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13 June An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created, strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields. Flying at 12 000 feet chi Ww2 Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Spitfire Supermarine, Bizarre Photos, Rare Photos, Rare Historical Photos, Military History, Military Art, World War
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13 Jun 44: An English brewery donates a sizable amount of fresh beer for the troops fighting in Normandy and a unique delivery method is created, strapping kegs to the underwings of Spitfires being shipped to forward airfields. Flying at 12,000 feet chills the brew to perfection. The troops love it, but the British Ministry of Revenue and Excise steps in and informs the brewer that it is in violation of law to export beer without paying taxes on it. End of "authorized" beer runs.

Fighter squadron of spitfires in formation Description: Photograph from the log book of RAF Squadron Leader B. Date: 1942 Ww2 Aircraft, Fighter Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Fighter Jets, Luftwaffe, Spitfire Supermarine, The Spitfires, Old Planes, Mustang
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Description: Photograph from the log book of RAF Squadron Leader B.J.E. Lane. Date: 1940-2 Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 4/58 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.

1939 - British soldier takes tea to comrades working to repair banks of River Ravensbourne which flooded south London. If there's something more british than this, I've yet to see it. London History, British History, Ww2 History, Asian History, Tudor History, History Facts, Ancient History, Old Pictures, Old Photos
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George Rodger G. A station commander sleeps briefly while awaiting the return of his night bomber crews. Life in London during The Blitz of World War II in Magnum Photos -

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- LON3248 G.B. ENGLAND. London. A station commander sleeps briefly while awaiting the return of his night bomber crews. Life in London during The Blitz of World War II in 1939-40. 1940.

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Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the A. Roe & Co. Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, England Despite constant losses in combat over Germany, new production meant that the numbers of aircraft available were always increasing. Ww2 Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Military Jets, Lancaster Bomber, Ww2 Planes, Construction, Royal Air Force, Model Airplanes, War Machine
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Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943. Despite constant losses in air battle over Germany, new production meant that the numbers of aircraft available were always increasing.

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British boy gives an airman his toy plane for scrap metal (propaganda photo) ~ (my note: Boys in Germany, Russia and Japan did no less. This was a war of committed hearts and minds. Everyone really gave their all to the War Effort.

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RAF 'Battle of Britain' Dispersal Hut British pilots wait for a call to action in a Dispersal Hut or Ready Room during the Battle of Britain Nose Art, World History, World War Ii, The Spitfires, The Blitz, Pin Up, Battle Of Britain, Fighter Pilot, Royal Air Force
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WWII - Old silk stockings collected by the WVS are used by airmen under their own socks as a additional means of keeping warm, and are also used to keep bandages clean.

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RAF Pilot Officer James Harry 'Ginger' Lacey DFM and Bar (credited with 28 enemy aircraft destroyed), hard at work on a model aeroplane in Squadron's dispersal hut at Colerne airfield, Wiltshire, England, May

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RAF Pilot Officer James Harry 'Ginger' Lacey DFM and Bar (credited with 28 enemy aircraft destroyed), hard at work on a model aeroplane in Nº501 Squadron's dispersal hut at Colerne airfield, Wiltshire, England, 30th May 1941. (he died exactly 48 years later on the 30th May 1989 aged 72) IWM.

RAF flight crew disembarking, after a mission against German shipping along the Dutch coast - Squadron RAF, Watton, East Anglia, England - 18 August 1941 Air Force Aircraft, Ww2 Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Bristol Blenheim, Aircraft Photos, Ww2 Planes, Vintage Airplanes, Battle Of Britain, Aircraft Design
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RAF flight crew disembarking, after a mission against German shipping along the Dutch coast - 21st Squadron RAF, Watton, East Anglia, England - 18 August 1941

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