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RM2JKX7AA–Douglas Dakota Mark IIIs of No. 46 Group at Bazenville, Normandy, France, loading casualties for evacuation to the United Kingdom. Identifiable aircraft of No. 512 Squadron RAF (centre), and No. 575 Squadron RAF (extreme right)
RM2JKX6HN–Ground crew and armourers refill ammunition belts with .303 bullets by Hawker Hurricane Mark Is of No. 85 Squadron RAF at Lille-Seclin, France. The British single-seat fighter aircraft fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
RM2JKXCJ5–The Officer of the Watch in the Watch Office at Snaith, Yorkshire, England, guiding Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF back to base after a night raid on Nuremberg. The Station Commander of Snaith, can be seen waiting outside on the balcony of the Control Tower.
RM2JKX8PT–The Avro Lancaster B I R5868 'S-Sugar' refuels at RAF Hunsdon, Essex, England, after completing its 100th operation the previous evening against Bourg Leopold in Belgium on 12 May 1944. The 'Lancs' first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed.
RM2JKXC7J–A WAAF corporal radio telephony operator communicating with aircraft from the watch office at a Bomber Command station. The WAAF was established in 1939 when the Government decided that a separate women’s air service was necessary. The WAAF was not an independent organization, nor was it completely integrated into the RAF. Rather it was interlinked with the RAF so that whenever possible RAF personnel could be substituted for women.
RM2JKX9W3–An armourer cleans out the gun barrels of the rear turret of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator III, an American heavy bomber of No. 120 RAF, Squadron at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, in April 1943. At its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing that gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. The B-24 was used extensively in World War II, serving in every branch of the American armed forces as well as several Allied air forces and navies in every theater of operations.
RM2JKX85R–Ground crews refuelling and bombing up an Avro Lancaster of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, England, for a night raid on Krefeld, Germany. The bomb load consists of a 4,000-lb HC 'cookie' and mixed 1,000-lb and 500-lb MC bombs. The 'Lancs' first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed.
RM2JKX7MP–A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, of No. 110 Squadron RAF, undergoes elaborate servicing at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England. Armourers unload 250-lb GP bombs and Small Bomb Containers (SBCs) of incendiaries from a trolley, while other groundcrew refuel the aircraft and attend to the engines, the cockpit and the gun-turret. Note the pet dog on the engine cowling.
RM2JKX66X–Groundcrew of No. 274 Squadron RAF overhaul a Hawker Hurricane Mark I in Libya, during the defence of Tobruk. The British single-seat fighter aircraft fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War. A Westland Lysander STOL can be seen in the background
RM2JKXB9C–A Vickers Wellington of Royal Air Force Bomber Command is wheeled into a hanger at Royal Air Force Stradishall in Suffolk, England. The Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, until superseded by the larger four-engined 'heavies' such as the Avro Lancaster. It holds the distinction of having been the only British bomber that was produced for the duration of the war.
RM2JKX6P0–Long-range, 37-gallon drop-tanks next to a Republic Thunderbolt Mark IIs of No. 30 Squadron RAF, as they are readied for a sortie at Cox's Bazaar, India. The Thunderbolt was a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It could a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.
RM2JKXB2R–RAF and Dutch naval ground crews prepare to load 500-lb MC bombs into North American Mitchell Mark IIs of No. 98 Squadron RAF, during wintry conditions in Belgium. The North American B-25 Mitchell was a medium bomber introduced in 1941 and used by many Allied air forces.
RM2JKX8G0–The veteran Avro Lancaster bomber 'S for Sugar', of No 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is prepared for its 97th operational sortie at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England. The 'Lancs' first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed.
RM2JKXAFK–A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress II OF No 220 Squadron seen 'bombing up' with depth charges at Benbecula, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 1943. The Fortress was a four-engined heavy bomber was a relatively fast, high-flying, long-range bomber with heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. It developed a reputation for toughness based upon stories and photos of badly damaged B-17s safely returning to base. In addition to its role as a bomber, the B-17 was also employed as a transport, antisubmarine aircraft, drone controller, and search-and-rescue aircraft.
RM2JKX998–American heavy bombers, Consolidated B-24 Liberator GR Mark IIIs of No. 120 Squadron RAF, lined up with other aircraft at Aldergrove, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Mark IIIs are equipped with ASV Mark II anti-submarine radar, while the third aircraft in line, a GR Mark V of No. 86 Squadron RAF carries centrimetric ASV radar in a radome under the nose.
