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World War II Naval and Air Force Leadership

Images depict prominent military leaders and their uniforms during WWII, highlighting their roles in various naval and air operations.

Royal Air Force Plane Racing To South Africa - Squadron-Leader O.R. Gayford who is flying with Ft.-Lt. Nicholetts non-stop to South Africa. March 13, 1933.

Czech Pilot's "Hat Trick" -- The Czech Sergeant who brought down three German planes on Saturday night.A Czech sergeant has been decorated by Dr. Benes with the Czechoslovak War Cross and medal for gallantry in bringing down three German aircraft during Saturday night's raid on London. July 15, 1941. (Photo by Fox)

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Group Captain P G Wykeham-Barnes, while Officer Commanding No. 140 Wing at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. during a long and varied career as a fighter pilot, Wykeham-Barnes shot down at least 15 enemy aircraft in the Middle East, North Africa and the United Kingdom between 1940 and 1943. He commanded Nos. 73, 257 and 23 Squadrons RAF in 1941-1942 and also became Wing Commander Fighters of the Desert Air Force. Back in the United Kingdom, he was appointed Sector Commander at RAF Kenley in June 1943, and then served on the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. He assumed command of 140 Wing in March 1944, to be followed by his final wartime appointment on the Air Staff of No. 2 Group of 2 TAF in December.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Colonel J.W. Sluyter, Commander U-Brigade. Colonel J.W. Sluyter, Commander of the U-Brigade. September 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

KEENAN WYNN in DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964), directed by STANLEY KUBRICK.

The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean during the Second World War Portraits of officers: Lieutenant R T Sallis, RN, Torpedo Officer of submarine P51.

Unidentified Portrait of a Nazi Party Member

Coast Guard Combat Artist In Invasion of France. Coast Guard Combat Artist Tore Asplund, chief boatswain's mate and well known New York City marine artist and yachtsman, hit the Normandy invasion beach with the first assault group. Prior to D-Day, Chief Asplund painted murals of the French shore marked for invasion. Using reconnaissance photos as the basis of the murals, Asplund's work aided Coast Guard personnel in gaining a clear picture of the coast.

Anefo photo collection. Lieutenant Colonel P.LG. Doorman (General Staff). February 1944. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. General Voskuil. Generals, portraits. August 10, 1979

To meet the growing needs of the royal pilots and air crews to fly the new aircraft, now coming into service in Vastly increasing Numbers, an Air Training Corps is being formed.This will give a chance to every fit lad of 16 years of age to Acquire for flying duties in the royal at of the new air ***** his desk. January 11, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

General Major A.P.P.M. Van Baal, deputy commander of the land forces in the period 1994-1996. On the photo the general carries a light blue beret of the UN-DEVEA power.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Half length portrait of Rear Admiral George Creasy an his appointment as Admiral (Submarines).

Colonel Carl W. Connell - U.S. Army - Now promoted to Brigadier general. January 01, 1942.

CDR Robert D. Larrick, USN (covered). Country: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Captain J.P. Berdenis van Berlekom. March 1942. Britain, London

Portrait of a member of the SS; NSB.Portret of a German sser. On his cap the symbol of the Totenkopf division.

Portrait of Brigad General Erik Nelson.

Anefo photo collection. Lieutenant General Albert Schnez, the suspected successor of General Johann-Adolf Graaf Von Kielmansegg as an inspector of the Bundeswehr army. June 29, 1967

General Sir Thomas Blamey - Rt., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.C.General Officer Commanding AIF troops in Middle East .Deputy Commander-in-Chief of British troops in Middle East. November 10, 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard air force uniform Ottawa. 1943. Canada, Ottawa

Capt Kurt Carleen. January 14, 1952. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

German SS-Obergruppenführer, a general with the Waffen-SS and Member of Parliament for the NSDAP in the Reichstag ca. 1939-1940.

Air Commodore Edward 'Teddy' Mortlock Donaldson (1912 1992). Royal Air Force (RAF) flying ace of the Second World War, and a former holder of the airspeed world record. seen holding the Britannia Trophy in 1946

Commander Of The Arab Legion In London.Brigadier J.B. Glubb Pasha, commander of the Arab Legion is in London to discuss with the authorities the future of this renowned force under the commander of Glubb Pasha. The Legion has attained a size, efficiency and an Esprit de Corps which have made the most famous force in the Middle East. Arab Legion Brigadier J.B. Glubb Pasha, Commandant of the Arab Legion, photographed in London during his recent visit to discuss with the authorities the future of this renowned Forces. January 26, 1948. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Latest pictures of Lieut. General A.P. Christison, B.T., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., in his office as Commander of the Allied Forces in Java, taken prior to his being relieved by Lieut. General M. Stopford, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. Lieut. General Christison is now in charge of the "English Northern Command". February 4, 1946. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Information Service).

Accused German Doctors and Scientists -- Siegfried Ruff, one of the accused men.Twenty three German Doctors and Scientists are now standing trial in the famous dock at Nuremberg for to turning and murdering concentration camp inmates by means of inhuman experiments. Ghastly stories are being told in court of the murders and atrocities they are alleged to have committed. Some of them are famous throughout Europe for their medical or scientific accomplishments. All have pleaded "Not Gullty". February 1, 1947.

