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B-17G bomber returned to Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom after being damaged on bombing mission over Cologne, Germany, 5 Oct 1944	Photograph taken moments after a mid-air collision between two B-17 Fortress bombers over the airfield at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 22 Oct 1944.

B-24H Liberator “Appassionata” (s/n 42-50437) of the 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth, England, United Kingdom, late 1944.	B-24H Liberator “Happy Warrior” (s/n 42-94860) of the 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, late summer 1944.

Medical staff and their WC-54 ambulances waiting for returning B-17 bombers, probably at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1944-45. Note the flare shot from the B-17 indicating wounded personnel on board	Wing Commander J. B. Tait (5th from left) with his crew in front of their Lancaster B Mk I (Special) bomber, RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 13 Nov 1944

A B-17 Fortress bomber inside a hangar at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, circa 1944.	A barracks hut at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, circa 1944.

Base hospital at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, circa 1944.	Wreckage of B-17 bomber 'Devil's Own' at RAF Debach, England, United Kingdom, 12 Dec 1944

17 B-17 Fortresses from the 533rd Bomb Squadron line up for a mission at Ridgewell, Essex, England, UK, 1945	A B-17G Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, late 1944 to 1945. The Triangle-H with yellow band tail markings identify the bomber as part of the 306th Bomb Group.

A corporal instructor assisting two WAAF members during their joinery class of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown	A crowded tower at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, 1944-45 with men awaiting the return of bombers of the 306th Bomb Group.

Actress Muriel Pavlow, in WAAF uniform, talking with casting director Bob Lennard at the Globe Theatre (now Gielgud Theatre), London, England, United Kingdom, 1945	Aircraft tires being loaded onto Avro York C Mark I MW137 aircraft of No. 511 Squadron RAF, RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 1944-1945

Avro York of No. 511 Squadron RAF being towed to its dispersal at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 1944-1945. Note additional York in the background on the right and a Dakota on the left.	B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Ready and Willing', Lead Assembly Ship of 466th Bomber Group, 784th Bomber Squadron, RAF Attlebridge, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Mar 1944-Apr 1945

Canadian-built PBV-1A Catalina in service as a USAAF OA-10 of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth, England, United Kingdom, 1945	Film director Flight Lieutenant J. E. Boulting and WAAF Leading Aircraftwoman Doreen North discussing the set-up of a shot in a scene at a railway station from 'Journey Together' at No. 1 RAFFPU at RAF Stanmore Park, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 1945