British Miscellaneous

[Bootie]

Stratford-on-Avon, St.Georges Day Ap 23rd 1944

 

[Bootie]

UK ship, no further details

 

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Brewster F2A Buffalo, 1943

 

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Brit depth charge being loaded on launcher, 1942

 

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Churchill visits a bomb-hit area of London, Sept 1940

 

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POW's on Tokyo roof wave to Allied plane after Jap surrender

 

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Monty, 1944

 

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Barrage balloons, location unknown

 

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[PoorOldSpike]

Bocage

Normandy terrain 1945

 

[PoorOldSpike]

Bunker disguised as church porch halfway down street on left, UK 1945

 

[PoorOldSpike]

Unexploded parachute mine in Brit garden

 

[ACSpectre]

That is one big SOB. I'd hate to be those guys if it went off.

 

[PoorOldSpike]

BRITISH SUB-CANOE

Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC) nicknamed the 'Sleeping Beauty'.
Released from a submarine near the target and powerd by an electric motor, they were intended to place an explosive charge on the hull of anchored enemy ships. They only saw limited use, notably when they sank two Jap ships in Phuket harbour, Thailand.

 

[PoorOldSpike]

 

[PoorOldSpike]

Henley-on-Thames, May 1944

 

[PoorOldSpike]

Moreton-in-the-Marsh, UK May 44

 

[PoorOldSpike]

The Queen Mother chats to troops

 

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