RM2JKXAPJ–Armourers wheel trolleys of 500-lb GP bombs toward the open bomb bay of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No. 58 Squadron RAF at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, England.The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was a British medium bomber, one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War. Alongside the Vickers Wellington and the Handley Page Hampden. In 1942 it was superseded as a bomber by the larger four-engined 'heavies' such as the Avro Lancaster.
RM2JKX625–Instrument fitters install an aerial camera (Type F.24 (14-inch lens) into the port oblique position in a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang Mark IA of No. 35 (Reconnaissance) Wing at Gatwick, Sussex, England.
RM2JKXC00–Trainee airframe fitters are taught repair procedures on Hawker Hurricane instructional airframe, 1359M, in a hangar at No. 2 School of Technical Training, Cosford, Shropshire, England. The Hurricane flew with No. 111 Squadron RAF before crashing during a forced landing in January 1939. More instructional airframes, including Bristol Blenheim Mark Is and a Fairey Battle, can be seen in the background.
RM2JKX9J7–Daily inspection of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator III, an American heavy bomber at Beaulieu in Hampshire, England December 1942. At its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing that gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. The B-24 was used extensively in World War II, serving in every branch of the American armed forces as well as several Allied air forces and navies in every theater of operations.
RM2JK1CG8–Pilots of No 87 Squadron run to their Hurricane fighters for a mock 'scramble' at Lille-Seclin, November 1939. The Hurricane, a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s, was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60 percent of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the engagement, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War
RM2JK1CT7–Pilots of No. 615 Squadron RAF gathered together in front of their Gloster Gladiator Mark IIs at Vitry, in Northern France. The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft, and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it was being introduced and saw action in almost all theatres during the Second World War.
RM2JK1DG6–The crew of a Vickers Wellington Mark X of 150 Squadron RAF receive a final briefing from their flight commander before taking off from Kairouan, Tunisia, for a raid on targets in the Salerno area on the day before the Allied landings. The Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, until superseded by the larger four-engined 'heavies' such as the Avro Lancaster. It holds the distinction of having been the only British bomber that was produced for the duration of the war.
RM2JK1E25–Interior view of the cockpit of an Avro Manchester Mark I of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Waddington, Lincolnshire, showing the pilot seated at the controls, and the bomb aimer leaving his seat in the nose section. The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engine heavy bomber, the forerunner of the famed and vastly more successful four-engined Avro Lancaster, which was one of the most capable strategic bombers of the Second World War.
RM2JK1D30–A De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XII of 604 Squadron RAF, in the snow at B51/Lille-Vendeville, France, before taking off on a night-fighter sortie. The 'Wooden Wonder' or 'Mossie' was a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood.
RM2JK1EAD–Aircrew and WAAF nursing orderlies help to load a battle casualty on a stretcher into a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF. The RAF's first 'casevac' flights to France were mounted by Dakotas of No. 46 Group on 13 June 1944, and the WAAF nursing orderlies were the first women to be employed on these duties'.
RM2JK1CKT–A pilot briefing on the elevator of a Hawker Tempest Mark V, 'JF-M' at Newchurch, Kent, prior to a sweep over the Caen area. The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) used from 1944 in the Second World War. It was the fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war at low altitude. It performed low-level interception, particularly against the V-1 flying bomb threat, and ground attack against rail infrastructure in Germany and Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground
RM2JK1DYA–The pilot of an Avro Lancaster of No. 103 Squadron RAF based at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, wearing his oxygen mask while flying the aircraft at high altitude. The 'Lancs' first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed.
RM2JK1DDM–The crew of Douglas Boston Mark III of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force, walking away from their aircraft on an airfield in Libya after a sortie. The Boston was an American medium bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.
RM2JK1CJB–Pilots and ground crews of No. 132 Squadron, RAF pose for the photographer with their Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs, lined up at Newchurch, Kent. The Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, using several wing configurations. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war.
RM2JK1EGE–The first WAAF nursing orderlies selected to fly on air-ambulance duties to France, standing in front of a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B2/Bazenville, Normandy. From left to right: Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts of Oswestry, Corporal Lydia Alford of Eastleigh and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck of Wellingborough'.
