British Hurricane fighters take off to repel Luftwaffe attack
British fighter Hurricane Mk.I (615 squadron of the Royal Air Force) take off to repel an air raid of bombers of the Nazi Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Location:…
English a deck torpedo carrier and Fairey Barracuda dive bomber at the airport
English a deck-based torpedo bomber and Fairey Barracuda dive bomber at the airport. Fairey Barracuda – British deck torpedo carrier and dive bomber of the Second World War; the first…
RAF telegraphists among the destroyed buildings of the Biggin Hill base
RAF telegraphists (Royal Air Force) are posing against the background of the destroyed buildings of the Biggin Hill base. English RAF telegraphists from left to right: Sergeant Joan E. Mortimer,…
A mechanic from the women’s auxiliary air force unit is engaged in setting up aircraft autopilot assemblies
An English woman mechanic from the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) is engaged in setting up aircraft autopilot assemblies. Location: United Kingdom Date: 1940
Japanese night fighter Nakajima C6N-1S Saiun at the air base of Atsugi
Japanese night fighter Nakajima C6N-1S Saiun at the airfield of the airbase Atsugi. Initially, the Nakajima C6N-1S Saiun was developed as a deck-based reconnaissance aircraft. However, by the end of…
Soviet technical personnel load the BS machine gun of the LaGG-3 fighter
Soviet technicians senior Sergeants Kostylevsky and Kolonitsky charge a 12.7-mm BS machine gun of the LaGG-3 fighter from the 737th Fighter Air Regiment of the Red Army Air Force.
Broken Soviet 76.2 mm divisional gun in Stalingrad on the Red Army defense
The broken Soviet 76.2 mm divisional gun of the 1939 model (USV) in Stalingrad on the Red Army defense Line after the end of the battles. In the background of.…
Soviet soldiers on a British armored personnel carrier in Bucharest
Soviet soldiers of the Red Army Infantry entering Bucharest on British light armored personnel carrier Bren Carrier. Location: Bucharest, Romania Date: August 30, 1944
Pilots from the Normandy-Neman Regiment and the Yak-3 fighter in East Prussia
A group of pilots from the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment are posing near the Yak-3 fighter in East Prussia, Nazi Germany. A distinctive feature of the Normandy-Neman regiment, noticeable in this…
Ruins of the Yermansky district of Stalingrad in 1944
The ruins of the Yermansky district (now the Central district) of Stalingrad in 1944, two years after the end of hostilities in the city. Location: Stalingrad, USSR Date: 1944