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Armstrong Whitworth H.M.A. R.33, close up port side of front, emerging from shed, 1919
Photographs, In Storage, P016840
The R.33 was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Barlow, North Yorkshire, in 1919.
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.
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.
English Electric Canberra PR.3 (WE173) of the Meteorological Research Flight (RAE), 1975
Photographs, In Storage, P019782
English Electric Canberra PR.3 (WE173) of the Metrological Research Flight (Royal Aircraft Establishment), 1975
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.
Avro Athena (VM125) in flight, 27 July 1948
Photographs, In Storage, P100019
The Avro Athena was designed as an advanced trainer to replace the Miles Master and North American Harvard. It used the Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba turboprop which delayed its development.
Avro Lancaster III in flight, circa 1943
Photographs, In Storage, P100026
The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.
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