Photos Taken in United Kingdom | World War II Database

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Two submarines of US Navy Submarine Squadron 50 at Rosneath, Scotland, United Kingdom, circa 7 Dec 1942; sub possibilities were USS Barb, USS Blackfish, USS Herring, USS Shad, USS Gunnel, and USS Gurnard	A WAAF corporal checking a delivery of 20mm Hispano cannon shells before being loaded onto a Beaufighter Mark VI aircraft of No. 96 Squadron RAF at RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, 1943-1945

A WAAF driver turning the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van, Cardington, Bedfordshire, 1940s	A WAAF flight officer examining an aerial photograph with two Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilots, Benson, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1943

A WAAF leading aircraftwoman driver at the wheel of a Fordson 15-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	A WAAF member transposing a plain language message into perforated morse tape while the other threaded the tape into a high-speed transmitter, Headquarters No. 60 (Signals) Group, RAF Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, date unknown

A WAAF officer, acompanied by a flight sergeant, inspecting a squad of WAAF Policewomen, RAF Police School at RAF Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	A WAAF orderly dispatching messages by Lamson tube, 1940s

A WAAF storewoman checking parts in the spares section at No. 16 Maintenance Unit, RAF Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, date unknown	Acting Superintendent Mrs. Bolton of Women's Voluntary Service's Services Club at Chester House speaking to members of ATS and WAAF, Clarendon Place, Paddington, London, England, 1943

An intercept sheet of German radio transmission created for the cryptologists at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft 'Spotted Cow', assembly ship of 384th Bomber Group, 547th Bomber Squadron, based in RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1943, photo 1 of 2

Barrage balloon at the US military Springtown Camp in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 1943	Colossus code breaking computer, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1943

Completed Bren guns at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom, date unknown	Covenanter bridgelayer vehicle, 1940s

Crews of No. 77 Squadron RAF about to be driven by WAAF drivers to the dispersals at RAF Elvington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for the Squadron's fourth raid on Berlin, Germany, 1942-1945	Duchess of Gloucester Princess Alice, Honorary Air Commandant of the WAAF, being briefed by WAAF cypher officer Lady Dorothy Bowhill on internal transmission of decrypted signals by Lamson Tube at the Headquarters of Coastal Command, RAF Eastbury Park, Northwood, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, date unknown

Duke of Abercorn inspecting US Marines during ceremony marking first anniversary of USMC arrival, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 1943	Duke of Abercorn James Hamilton inspecting US Marines, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 1943