Photos Taken in United Kingdom | World War II Database

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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

Ground personnel standing by Dodge WC54 field ambulances as B-17G Flying Fortress with the 381st Bomb Group returned to its base at RAF Ridgewell, Essex, England, UK, 1943-1945	P-47 pilot Capt Walker

P-51K Mustang “Donna-Mite” of the 352nd Fighter Squadron assigned to Lt Leroy C Pletz coming in for a landing at RAF Raydon, Suffolk, England, UK, 1945	RAF and WAAF personnel attending a joinery course of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown

The control tower at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1944-45. Note the firehouse next to it.	US Army Lieutenant General James Doolittle and Major General Curtis LeMay at 8th Air Force headquarters, High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom, 1945; note a tail boom of a P-38 Lightning behind them

US pilot Lt Robert G Young, Jr of the 374th Fighter Squadron on his P-51D Mustang at Little Walden in Essex, England, early 1945	View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat.

WAAF member on a secretarial course of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown	WAAF members being given instructions on filing during a secretarial course of the RAF Educational and Vocational Training Scheme, United Kingdom, date unknown