Thursday, October 25, 2018

Some WW2 pics in colour

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Pics and comments sent to me by Graham E, from a new book published by the Imperial War Museum. It features images commissioned by the British Ministry of Information, with rare colour photos giving fresh insight into World War Two. Thanks Graham, 

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A 'spotter' at a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun site, in December 1942. 
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Dutch civilians dance in the streets of Eindhoven after liberation from the Nazis. ___________________ 


British soldiers admire the Caryatids, on the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece, in October 1944. 
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Nurses and convalescent aircrew enjoy a moment of peace at Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital at Halton in Buckinghamshire, England, August 1943. 
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Gun crew from the 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment on active service in Italy, in September 1943. 
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The crew from the 16th/5th Lancers, 6th Armoured Division, clean the barrel of a tank at El Aroussa in Tunisia, in March 1943. 
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British paratroopers prepare for a practice jump from an RAF Dakota at Down Ampney, Wiltshire, England, in April 1944. 
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Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery explains Allied strategy to King George VI in his caravan in the Netherlands, in October 1944. 
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Lancaster bombers nearing completion in an assembly plant at Woodford, near Manchester, England, in 1943. Around 125,000 British aircraft were built during World War Two.
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An Air Raid Precautions warden inspects damaged buildings in Holborn, East London. Most wardens were volunteers and one in six were women. 
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Members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) preparing parachutes for use by British airborne forces during the invasion of Europe, May 1944. 
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Wing Commander James 'Johnnie' Johnson, the RAF's best pilot with 31 confirmed 'kills', poses with his Spitfire and pet labrador, Sally, in Normandy, France, July 1944. 
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Private Alfred Campin of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, pictured during training in the UK in March 1944. 
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Lieutenant Vernon R. Richards of the 361st Fighter Group flying his P-51D Mustang, nicknamed 'Tika IV', during a bomber escort mission in 1944.


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