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Wireless station, Middle East, 1941-1942

Photographs, In Storage, P032227

Oblique aerial view of a wireless mast.

tall aerial mast photographer from aircraft level with top of most above terrain in North Africa with town visible behind, RAF Museum

Short Stirling Mk I of No. 218 Squadron, being loaded with mines, 1943

Photographs, In Storage, P016020

Short Stirling Mk I (EF353 HA-C) of No. 218 Squadron, close-up rear port side view, loading mines, 1943.

Short Stirling (EF353 HA-C), close-up rear port side view, with mines on bomb trolleys awaiting loading, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Hawker Siddeley Vulcan B.2, with its weapons on display at RAF Waddington

Photographs, In Storage, P021335

The Vulcan was the second of the Royal Air Force’s ‘V bombers’ and like the Valiant and Victor provided part of Great Britain’s nuclear deterrent force for fifteen years. The Blue Steel nuclear missile, which entered service in 1963, can be seen at the front of this photograph. This image dates from around 1982.

View of Vulcan bomber and armaments on a runway, © Crown

Portrait photograph of Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson

Photographs, In Storage, P032224

Lawson completed over 100 operational sorties before his death on 3 January 1945 during an operation to Nuremberg. This portrait was likely taken in 1944 when Lawson held the rank of acting Wing Commander

Formal studio portrait photograph of an RAF officer., RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb aircraft of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga, 1941 during Operation Benedict

Photographs, In Storage, P031209

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.