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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb aircraft of No. 151 Wing at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031211

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 Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

One aircraft flies over another that is on the ground under camouflage netting, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Group photograph of 603 Squadron posing with a Bristol Beaufighter, April 1944

Photographs, In Storage, P020406

No. 603 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, a reserve component of the RAF comprised of civilians designed to reinforce the RAF. They were one of 20 squadrons incorporated into the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

Formal squadron portrait with personnel posing on an aircraft, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (42-225845 R3-G) of the US 410th Fighter Squadron in flight over Normandy, 26 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6021/9

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of USAAF 410th Fighter Squadron soars over Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, 26 August 1944, having been part of the tactical air support provided to the Allied Armies in Europe by the US Ninth Air Airforce.

Aircraft in flight over an island, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt being worked on by engineers at the Thunderbolt Maintenance Depot, Normandy, 26 August 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6020/7

During the battle for Normandy that followed the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the Allies relied on air power to help support their advance.

General view of striped down Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and spare parts amongst trees, with ground crews, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Group photograph of pilots of No. 501 Squadron, France, 1940

Photographs, In Storage, P002750

Pilots of No. 501 Squadron on airfield somewhere in Northern France in 1940. James 'Ginger' Lacey, who would go on to be the second-highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, is part of the group.

Informal group portrait of RAF men, two in white overalls and the rest in RAF uniform, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Boeing Chinook HC Mk 1 ZA718/BN 'Bravo November', Falklands Campaign, 1982

Photographs, In Storage, P032358

ZA718, better known as Bravo November, is the RAF's most famous helicopter. One of the first Chinooks ordered by the RAF in 1978, she is a legendary survivor and veteran of every major conflict of the last 40 years. Three of her pilots have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions while at the controls of this aircraft.

Side view of Bravo November carrying supplies at sea, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Photograph of an Avro Lancaster Mk I (JE-C) of No. 195 Squadron dropping supplies over the Netherlands as part of Operation Manna, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P007095

An RAF Lancaster of No. 195 Squadron, having swapped its usual payload of bombs for food, delivers essential supplies to grateful Dutch civilians.

Civilians cheer an aircraft dropping supplies, © Royal Air Force Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum