An archive of aerial photographs snapped by daring pilots during secret reconnaissance missions in the Second World War have been revealed to the public for the first time.
Flight Sergeant Bill Gunn of No 159 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force in the tail gun of his B-24 Liberator.
Ex RAF Coastal Command Shackleton MR.2 operated by the Farnborough-based Empire Test Pilot School wearing a non-standard scheme with blue upper surfaces. Also, unusually, 'Royal Navy' titles on rear fuselage. - Photo taken at Farnborough (FAB / EGLF) in England, United Kingdom on September 12, 1964.
he U-2 was a Type IIA Coastal U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine. Laid down in Deutsche Werke of Kiel in 11 February 1935 as 'Werk' 237, she was launched on 1 July and commissioned on 25 July 1935 with Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.) Hermann Michahelles in command.
Air gunners at their positions on board a Bristol Beaufort Mk I (L4461 OA-J) of No. 22 Squadron at North Coates, July 1940. One gunner occupies the Bristol Mark IV turret, mounting a single .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun (VGO). For added protection against beam attacks, 22 Squadron has installed another K gun, mounted in the port entry hatch.
These aircraft were used in the Azores and Outer Hebrides on anti U-boat operations over the North Atlantic from 1942 to 1943.
Original wartime caption: For story see CH.13653 Picture (issued 1944) shows - Flight mechanics replating the rudder and tail of a Coastal Command Sunderland back from an operation against Ju.88s while on patrol in the Bay of Biscay. Cannon shell rips are visible both in the flag and below the rudder.
Original wartime caption: The observer of the Beaufighter in his seat halfway down the fuselage. His seat swings in a complete circle, giving him a view in all directions through the pear-shaped blister window that enclosed his head. A navigation table swings down into position in front of him.
SANTA RITA, Guam (May 17, 2019) Two Mark VI patrol boats from Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 2, assigned to Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1, Det. Guam, during a lift operation along-side the Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning force container, roll-on/roll-off and mobile landing platform USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312) in Apra Harbor, Guam. CRS-2, assigned to Coastal Riverine Group 1, Det. Guam, is capable of conducting maritime security operations across the full spectrum of naval, joint and combined operations. Further, it provides additional capabilities of port security, embarked security, and theater security cooperation around the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.)
In the year 1942 there had been some improvement in the numbers of aircraft available to the Command, and the types of aircraft that were to come i...
Original wartime caption: For story see CH.8561 Picture shows -The flight engineer at his bench on the flight deck. Ho has to keep a log and watch the cylinder head temperature and the oil pressure and temperature.
Original wartime caption: Picture (issued 1944) shows - Inspecting the tail unit of a Liberator after its return from an Atlantic patrol.
I have been creating all kinds of simple coastal inspired decorations from all of the finding from my beachcombing this week. Since this yea...
Wellington XIV HF385 of No 612 Squadron, under tow at Chivernor, April 1944. The WAAF tractor driver is 20-year-old LACW Felicity Lambert.
Original wartime caption: For story see CH.11099 Picture (issued 1943) shows - Fortress crews being briefed.
Coastal Command aircrew officers at Wick, Caithness, examine with interest a visiting Cierva Rota autogyro used for Army co-operation work.
An Anson of No 502 Squadron undergoing a major inspection at Aldergrove, near Belfast, April 1940.
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