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| PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle and crew, circa 1940s; note the assistant gunner's PPSh-41 submachine gun | PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125, 1943 |
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| PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-132 flying over the Florida coast, United States, early 1943 | PV-1 Ventura aircraft, possibly of US Navy squadron VB-136, receiving a bomb from armorers, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 1943; note 'Burma Jeep' bomb service truck |
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| PV-3 Ventura aircraft in flight over the North American coast, early 1943; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Dec 1943 | Queen's College employee Pauline Craske speaking with a WAAF and several American servicemen aboard a train, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, 1943 |
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| RAF Air-Sea Rescue launch and Wellington bomber going to pick up a downed crew off the coast of Sollum, Egypt. 1941-44. | RAF and WAAF air ambulance orderlies of the Casualty Evacuation Unit at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, date unknown |
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| RAF and WAAF intelligence officers and their staff working in the Map Section in the Operations Block at Headquarters, Bomber Command, RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1942-1945 | RAF and WAAF personnel working in the wooden receiver hut at RAF Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, date unknown |
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| RAF firefighter demonstrating the handling of a hose to WAAF recruits, Egypt, 1940-1943 | RAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), seconded to the British Security Service MI5 and one of the principal architects of Operation Mincemeat, circa 1943. |
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| RAF Fortress Mark IIA of No. 220 Squadron at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides west of Scotland, 1943. This aircraft sank two U-boats, U624 & U707, and shared in sinking of U575. Note ASV II radar antennae under the wing. | Raffaele de Courten with Italian Navy officers, 1940s |
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| Rail car V-2 launching platform, Peenemünde, Germany, 1940s | Railcar-mounted 2 cm Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun in France, circa 1942-1943, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Railcar-mounted 2 cm Flakvierling 38 anti-aircraft gun in France, circa 1942-1943, photo 2 of 2 | Ram Mark I cruiser tank, circa 1940s |
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| Raoul Wallenberg's passport photo, circa 1940s | Rear quarter view of BV 222 Wiking aircraft, circa 1940s |
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