RM2JK1CDT–A pilot of No. 6 Squadron RAF in Egypt, by his Hawker Hurricane Mark IID showing the 40mm Vickers anti-tank cannon used to good effect in the fighting in North Africa. The Hurricane, a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s, was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60 percent of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the engagement, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
RM2JK1DM4–A crew member on board a Vickers Wellington of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF places night flares in position in the cramped rear fuselage. The Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers until superseded by the larger four-engined 'heavies' such as the Avro Lancaster. It holds the distinction of having been the only British bomber that was produced for the duration of the war.
RM2JK1CYM–Pilots of No. 320 or 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF walk to their Avro Anson Mark Is at Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire. Both Squadrons were formed on 1 June 1940 from members of the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service who had escaped to the United Kingdom after the invasion of Holland. It was a British twin-engined, multi-role aircraft, mostly reconnaissance,that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and other air forces before, during, and after the Second World War.
RM2JK1CBT–Armourers preparing belts of ammunition for a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 312 (Czech) Squadron RAF.The Hurricane, a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s, was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60 percent of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the engagement, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
RM2JK1DPG–One of the aircrew of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of a Detachment of No. 102 Squadron RAF at Villeneuve/Vertus, France, demonstrating how propaganda leaflets were dropped through the flare chute on leaflet-dropping sorties. The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was one of three British twin-engine, front line medium bomber types in service with the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of the Second World War and took part in the first RAF bombing raid on German territory. It remained an integral part of the early British bomber offensive until the introduction of four-engined 'heavies'.
RM2JK1CJJ–Supermarine Spitfire Mark XIV of No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF, starting up at Lympne, Kent, for an early morning sortie over Holland. The aircraft still bears the unit codes of No. 130 Squadron RAF, having been recently transferred from that unit. The Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, using several wing configurations. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war.
RM2JK1D9K–Crew members of Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of No. 40 Squadron RAF enjoy the fresh air while waiting to take off from Wyton, Cambridgeshire. On 26 August 1940, R3811 failed to return from a night intruder sortie over Querqueville and Maupertus airfields in France, all the crew being killed. The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company andused extensively in the first two years of the Second World War.
RM2JK1CP9–A trainee pilot and his instructor (in the front cockpit) preparing for a flight in a de Havilland Tiger Moth at an Elementary Flying Training School.The Tiger Moth was a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft
RM2JK1DTN–The navigator on an Avro Lancaster B Mark III from No. 619 Squadron RAF seated at his table in the aircraft. The 'Lancs' first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it became the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed.
RM2JJG7C3–A Westland Lysander Mark II of No. 225 Squadron RAF, undergoing maintenance at Tilshead, Wiltshire. Note the single Lewis Mark III machine gun on its Fairey mounting in the rear cockpit. The aircraft was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, particularly in occupied France.
RM2JJG77T–A formation of four Mosquito Mark IIs of No. 605 Squadron RAF based at Ford, Sussex in flight. The 'Wooden Wonder' or 'Mossie' was a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood.
RM2JJG7K2–Avro Lancaster B Mark I, R5620 of No. 83 Squadron RAF, leads the queue of aircraft waiting to take off from Scampton, Lincolnshire, on the 'Thousand-Bomber' raid to Bremen, Germany. This British four-engined heavy bomber was the only aircraft to be lost by the Squadron that night.
RM2JJG7FK–Handley Page Hampdens of No 14 Operational Training Unit (OTU), based at Cottesmore, 23 July 1940. A British twin-engine medium bomber it was operated by the Royal Air Force as part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Vickers Wellington. It served in the early stages of the Second World War, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and the first 1,000-bomber raid on Cologne. Later superseded by heavy bombers like the Avro Lancaster
RM2JJG7X0–A Bristol Bombay Mark I, British troop transport aircraft adaptable for use as a medium bomber of No. 216 Squadron RAF based at Heliopolis, Egypt, in flight over the Western Desert.
RM2JJG6AA–The Hawker Typhoon Mark IB was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor and replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered. By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a 'pure' fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role. This aircraft flown by No. 609 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Manston, Kent, England.
RM2JJG7HA–Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of Nos. 84 and 203 Squadrons RAF Detachments based at H4 landing ground in Transjordan, en route to attack Palmyra airfield during the first sortie by the RAF against Vichy French targets in Syria. The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company and used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War.
RM2JJG7DN–An Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, in flight. A British four-engined heavy bomber adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War Two.