Pioneer: Air Commondore Powell, pilot of the Liberator "Commando", which inaugurated transport service, photographed in Sydney today. November 13, 1944.

12/31/1938. Colonel Valentín Galarza. Undersecretary of the Presidency.

L.E.Duff (NSW). December 9, 1944.

1930s 1940s PORTRAIT HEINRICH HIMMLER COMMANDER OF GERMAN NAZI SS

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Baker. K.C.B., G.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. May 12, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. AFCENT-School in Brunssum opened. General von Kielmansegg. November 6, 1967. Brunssum

Vice-admiral H.L. Van Beek.

Anefo photo collection. Schout-at-night m.h. (Maarten Hendrik) van Dulm. 17 February 1948

Lieutenant General Idwal H. Edwards. Lieutenant General Idwal H. Edwards. Photo by: Air Force Photographer, James L. Lucas

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a public building (well with the Hague)

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

General Reinhara Gehlen, issued in German Aubust 18, was taken in 1943 when he was a colonel in the German army.General Reinhara Gehlen, as he was when a colonel in World War II. He is not known to have been photographed since. May 18, 1955.

Australia's Most Decorated Naval Hero Receives Three Medals From The King.Lieut Commander Leon Verdi Goldsworthy, D.S.C., G.M. G.C. Photographed at his hotel in London.Lieut Commander Leon Verdi Goldsworthy of the Royal Australian Navy is Australia's most decorated hero; at the investiture at Buckingham Palace he received from the King the George Cross, the Distingushed Service cross and the George Medal - ail awarded within nine months in 1944. He is the hero of some of the most perilous enterprises of the war - de-sensitising underwater acoustic mines. Three months ago he was flown to Tokio to investigate Japanese mines, and he has flown back to Britain to receive his three medals. Lieut-Comdr. Goldsworthy, who is 36 years old, comes from Perth, Western Australia. In civil life he was a lighting engineer, and soon he is returning to Australia to start a new career in advertising. February 25, 1946.

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers deployed in harvesting in Zeeland; Superb J. Splinter (Military Leaders) (head). November 6, 1974. Zeeland

Portrait of Brigade General Der Cavalry C. Dekker.

Heads U.S. Flyers in EuropeMajor General Ira C. Eaker, newly appointed commander of the Eighth United States army Air Force operating out of Great Britain. He succeeds Major General Carl A. Spaatz, recently assigned to the north African theater. Gen. Eaker has personally led bombing raids on the axis in the continent. July 02, 1943. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

Portrait of Wing Commander Alan Christopher 'Al' Deere, RAF, July 1944. Head and shoulders portrait of Wing Commander A C Deere. Photograph taken at the Air Ministry Studios, London.

Brigadier Lionel Cross, deputy director Public Relations, War office, London, photographed in Melbourne today. Brig. Cross accompanies the Adjutant General of the British Forces (General Sir Richard O'Connor). January 29, 1947.

'Earl Jellicoe, G.C.B.', 1927. Creator: Unknown.

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 4 February 1943, Malta. Lieut (E) C W T Saunders, RN, Engineer Officer, HMS RORQUAL.

Kurt Daluege (1897 - 1946); chief of the national uniformed Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) of Nazi Germany. Following Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in 1942, he served as Deputy Protector for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After the end of World War II, he was extradited to Czechoslovakia, tried, convicted and executed in 1946.

Anefo photo collection. General Salan. May 14, 1958

Anefo photo collection. After having heard in his denture saves Sergeant J. Dijkstra his colleague, K. Koelewijn through an emergency surgery with a pocket knife in the Princess Margrietkazerne in Wezep's life. Reserve-Lieutenant Arts J. Dijkstra with the knife where he has done the "operation". October 20, 1966. Gelderland, Wezep

Com. J.B. Patton, USN.

Portrait photo of the commander of Hr. Ms. Pieter Florisz, Captain-Lieutenant at Zee H.W. Schreuder. Selection from Objects series 0075-052-115.

JAMES MASON in CROSS OF IRON (1977), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

Former German Army Chiefs: Field Marshal Sperrle. November 27, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press)

Chief Inspector Alick Duncan, the Scotland Yard expert, at work in his office today. He was appointed by the Government to investigate and report on the reorganisation of the Victorian Police Force. Before the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) leaves for England on February 9, it is expected that Mr. Duncan will become Police Commissioner. The term of his first appointment, it is believed, will be of three years. January 18, 1937.

T.B.V. The magazine for the Royal Institute for the Marine (Kim) is interviewed a lieutenant colonel of the Mariniers Corps and portrayed for a wall map of the Soviet Union.

The Second World War 1939 - 1945- United States of America- Personalities General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of British and United States Expeditionary Forces. Photograph taken at his London Headquarters.

