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Hannah, Sgt John, VC,
Photographs, In Storage, PC76/23/21
Sergeant John Hannah was just 18 years old when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for showing extraordinary courage and devotion to duty during a bombing operation in September 1940.
Handley Page Halifax Mk. II (JB910 ZA-R) on return from Stettin, 21 April 1943
Photographs, In Storage, P016039
Handley Page Halifax Mk. II (JB910 ZA-R) of No. 10 Squadron, under starboard front view about to land on return from Stettin, 21 April 1943.
Photograph of De Havilland Mosquito NF.30 (MM813 FK-H) of 219 Squadron, Lubeck, about 1945
Photographs, In Storage, P019171
The RAF occupied the former Luftwaffe airfield at Lubeck at the end of the Second World War. It was used to concentrate captured German aircraft, both those already captured and those brought in after the German surrender.
Ground crew at work on a Supermarine Spitfire XIVE aboard HMS Vindex, Iwakuni, Japan, September 1946
Photographs, In Storage, P019205
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the RAF provided aircraft and personnel to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force for Japan.
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, HMAC Glengorm
Photographs, In Storage, P020966
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car "HMAC Glengorm", photographed in Iraq.
Magnetic mine being loaded into the bomb bay of a Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Photographs, P021820
Minelaying operations, typically referred to as Gardening sorties, represented a considerable part of the RAF's activities throughout the Second World War. The first RAF airborne minelaying operation was completed by a Handley Page Hampden.
Avro Anson T.20 (VS504) in flight, 9 February 1948
Photographs, In Storage, P100018
The Avro Anson entered RAF service in 1936 for coastal reconnaissance tasks with Coastal Command. It was subsequently used for transport and training, both at home and overseas.
Bristol Sycamore HR.14 (XG538) in flight, 15 February 1956
Photographs, In Storage, P100112
The prototype Bristol 171 first flew on 24 July 1947. The type was selected for the RAF as the Bristol Sycamore for anti-submarine and search and rescue operations.
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