RM2JJG73H–A Grumman Martlet naval fighter of No 888 Squadron Fleet Air Arm taking off from the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean. Originally called the Grumman F4F Wildcat, the American carrier-based fighter aircraft entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet.
RM2JJG6YX–Four Kittyhawk Mark Is in formation during a familiarisation flight by pilots of No. 94 Squadron RAF, who were in the process of re-equipping with the type when the unit's moved from Libya to Egypt. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. Warhawk was the American name for the plane.
RM2JJG75E–Formation photograph of six British Naval Airmen flying American built Chance-Vought Corsairs, with British markings during training. The Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter aircraft was designed and operated as one of the most capable carrier-based fighter-bombers that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
RM2JJG6K8–North American Aviation P-51 Mustangs of No. 2 Squadron RAF based at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. It was designed in April 1940 by a team from North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission.
RM2JJG7XD–A Mitchell Mark II of No. 98 Squadron RAF based at Dunsfold, Surrey, unloading its bomb load over a flying-bomb launching site in northern France, during a 'Noball' operation. The North American B-25 Mitchell was a medium bomber introduced in 1941 and used by many Allied air forces.
RM2JJG7NT–A Boeing Fortress Mark I of No. 90 Squadron RAF, taking off from Polebrook, Northamptonshire, to attack the German battlecruiser Gneisenau docked at Brest, France. Three of the Squadron's Fortresses accompanied the attacking force, bombing the vessel from 30,000 feet in an effort to draw enemy fighters from the other bombers.
RM2JJG75Y–Three De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI Series 2s of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF based at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, flying in tight starboard echelon formation, with 500-lb MC bombs on fitted on underwing carriers. The 'Wooden Wonder' or 'Mossie' was a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood.
RM2JJG79M–Mosquito FB Mark XVIII, of No. 248 Squadron RAF Special Detachment based at Portreath, Cornwall, banking while in flight, showing the 57mm Molins gun mounted underneath the nose. The 'Wooden Wonder' or 'Mossie' was a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood.
RM2JJG69X–The Hawker Typhoon Mark IB was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor and replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered. By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a 'pure' fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role. The aircraft flown by No. 609 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Manston, Kent, displays a score tally of 18 locomotives destroyed in ground attacks on the fuselage side.
RM2JJG6G1–Boulton Paul Defiant Mark Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF. The Defiant was a British interceptor aircraft designed as a 'turret fighter' that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. In combat, it was found to be effective at destroying bombers, the role it was designed for, but lacking forward-firing armament it was vulnerable to the Luftwaffe's single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, however, it found more success when converted to a night fighter.
RM2JJG774–Three De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI Series 2s of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF based at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, flying in tight starboard echelon formation, with 500-lb MC bombs on fitted on underwing carriers. The 'Wooden Wonder' or 'Mossie' was a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood.
RM2JJG686–Gloster Meteor F Mark I, the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during World War II, part of No. 616 Squadron RAF on the ground at Manston, Kent, England. In July 1944 the unit became the first squadron to receive jet equipment in the form of Gloster Meteor Mk.I fighters. The first Meteor operational sortie was on 27 July from RAF Manston when it intercepted V-1 flying bombs launched against southern England, with one V1 tipped over after a pilot's cannon jammed and another was shot down.
RM2JJG7TB–A Boston Mark III, of No. 88 Squadron RAF based at Attlebridge, Norfolk, in flight. It was an American medium bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.
RM2JJG6P0–Thunderbolt Mark II of No. 30 Squadron RAF, preparing to take off for a sortie from Cox's Bazaar, India. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It could a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.
RM2JJG6C5–Hawker Typhoon Mark IBs of No, 164 Squadron RAF, ready to take off from Thorney Island, Hampshire, to attack radar sites on the Normandy coast. The Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor and replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered. By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a 'pure' fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role.
RM2JJG6WB–A formation of Hawker Hurricane Mark Is of No. 85 Squadron RAF based at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, climbs above the clouds, led by Squadron Leader Peter H Townsend. The Hurricane, a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s, was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60 percent of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the engagement, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
RM2JJG7M0–Three Mitchell Mark IIs, of No. 226 Squadron RAF based at Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, about to bomb railway yards in northern France on the evening of 12 May 1944. The North American B-25 Mitchell was a medium bomber introduced in 1941 and used by many Allied air forces.