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers deployed in harvesting in Zeeland; Supported J. Splinter (military leadership) in action center in Goes. November 6, 1974. Goes

Lieutenant Colonel der Mariniers G.H. Van den Brink, Head of Service Development, Sport and Relaxation (OSENO)

Foerster Becomes "Fuher" of Danzig.A new picture of Herr Albert Foerster.By a decree just issued in Danzig, Herr Albert Foerster, the Nazi District Leader, is appointed head of the Danzig State, making him Fuhrer and Dictator of the Free City on the model of the Third Reich. The decree completely changes the form of the Danzig constitution. August 24, 1939.

Portrait photography of Herman Sundin motif: Portrait photography of Herman Sundin Head of F 2 Roslagens Flight Fleet 1936-1944. Framed photo.

France's Naval Commander-In-Chief -- To-day's "Journal Official" will promulgate a decree raising the rank of Vice Admiral Darlan, Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, to that of Admiral of the Fleet. This rank has not existed since 1870. Admiral Darlan will become Commander-in-Chief of the ***** Naval Forces. April 16, 1942. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited)

Anefo photo collection. Pasfoto Zeeburg. Man with registration number 31103262. 8 March 1952

Digitally restored vector portrait of General Lewis Chesty Puller. Lewis Chesty Puller enlisted in the Corps in 1918 at the age of twenty. Chesty received his nickname for his barrel chest, but he became a legend in his own time while serving valiantly in Haiti, Nicaragua, the Pacific during WW2, and Korea.

The Second World War- Personalities Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, the Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Forces, in his Headquarters in the Royal Palace, Caserta, Italy. He is wearing his cap.

"Ike" Wears An Elephant -- Following presentation ceremonies tonight, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower exhibits an elephant - but it had nothing to do with the Republican party. It came in the form of Denmark's highest decoration, the Order of Knight of the Elephant, awarded to the U.S. Chief of Staff at a Danish Embassy Dinner. Embassy officials said the diamond encrusted medal, one of the oldest decorations in the world, is awarded only to princes of blood. October 29, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Wirephoto).

Portrait (April 1991) from the commander of the mine hunter Hr.Ms. Vlaardingen (M 863) Lieutenant-Ter Sea of special services of first class J.A. Bakker (1955).

C. D. Thurber, Civil Engineer, US Navy. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

12/31/1964. Cosmonaut Colonel Leonof.

Anefo photo collection. Captain J.H. Huizinga. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

A Nazt Chief Dismissed. It was announced yesterday that Herr Hellmth Bruckner, President of the province of Silesia, district leader of the National Socialist Party in that province and a Councillor of State in ***** has been dismissed from the party by chancellor Hitler, on the ***** that he has "damaged the party interest". Herr. Bruckner holds the Iron Cross and was the founder of the Nazi Party in Silesia. O.P.S. Herr Hellmth Bruckner who has been dismissed from the Nazi Party. December 05, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

General Sir Bernard Montgomery in England, 1943

The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, With His Chiefs of Staff in the Garden of No 10 Downing Street, London, 7 May 1945 Seated, left to right: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal; Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill; Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Standing, left to right: the Secretary to the Chiefs of Staffs Committee, Major General L C Hollis; and the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence, General Sir Hastings Ismay.

Three Years In POW Camp Leaves Its Marks -- The rigors of three years as a prisoner of war of the Communists have left their mark on the face of Maj. Gen. William F. Dean who returned home last night, to hero's welcome. This picture was taken a moment before the general addressed a large group in the crowded terminal building. September 23, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

At A Recent Investiture Held by H.M. the Queen -- The Queen deputised for the King at a recent Investiture, on account of His Majesty's indisposition with a attack of influenza. Flying officer S.E. Sukthanker who has made 45 Pathfinder missions over enemy Europe, is the first Indian in the R.A.F. to be decorated with the D.F.C. he received this award from Her Majesty the Queen. December 9, 1943.

Capt of Hmnzs Bellona.: Capt G.V.M. Dolphin. RN -- C apt of the Hmnzs Bellona which is on a world training cruise and return official visits to India & Pakistan on the way to England..This is S revolver once belong to Bonny Prince Charles which Capt has been asked to return to the new Bonny Prince Charles from an Auckland Family. June 27, 1952. (Photo by Gordon Herbert Short, G Coleman/Fairfax Media).

The old four-masted barque Pamir is to be the first sailing ship in 25 years to go round the Horn on the voyage from New Zealand to England.Now in floating dock being surveyed and de-bar-nacled, the Pamir will load tallow and hides and 7500 bales of wool for England.The old Pamir has weathered the bleak Cape Horn many times since she rounded on her maiden voyage in 1906 from the Scilly Islands to Valparaiso.Captain H.S. Collier, of the Union Steamship Company, will continue in command of the Pamir and the crew is title changed from that which sailed the barque to Sydney earlier this year. September 14, 1947.

Portrait of Commander I.M.A. Dedoon India 1940's NO MR

Front of a Pamphlet for the George Brunssen Company. ca. 1932, The front of a catalog of police hats of the George Brunssen Company features an New York Police Officer.

Vintage Photograph. Smiling bellman in uniform looking at camera

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