage dump at Biennais, France, at 3.3... More
Handley Page Halifax - Elvington - Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 194...
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Farm labourers stack a load of late hay by a dispersal at Elvington, Yorkshire, in which Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DT807 'KN-R' "Rita", of No.... More
Nürnberg, Altstadt, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL3106
Deutsch: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Ein Offizier der Royal Air Force durchquert die Ruinen der Lorenzer Altstadt in Nürnberg (im Bereich des Kreuzgassenviertels), die durch mehrere Angriffe des ... More
Nürnberg, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C3110
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. 30-lb incendiary bombs, just released from an attacking aircraft, fall over the southern suburbs of Nuremberg during the night raid of 28/29 August 1942.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10126
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IVs of No 139 Squadron RAF being prepared for a raid at Marham, Norfolk, while serving with No. 2 Group.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11298
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Planning a large scale bombing operation: Air Vice Marshal C R Carr, Air Officer Commanding No 4 Group (centre), issuing instructions in the operations room at Headqua... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12355
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, DV397 'QR-W', of No. 61 Squadron RAF taxying past the windsock at Coningsby, Lincolnshire. DV398 was lost during a raid on Berlin, Germany on... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12573
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Air Vice Marshal R Harrison, Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group, seated at his desk at Group Headquarters, Harraton House, Exning, Suffolk.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CL329
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster dropping bombs on a flying-bomb site in northern France through clouds. Other Lancasters can be seen circling the target area. Three sites were at... More
Essen, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL2377
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial photograph of part of the devastated Krupps armaments works at Essen, Germany, on which the last Bomber Command raid had been mounted one month before.
Handley Page Halifax - Elvington - Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 194...
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Handley Page Halifax B Mark III of No. 347 (Free French) Squadron RAF, taxies to its dispersal at Elvington, Yorkshire.
Handley Page Halifax CH14526, World War II photo
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command This crashed Halifax III at Full Sutton in early January 1945 was the centrepiece of a posed sequence illustrating the work of WAAF nursing orderlies. Corporal Dennett ... More
Lübeck, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C2367
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical aerial photograph taken during the major raid on Lubeck on the night of 28/29 March 1942, showing the glare of incendiary fires in the Altstadt (upper left), ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10251
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Group Captain P C "Pick" Pickard with his pet sheepdog "Ming", pictured while resting from operations as Station Commander at Lissett, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10714
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 61 Squadron RAF walk towards their aircraft at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, before taking off for a raid on Hamburg, Germany.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13716
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Leading Aircraftwoman Lilian Yule tractors Avro Lancaster B Mark III, DV238 'EA-O', of No. 49 Squadron RAF to its dispersal slot at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire. DV238 lat... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH14544
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Half-length portrait of Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby, Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command. Photograph taken at Headquarters Bomber Command, High... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18010
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer R G Hayes (left) and Flight Lieutenant J Gordon, navigator and pilot respectively of a De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IV of No. 105 Squadron RAF, listen i... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH20901
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Elizabeth standing with a group of RAF personnel, including the Station Commander (standing on the Queen's right), during ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH5282
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Short Stirling B Mark Is of No. 7 Squadron RAF are refuelled on the flight line at Oakington, Cambridgeshire, prior to a night raid on Dortmund, 15 April 1942.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6535
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation JUBILEE, the Combined Forces raid on Dieppe, France. Aircrews of either No. 88 or No. 107 Squadrons RAF of No. 2 Group, being briefed by their flight comman... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH9926
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. King George VI, accompanied by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (right), talking to Pilot Officer L G Knight RAAF, during his visit to No. 617 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Linco... More
Siracourt, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL4157
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Low-level oblique aerial photograph showing the heavily-bombed flying-bomb assembly and launch bunker at Siracourt, France, the target for a number of attacks by Bombe... More
Turin, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C5542
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Vertical night aerial photograph taken over Turin with the aid of a 4.5-inch Photoflash bomb, during a raid by aircraft of Bomber Command. The area illuminated is aro... More
Avro Lancasters of No. 57 Squadron lined up at dusk before an operatio...
Avro Lancasters of No. 57 Squadron lined up at dusk before an operation, Scampton in Lincolnshire, February 1943. Avro Lancasters of No 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force, lined up in the dusk at Scampton, Lincolnsh... More
Düsseldorf, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 CL2522
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. View inside the tram terminus at Dusseldorf, Germany, wrecked as a result of repeated Bomber Command raids on the city in 1943 and 1944.
Essen, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945 C4743
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster (bottom left) and a Handley Page Halifax (top right) fly over Essen, Germany, during a major daylight attack by 771 aircraft which inflicted heavy d... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CE161
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer F H Greenhalgh, a wireless operator serving with No. 158 Squadron RAF based at Lissett, Yorkshire, contemplates his lucky escape when the propeller from... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10331
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Pocklington, Yorkshire, signals Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DT742 'DY-O', of No. 102 Squadron RAF, piloted by Sergeant ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10404
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED689 'WS-K', of No. 9 Squadron RAF, headed by the captain, Flight Lieutenant J A Wakeford boarding their aircraft at Bardney, L... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11542
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Close-up of a bomb aimer operating a Mark IXA Course-setting Bombsight in the nose of a Short Stirling.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12543
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Heavily-laden Avro Lancaster B Mark IIIs of No. 106 Squadron RAF taxy from their dispersals to the head of runway 20 at Metheringham, Lincolnshire, for take-off on a r... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13407
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Trolleys loaded with 500-lb GP and MC bombs, and their attendant armourers, are towed by tractors from the Bomb Store at Snaith, Yorkshire, towards aircraft dispersals... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6092
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5620 'OL-H', of No. 83 Squadron RAF, leads the queue of aircraft waiting to take off from Scampton, Lincolnshire, on the 'Thousand-Bomber' ra... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6095
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A queue of Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No. 83 Squadron RAF, waiting to take off from Scampton, Lincolnshire, on the 'Thousand-Bomber' raid to Bremen, Germany. A crewm... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH8792
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Sergeant J B Mallett, a flight engineer on board an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 57 Squadron at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, checks the readings on the aircraft's con... More