Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces
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The OP Sherman tank of Major Dennis Wells of 5th Royal Horse Artillery in Villers-Bocage, hit by Wittmann in the right front of the turret, June 1944. The wooden dummy gun can be seen laying in front of the tank.
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29 Sept 1942. Avro Lancaster R5740/`KM-O' taxis out at Waddington, Lincolnshire for air-to-air photography. At the controls is Squadron Leader Pat Burnett, the B Flight Commander of No 44 Squadron RAF.
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On this day in 1944, Normandy. Major "Spike" Galloway (6 Durham LI) from Newcastle, goes off to hospital after his wounded arm had been attended to at a Regimental Aid Post.
He was later KIA By a tree burst on 12 Aug 1944 near Le Plessis Grimault , he is buried with some of his lads in St Manvieu
He was later KIA By a tree burst on 12 Aug 1944 near Le Plessis Grimault , he is buried with some of his lads in St Manvieu
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17 June 1940, during Operation Aerial, RMS Lancastria was attacked by the Luftwaffe & sunk in 20 mins near St-Nazaire. 3,000 to 5,800 fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster - greater than Titanic & Lusitania combined. 2,477 survivors. Churchill imposed a media blackout on news.
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OTD in 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles area, France. Men from 2 Essex passing a knocked out Panther tank.
OTD in 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles, France. The remains of a Universal carrier blown up by a mine.
OTD in 1944, Tilly-sur-Seulles, France. The remains of a Universal carrier blown up by a mine.
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OTD 1943. Lieutenant C.W. Malins, commander of the destroyer HMS Easton.
Easton was a Hunt-Class destroyer, completed in 1942. She served primarily in the Med, where in 1943 she was badly damaged ramming and sinking a U-Boat. Repairs lasted well into 1944 but the lasting effects of the collision led to her being laid up after the war.
Easton was a Hunt-Class destroyer, completed in 1942. She served primarily in the Med, where in 1943 she was badly damaged ramming and sinking a U-Boat. Repairs lasted well into 1944 but the lasting effects of the collision led to her being laid up after the war.
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Stirling Mark I, R9254, fitted with H2S radar at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. This aircraft was passed to No. 214 Squadron RAF for operational service, and finally to No. 1653 Conversion Unit.
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North Africa. Soldiers from Indian 4 Division. ("Hellfire Pass" was the nickname for the strategically important Halfaya Pass, fortified by the Germans and which the British attacked, unsuccessfully, during operation Battleaxe.)
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