RM2JJG6DW–Boulton Paul Defiant Mark Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF. The Defiant was a British interceptor aircraft designed as a 'turret fighter' that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. In combat, it was found to be effective at destroying bombers, the role it was designed for, but lacking forward-firing armament it was vulnerable to the Luftwaffe's single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, however, it found more success when converted to a night fighter.
RM2JHG8FD–An Irish lad (1913) by Robert Henri (1865 -1929), an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists.
RM2JHG83X–Study of Two Carts in an Irish Landscape by Cornelius Varley, (1781-1873), an English water-colour painter and optical instrument-maker. He invented the graphic telescope and the graphic microscope.
RM2JHG8M8–One James Donovan, a 17 year old Irish Sweeper in Fall River Iron Works., Massachusetts, USA. 1916
RM2JHG8MM–Detail from the book caricatures of English society by George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch.He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier.
RM2JHG8AT–An Irish picnic by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, like other caricaturists of his age, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy.
RM2JHG8HY–Irish girl and child (1855) by William Gillard (1812-1897), born in Bristol to a well-known family of stonemasons. Apprenticed for six years to a Bristol carver and gilder, at 18 he had already exhibited a painting in Ireland, a country he fell in love with and where he would spend long periods working.
RM2JGAE4N–Amelia Earhart (1897 - declared dead 1939). She flew solo across the Atlantic in 1928, the first woman to do so. This photograph shows her shaking hands with Dan McCallon, the Irish farmer who was the only eyewitness to her landing in her Lockheed Vega. Upon greeting her, McCallon asked, 'Have you flown far?' Earhart answered, 'From America.'
RM2JGAE92–Michael Collins (1890-1922) an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician making a political speech. He was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence who travelled to the London peace conference to negotiate a treaty. The negotiations ultimately resulted in the Anglo-Irish Treaty which was signed on 6 December 1921. He was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 and commander-in-chief of the National Army from July until his death in an ambush in August 1922, during the Civil War that resulted from the treaty.
RM2JGAEEE–A portrait of Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays like 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. In 1895, he was convicted and imprisoned for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in 'one of the first celebrity trials' imprisonment. Released after serving 2 years, he took up residence in Dieppe, France where he died aged 46.
RM2JGAEGH–A portrait of Sir William Orpen (1878-1931), an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society, though many of his most striking paintings are self-portraits. During World War I, he was the most prolific of the official war artists sent by Britain to the Western Front producing drawings and paintings of ordinary soldiers, dead men, and German prisoners of war, as well as portraits of generals and politicians.
RM2JGAE55–An infomal photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, was an Irish tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He became a naturalised American citizen before returning to live in Ireland.
RM2JGAEE3–A portrait of Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays like 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. In 1895, he was convicted and imprisoned for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in 'one of the first celebrity trials' imprisonment. Released after serving 2 years, he took up residence in Dieppe, France where he died aged 46.
RM2JGAE9R–Seán Mac Diarmada (1883-1916), also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, which he helped to organise as a member of the Military Committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and was a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed for his part in the Rising at age 33.
RM2JGAE9J–A portrait of Patrick Henry Pearse, aka Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse (1879-1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.
RM2JGAEBC–Sir Horace Plunkett (1854-1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author. An adherent of Home Rule, in 1919 he founded the Irish Dominion League, still aiming to keep Ireland united, and in 1922 he became a member of the first formation of Seanad Éireann, the upper chamber in the Parliament of the new Irish Free State. He has been described as a Christian socialist.
RM2JGAEEY–A portrait of Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays like 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. In 1895, he was convicted and imprisoned for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in 'one of the first celebrity trials' imprisonment. Released after serving 2 years, he took up residence in Dieppe, France where he died aged 46.
RM2JGAEB8–A portrait of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) who was born into an Anglo-Irish Protestant family in County Wicklow and became an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1875 to 1891. He became leader of the Home Rule League operating independently of the Liberal Party and winning great influence by his balancing of constitutional, radical, and economic issues, and by his skillful use of parliamentary procedure. He became leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party that held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886.
RM2JGAEDB–A self portrait of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, born in Dublin, but moved to London in 1876. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902) and Pygmalion (1913), Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
RM2JGAED4–Sir Horace Plunkett (1854-1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author. An adherent of Home Rule, in 1919 he founded the Irish Dominion League, still aiming to keep Ireland united, and in 1922 he became a member of the first formation of Seanad Éireann, the upper chamber in the Parliament of the new Irish Free State. He has been described as a Christian socialist.
