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RM2CFK923–A Henschel Hs 129 ground-attack aircraft of the German Luftwaffe. being examined by members of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF, nicknamed 'the Rafwaffe'. The Royal Air Force flight was formed during the Second World War to evaluate captured enemy aircraft and demonstrate their characteristics to other Allied units.
RM2CFK8TR–A Junkers Ju 88 German Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft being examined by members of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF, nicknamed 'the Rafwaffe'. The Royal Air Force flight was formed during the Second World War to evaluate captured enemy aircraft and demonstrate their characteristics to other Allied units.
RM2AA0XWA–The centre of Coventry following the German Blitz, a series of bombing raids that took place on the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940 and continued into the morning of 15 November.
RM2BWBHB1–The ruins of Coventry Cathedral (dedicated to Saint Michael), following the Coventry Blitz, a series of bombing raids that took place on the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940 when the Cathedral was hit.
RM2JPMHD3–The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed in the late 1930s and started flying operationally over France in August 1941 and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Spitfire Mk. V, the main front-line fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), particularly at low and medium altitudes.The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX.
RM2JPMH3R–The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed in the late 1930s and started flying operationally over France in August 1941 and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Spitfire Mk. V, the main front-line fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), particularly at low and medium altitudes.The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX.
RM2JPMGTC–A German Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter in flight. The aircraft was a German single-seat, single-engine fighter designed in the late 1930s and started flying operationally over France in August 1941 and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Spitfire Mk. V, the main front-line fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), particularly at low and medium altitudes.The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX.
RM2JPMHG2–A German Focke-Wulf FW 190A-8 fighter abandoned on airfield at Steen Okkerzeel, north east of Brussels, Belgium, after it was liberated by British troops. A German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed in the late 1930s and started flying operationally over France in August 1941 and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Spitfire Mk. V, the main front-line fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), particularly at low and medium altitudes.The 190 maintained superiority over Allied fighters until the introduction of the improved Spitfire Mk. IX.
RM2AW4GPN–The RAF Gunnery Research Unit examine aerial guns from downed German aircraft at Collyweston RAF base near Stamford in Lincolnshire
RM2TBHPAR–A Second World War map illustrating the routes taken by convoys and the measures taken to outwit German U-Boats and long range bombers during March and April 1941. The lifeline remained unbroken, despite losses of 225 ships, due to the work of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
RM2JPMHK6–A captured Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, DG200, in flight while serving with No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight. The aircraft was force-landed at Manston, Kent, on 27 November 1940, after being attacked by Supermarine Spitfires of No. 66 Squadron RAF over the Thames estuary. After repair at the Royal Aircraft Establishment it was delivered to Rolls-Royce Ltd in 1941 for engine performance tests. It was later passed to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down, and put into storage.
RM2TBHRNG–The flight crew of a Stirling heavy bomber watch their aircraft being 'bombed' up prior to a night raid on Berlin, Germany on the 7th September 1941 - the first annivery of the first bombing by the Luftwaffe on London during the Second World.
RM2CFK8MH–A North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber in a camouflaged hanger captured from the German airforce during the final stages of the second World War.
RMT15B14–During the Battle of Britain, that officially lasted from 10 July until 31 October 1940, a flight of Hawker Hurricanes above the clouds speed towards invading Luftwaffe aircraft. The Hurricane was the 'workhorse' that scored the highest number of RAF victories during this period, accounting for 55 percent of the 2,739 German losses, according to Fighter Command, compared with 42 per cent by Spitfires.
RMWFX4TD–Tail guns in an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Mk 4, one of three British twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War. On the Whitley Mk IV, the tail and ventral turrets were replaced with a Nash & Thompson power-operated turret mounting four Browning machine guns; upon the adoption of this turret arrangement, the Whitley became the most powerfully armed bomber in the world against attacks from the rear.
RMWJHR9G–A German First World War Two poster featuring a pilot from the Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Force) to buy War Bonds to support the country's war effort.
RM2CFK897–A wartime poster illustrating a Supermarine Spitfire, single-seat fighter aircraft shooting down a Heinkel He 111 German bomber aircraft over Libya during the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War.
RM2RXE1FJ–An illustration of the German Blitzkrieg in Flanders, Belgium, May 1940., by Charles Ernest Cundall, British artist. The surprise attack used a rapid, overwhelming force concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations, together with artillery, air assault and close air support.
RMT15CY4–'The Battle of Britain' a painting by Paul Nash
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