Did a great job on the ribs of the cockpit glass. I never could get them right. 
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Citizens examine the menu while queuing to get into a makeshift canteen during the Blitz. Sept 1940.
I wonder what the d is?
Two pence?
Ration stamps?
Two pence?
Ration stamps?
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..."Pennies were, confusingly, abbreviated to 'd'. This is because the Latin word for this coin was Denarius"...
This is the closest I found answering your question.
And I saw other images with that "d" abbreviation.
The mail always gets through... 1941, North Africa.
I'd love to read about the logistics involved in that.
I guess I could Google it if I was all that serious.
I guess I could Google it if I was all that serious.
Pick up some old mags at a car boot sale...
Appears this was printed around Sept 1940.
Appears this was printed around Sept 1940.
Don't recognize the tank.
Think it is a Renault R35 (Looks a lot bigger in the photo!)
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Does the address no longer exist?... A postman stands amid the rubble of Watling St. after a German bombing in London, 1941.
I guess Boudica moved on as well.
And today....
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W. Churchill aboard a Boeing 314 flying-boat, in route from Virginia to Bermuda. Jan 1942.
"He flew to Bermuda on Jan 15, 1942 from Virginia aboard the British Overseas Airline Corporation’s Boeing 314 flying boat “Berwickâ€. The British Prime Minister had been in Washington for several weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 1941.
Soon after the flight departed for Bermuda, Churchill entered the “Berwick’s†cockpit smoking his trademark cigar, and Capt. Kelly Rogers waived the rules and let him continue, even allowing him to strike a match when it went out.
He tried the controls of the huge craft, as Kelly Rogers whispered into the co-pilot’s ear, ordering him to apply corrections only if it looked as if the plane was getting out of the Prime Minister’s control.
The Prime Minister had visited the island for a secret 24-hour stop-over and addressed the House of Assembly, expressing his gratitude to Bermuda for allowing the construction of US military bases the previous year".
"He flew to Bermuda on Jan 15, 1942 from Virginia aboard the British Overseas Airline Corporation’s Boeing 314 flying boat “Berwickâ€. The British Prime Minister had been in Washington for several weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 1941.
Soon after the flight departed for Bermuda, Churchill entered the “Berwick’s†cockpit smoking his trademark cigar, and Capt. Kelly Rogers waived the rules and let him continue, even allowing him to strike a match when it went out.
He tried the controls of the huge craft, as Kelly Rogers whispered into the co-pilot’s ear, ordering him to apply corrections only if it looked as if the plane was getting out of the Prime Minister’s control.
The Prime Minister had visited the island for a secret 24-hour stop-over and addressed the House of Assembly, expressing his gratitude to Bermuda for allowing the construction of US military bases the previous year".
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Sir George Elvey Creasy (1895/1972), a Royal Navy admiral of the fleet, holding a model British submarine, Dec 1944 .
Creasy saw service in both world wars. Much of his duty was in submarines or in defense against the Uâ€boats.
Creasy saw service in both world wars. Much of his duty was in submarines or in defense against the Uâ€boats.
Men of 51st Highland Division show off their stock of cigarettes, 24 July 1943, Sicily.
British Sherman tanks advance past a Spitfire which crash-landed near Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandy - June 17, 1944.
On June 10, 1944, RCAF Spitfire IX MJ316 VZ-S with 412 Squadron, piloted by Pilot Officer D R Jamieson, suffered a coolent leak and was forced to crash-land after the engine overheated.
IWM - Midgley, A. N. (Sergeant) Photographer.
IWM B 5660.
On June 10, 1944, RCAF Spitfire IX MJ316 VZ-S with 412 Squadron, piloted by Pilot Officer D R Jamieson, suffered a coolent leak and was forced to crash-land after the engine overheated.
IWM - Midgley, A. N. (Sergeant) Photographer.
IWM B 5660.
That looks like the tip of another wing on the left of the photo.
I believe that might be the left wing of the Spitfire, perhaps it broke off during the landing. Seems too large a coincidence that another fighter plane would have come down in the same spot.
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Female producing bullets and cannon shells in an underground munitions factory on the Wirral, Merseyside, 1945.
(I just found out that there were already fluorescent lights at that time.)
(I just found out that there were already fluorescent lights at that time.
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No light switches though……Female producing bullets and cannon shells in an underground munitions factory on the Wirral, Merseyside, 1945.
(I just found out that there were already fluorescent lights at that time.
Cos they used a new fangled thing….. called an “app”…..