World War II Aerial Operations

Dramatic archival images of military aircraft in flight, depicting operations in different theaters of World War II, including formations and combat engagements.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Blenheim Mark Is of No. 84 Squadron RAF based at Shaibah, Iraq, flying in formations of three over the Iraqi desert.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions II-2 RVA at Salatiga. A P-40 Curtiss yacht plane. October 23, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Landing exercises I Infantry Brigade 7-December Division in Tjilinting. Exercises on Java's North Coast. The bridgehead is formed and the troops present therein are supplied by the ML from the air. Parachutes come to the packages with ammunition and food. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Forts Ride Again...This Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Enroute To Blast German Targets In France As Part Of The General Plan To Pulverize All Vitally Important War Objectives. Nazi Airfield At Bordeaux, France, Was The

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda II (P 9926) from Lee-on-Solent Fleet Air Arm Station, with torpedo banking away from the photographer's aircraft. The Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber is a combination of dive and torpedo bomber, and is the newest to come into service with the Fleet Air Arm.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Two Supermarine Spitfire Mark IAs of No. 616 Squadron RAF, with their flaps down, come in to land at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, after a sortie.

Forts Ride Again...This Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Enroute To Blast German Targets In France As Part Of The General Plan To Pulverize All Vitally Important War Objectives. Nazi Airfield At Bordeaux, France, Was The

Nine aircraft sk 12 fly in V-formation, 1932-1957. Nine aircraft sk 12 fly in V-formation.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC SoemoWono, Suroeh, Dadapajam Shooting Exercises. A fighter plane flies over. March 21, 1948. Dadapajam, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, SumoWono, Suruh

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A still from camera-gun film taken from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I of No. 609 Squadron RAF, flown by by Pilot Officer J D Bisdee, as he dives on a formation of Heinkel He IIIs of KG 55 which had just bombed the Supermarine aircraft works at Woolston, Southampton.

Catalinas off at dawn to cover a Consolidated B-24 strike on a Jap strip somewhere in the Philippines. Flying long hard hours, day in and day out, the planes require expert maintenance, specially trained mechanics and crew chiefs.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aviation day military aviation at Kemajoran airport. Fly show. Catalina flight above water. March 9, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Vickers Wellington Mark Xs of No. 99 Squadron RAF based at Jessore, India, en route to their target in Burma.

Britain's Biggest Bombers. - "Stirling" bombers flying in formation above the clouds photographed from an accompanying plane."Stirling" bombers, the largest four-engined bombing planes in the world, continue to pound enemy territory in the ***** vital places. March 4, 1942.

North Vietnam: January 31, 1966 U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantom planes dropping bombs on Communist military targets in North Vietnam. The Phantom crews are guided under radar control by an Air Force B-66 Destroyer aircraft.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Three North American Mitchell Mark IIs, FV905 MQ-S 'Stalingrad', FW130 MQ-A and FW128 MQ-H, of No. 226 Squadron RAF based at Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, releasing their bomb loads over a railway yard in northern France, on the evening of 12 May 1944.

A Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Is Silhouetted Against The Sky As They Make Their Way Toward An Enemy Target Somewhere In England. 9 November 1943.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. A pair of Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IIIs of No. 250 Squadron RAF taking off from Foggia Main (Gino Lisa), Italy, for a sortie.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Evening sunlight shines on a Handley Page Halifax, during an attack on a flying-bomb site in the Pas-de-Calais, France, as smoke from target indicators rises from the target.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aviation day military aviation at Kemajoran airport. Fly show. March 9, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

A left underside view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft escorting a Soviet Tu-95 BEAR D reconnaissance aircraft away from the exercise Northern Wedding '82 task force. The Tomcat is from the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), not visible. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '82 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service, 1939-1945- North American Na-82 Mitchell. Mitchell Mark II, FV914 VO-A, 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.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Short Stirlings towing Horsa gliders carrying part of 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, towards the Normandy coast on the evening of 6 June 1944.

London Sees Biggest-Ever Jet Fly-Past -- Sabre jet fighters from Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Air Force in Britain in formation over London during to-day's fly-past. Following the fighters are Lincoln bombers.A hundred and eighty-seven jet fighters and bombers, the largest jet force yet seen over the capital and 24 piston-engined bombers flew over London to-day (Monday) in the annual fly-past commemorating the Battle of Britain. Leading the fly-past was the traditional lone Hurricane, flown by a Battle of Britain pilot. September 15, 1952. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Vintage Photograph. The Air Force Northrup SM-62 "Shark" long range strategic missile. Frame 2.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aviation day military aviation at Kemajoran airport. Fly show. Parachutists jump out of a Dakota. March 9, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

Operation Market Garden, World War II, paratroopers land near Grave, Holland.

Wirraway over Geelong, Vic. March 05, 1940.;Wirraway over Geelong, Vic.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

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