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Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown

School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown
School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees are fed. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Helping the Prisoners of War Parcels Scheme, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. Creator: Unknown

An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. Creator: Unknown
An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown

A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. Creator: Bernard Partridge

Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. Creator: Bernard Partridge
Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. An elderly Britannia takes the arm of a boy scout. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts

Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Des Creator: Unknown
Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Despite Physical Handicaps, 1944

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Kim's Game, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Kim's Game, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Kim's Game, 1944. Scouts playing a game in which a selection of objects must be memorised. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Portrait of Lenin, 1970. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of Lenin, 1970. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Lenin, 1970. From We Live and Work According to Lenin: Atlas of the Novosibirsk Region, 1970. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union drew its legitimacy from the life

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Smoke stacks, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Smoke stacks, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Smoke stacks

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a glass furnace melting the carefully compounded batch required for the production of Fiberglas thermal insulation being installed in

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Churchill in Cairo, with Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, 1943, (1945)

Churchill in Cairo, with Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, 1943, (1945). Sir Winston Churchill with Haile Selassie during the formers visit to Cairo on his way back from the Yalta Conference during

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941

Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. Artist: London News Agency
Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. The Prime Minister being introduced to the players by England captain Eddie Hapgood before a wartime international

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Yalta Conference of Allied leaders, World War II, 4-11 February 1945

Yalta Conference of Allied leaders, World War II, 4-11 February 1945. Seated left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Air raid damage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, World War II, April 1940

Air raid damage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, World War II, April 1940. The first British casualties of the German bombing of England occurred at Clacton on 30 April 1940

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Toledo, Ohio. Intense heat is needed to melt the inorganic ingredients of the batch from which Fiberglas insulation wool is manufactured

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: Junkers

Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: Junkers
Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle principle with

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki

Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki
Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building licensed Bristols beginning in the late 1920s, and Gnome-Rhone engines beginning in 1936

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: RAF flying suit, 1940s. Creator: Unknown

RAF flying suit, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
RAF flying suit, 1940s. One-piece " Sidcot" flying suit 1940 Pattern, worn by pilots in Britains Royal Air Force during World War II

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Plotting Board, Navy, Mark 3A, 1942. Creator: Felsenthal Instrument Co

Plotting Board, Navy, Mark 3A, 1942. Creator: Felsenthal Instrument Co
Plastic assembly: board, data card, map template; holder: aluminum

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Type AN 5835-1 dead reckoning computer owned by Fenton B. Sands, 1944-1948. Creator: J. B

Type AN 5835-1 dead reckoning computer owned by Fenton B. Sands, 1944-1948. Creator: J. B
Flight computer belonging to Tuskegee Airman Dr. Fenton B. Sands, an African-American First Lieutenant Navigator-Bombardier with the 617th Bombardment Squadron of the 477th Composite Group during

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: First aid kit, 1943-1945. Creator: Davis Emergency Equipment Co. Inc

First aid kit, 1943-1945. Creator: Davis Emergency Equipment Co. Inc
A U.S. Army-issued first aid kit from World War II labeled [For Gas Casualties Only]. The green painted metal box has four latches on each side so, that when open

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). Creator: Charles Cundall

A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). Creator: Charles Cundall
A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). British aircraft of the Royal Air Force at the coast. Painting in a private collection. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown

Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Creator: Unknown

The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Creator: Unknown
The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Her huge bows tower to her iron flight deck 800 feet long and 94 across

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Desert Squadron - planes of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, c1943

Desert Squadron - planes of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, c1943. The aircraft are Martlets...operating in the Western Desert with the Royal Air Force

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. Creator: Unknown

Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. British pilots on board an aircraft carrier during the Second World War. The Fa is the section of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Creator: Unknown

Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Second World War advertisement for aircraft finishes made by Titanine Ltd of Colindale, London: Supplied for over 25 years

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. Creator: Unknown

The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. The Cierva C.30 autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva was built during the 1930s in Britain, France and Germany under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Mule Train, 1947. Creator: Unknown

Mule Train, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Mule Train, 1947. By Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, Fred Glickman, featuring Jimmy Miller and the Squadronaires, a band intended to raise morale and entertain the troops during World War II. [Chappell & Co

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946)

Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946)
Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the Boeing flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946). Mr Churchill, in siren suit, talking to Captain Shakespeare

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: RAF Spitfire on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944)

RAF Spitfire on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944)
RAF Spitfire fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). The Spitfires Come. From " The Air Battle of Malta"

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The operations of Force Viper, Burma, World War II, 1942-1943 (1944). Creator: Unknown

The operations of Force Viper, Burma, World War II, 1942-1943 (1944). Creator: Unknown
The operations of Force Viper, Burma, World War II, 1942-1943 (1944). From " The Royal Marines - The Admiralty Account of Their Achievement 1939-43"

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown

Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown
Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Capt Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, who later lost his life on the Stockholm run

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Refuelling and re-arming Spitfire fighters, Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). Creator: Unknown

Refuelling and re-arming Spitfire fighters, Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). Creator: Unknown
Refuelling and re-arming Spitfire fighters, Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). Each to his Station. - While the pilot waits, soldiers and airmen refuel and reammunition his Spitfire in its pen

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: British X-Craft midget submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown

British X-Craft midget submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
British X-Craft midget submarine, World War II, 1945. New Weapons. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: China meets Ceylon in London - Hsiao Ch ien and J. M. Tambimuttu, 1942 Creator: Unknown

China meets Ceylon in London - Hsiao Ch ien and J. M. Tambimuttu, 1942 Creator: Unknown
China meets Ceylon in London - Hsiao Ch ien and J. M. Tambimuttu broadcasting in the Eastern Service, 1942. From " Calling All Nations", by T. O. Beachcroft

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Omoba Adenrele Ademola, daughter of Alake of Abeokuta, Nigeria, calls West Africa, 1942

Omoba Adenrele Ademola, daughter of Alake of Abeokuta, Nigeria, calls West Africa, 1942
The Omoba Adenrele Ademola, daughter of the Alake of Abeokuta, Nigeria, calls West Africa, 1942. From " Calling All Nations", by T. O. Beachcroft

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton

Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: British and Greek Ministers Confer in Athens, Christmas Day, 1944, (1945). Creator: Unknown

British and Greek Ministers Confer in Athens, Christmas Day, 1944, (1945). Creator: Unknown
British and Greek Ministers Confer in Athens, Christmas Day, 1944, (1945). Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and the Greek Regent

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The Original War Cabinet, 1939, (1945). Creator: Unknown

The Original War Cabinet, 1939, (1945). Creator: Unknown
The Original War Cabinet, 1939, (1945). British politicians at the start of the Second World War. Standing from left to right: Sir John Anderson, Lord Hankey, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Winston Churchill

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret on the Balcony

The King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret on the Balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE-Day, 8 May 1945



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