RM2JGAE46–James Hugh Murphy Jr (1842-1875) was born in Waterford, Ireland and died in Baltimore, USA. Known as the Irish Giant and the Baltimore Giant, he toured with P.T. Barnum, being billed as being over 8' tall.
RM2JGAEDP–A portrait of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, born in Dublin, but moved to London in 1876. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902) and Pygmalion (1913), Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
RM2JGAE69–A portrait of Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953), an English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. Of Anglo-Irish descent, she converted to Irish nationalism following the plight of evicted people in the Land Wars. She actively agitated for Home Rule and then for the republic declared in 1916. She was also well known for being the muse and long-time love interest of Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
RM2JGAE6W–A portrait of Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), a commandant at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising, he was arrested and sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, including the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders. He returned to Ireland after being jailed in England and became one of the leading political figures of the War of Independence. Later he became a prominent statesman and political leader serving several terms as head of government and head of state. He had a leading role in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
RM2JGAEHN–A portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), by his father, John Butler Yeats. A Protestant of Anglo-Irish descent, Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years he served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
RM2JGAE5F–Sir Edward Carson, Baron Carson (1854-1935), was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. From 1905 he was both the Irish Unionist Alliance MP for the Dublin University constituency and leader of the Ulster Unionist Council in Belfast. Carson was defeated in his ambition to maintain Ireland as a whole in union with Great Britain. His leadership, however, was celebrated by some for securing a continued place in the United Kingdom for the six north-eastern counties, albeit under a devolved Parliament of Northern Ireland that neither he nor his fellow unionists had sought.
RM2JGAE6E–A portrait of Maud Gonne MacBride (1866-1953), an English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. Of Anglo-Irish descent, she converted to Irish nationalism following the plight of evicted people in the Land Wars. She actively agitated for Home Rule and then for the republic declared in 1916. She was also well known for being the muse and long-time love interest of Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
RM2JGAEM2–Brian Boru (941 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domination of Ireland. He first made himself king of Munster, then subjugated Leinster, eventually becoming High King of Ireland. He was the founder of the O'Brien dynasty, and is widely regarded as one of the most successful and unifying monarchs in medieval Ireland.
RM2JGAEGR–A portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), a Protestant of Anglo-Irish descent, Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years he served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
RM2JGAE7D–A portrait of Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), a commandant at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising, he was arrested and sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, including the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders. He returned to Ireland after being jailed in England and became one of the leading political figures of the War of Independence. Later he became a prominent statesman and political leader serving several terms as head of government and head of state. He had a leading role in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
RM2JGAE62–A portrait of Constance Markievicz; née Gore-Booth (1868-1927), AKA Countess Markievicz, an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist and a founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army. She took part in the Easter Rising in 1916 to end British rule and establish an Irish Republic for which she was sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her gender. In 1918, Markievicz was the first woman elected to the UK House of Commons although she did not take her seat, being in Holloway Prison at the time. In 1919, she a
RM2JGAE85–A portrait of Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), a commandant at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising, he was arrested and sentenced to death but released for a variety of reasons, including the public response to the British execution of Rising leaders. He returned to Ireland after being jailed in England and became one of the leading political figures of the War of Independence. Later he became a prominent statesman and political leader serving several terms as head of government and head of state. He had a leading role in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
RM2JGAED9–A portrait of Francis Edward Ledwidge (1887-1917), an Irish poet sometimes known as the 'poet of the blackbirds', and as a First World War war poet. He started writing at an early age, then became a trade union activist, and a keen patriot and nationalist, associated with Sinn Féin. Despite having opposed participation in the war, he enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in October 1914, and continued to write poetry on campaign, sending his work home. Posted to several theatres of the war, he was killed in action in July 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele.
RM2JGAEJP–A sketched portrait of George Augustus Moore (1852-1933) by Walter Richard Sickert RA RBA 1860-1942), German-born British painter. Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist from County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola, although outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.
RM2JGAEJ7–Portrait by Sarah Henrietta Purser, of Roger Casement (1864-1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, who originally worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and poet. Between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist. In 1914, he organised a shipment of German weapons to land in Ireland. however when the arms ship was apprehended by HMS Bluebell, its captain scuttled the ship.Casement was arrested on charges of high treason, sabotage and espionage against the Crown and executed.
