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Barrage balloons being transported out of a hangar in London, 1940.
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Propaganda newsreels, British-style... about the War in Russia.
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Servicemen enjoy a front-row view at Wembley during the wartime friendly between England and Scotland specially organised by the FA, 1941.
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Found this and thought it a very good photo............ the site has loads of great photos and information......
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/raf-pilot-haircut-1942/
Steve
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/raf-pilot-haircut-1942/
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RAF members ride bicycles to deliver food, cooked at a central depot, to barrage balloon crews.
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Cleaning 4 broken images.
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March 1941, a warden gives directions to a mother and her two children during a gas drill.
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Citizens painting white circles on trees in the event of a blackout during air raids.
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Written by germans soldiers in France (1944): “Unknown English soldierâ€.
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Some children putting on a revue in London,1943.
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The Oval (the cricket ground in London) took on the look of a prisoner of war camp in 1944. But was never used for this purpose.
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London, 1940, Provision of tea for bombed citizens.
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On 26 July 1945, the HMS Sussex, was attacked by one bombers acting as kamikaze, who made an imprint on the side of the ship, from which it could be identified as a Mitsubishi Ki-51 “Soniaâ€.
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Patrolling the English channel.
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Then & now...
Up, W, Churchill, on 10 Downing St., August,1941
Down, at the door, Larry, the cat that lives in the place.
Up, W, Churchill, on 10 Downing St., August,1941
Down, at the door, Larry, the cat that lives in the place.
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A corner of a church in Dover, damaged by a flying bomb. The sign on the wall reads that the church was also bombed during WW1. The source say was built in 1910, bombed in 1917 and rebuilt in 1920. It was later bombed again in 1941 and rebuilt again in 1949 !
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Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal (1940), a spotter watching out for German air raids.-
....ah yes.......the original fourth official..........