Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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President Władysław Raczkiewicz of the exiled Polish government inspecting Polish destroyer Slazak (former HMS Bedale), 1943	Prince Nobuhito in naval uniform, on rock, circa 1940s	Profile view of German 10 cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun, circa 1940s; seen in US Army manual TM-E 30-451 'Handbook of German Military Forces'	Prototype J2M3 Raiden 21 fighter aircraft at rest, Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1940s

PT-114 and other PT Boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) on patrol in the Solomon Islands or the New Guinea area, 1942-43. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in foreground.	PT-208, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat in zebra paint, receiving three new Packard W-14 M2500 replacement engines at Bizerte, Tunisia, 1943. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the bow.	PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle and crew, circa 1940s; note the assistant gunner's PPSh-41 submachine gun	PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125, 1943

PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-132 flying over the Florida coast, United States, early 1943	PV-1 Ventura aircraft, possibly of US Navy squadron VB-136, receiving a bomb from armorers, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 1943; note 'Burma Jeep' bomb service truck	PV-3 Ventura aircraft in flight over the North American coast, early 1943; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Dec 1943	Queen's College employee Pauline Craske speaking with a WAAF and several American servicemen aboard a train, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, 1943

RAF Air-Sea Rescue launch and Wellington bomber going to pick up a downed crew off the coast of Sollum, Egypt. 1941-44.	RAF and WAAF air ambulance orderlies of the Casualty Evacuation Unit at Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, date unknown	RAF and WAAF intelligence officers and their staff working in the Map Section in the Operations Block at Headquarters, Bomber Command, RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1942-1945	RAF and WAAF personnel working in the wooden receiver hut at RAF Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, date unknown

RAF firefighter demonstrating the handling of a hose to WAAF recruits, Egypt, 1940-1943	RAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), seconded to the British Security Service MI5 and one of the principal architects of Operation Mincemeat, circa 1943.	RAF Fortress Mark IIA of No. 220 Squadron at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides west of Scotland, 1943. This aircraft sank two U-boats, U624 & U707, and shared in sinking of U575. Note ASV II radar antennae under the wing.	Raffaele de Courten with Italian Navy officers, 1940s