Photos Taken in United Kingdom | World War II Database

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Hoisting a Tallboy bomb, RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 1942-1945	Interesting collection of fighter types and fighter groups in one place. This is due to a meeting of the commanding officers from each of the fighter groups in the 8th Air Force at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, late 1944.	King George VI aboard HMS Howe with Captain C. H. L. Woodhouse and Admiral John Tovey, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, date unknown	King George VI inspecting HMS Howe, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, date unknown, photo 1 of 2

King George VI inspecting HMS Howe, Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, date unknown, photo 2 of 2	Lancaster B Mk I (Special) bomber of No. 617 Squadron RAF with a Grand Slam bomb running an engine test, RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 1944	Leading Aircraftwoman Gladys Maugham and WAAF and RAF members putting on the show 'When it's Springtime in the Rockies' for other service members at the RAF depot at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, 1944	Louis Mountbatten (with Colonel G. P. Paul) inspecting officers and men at a Combined Operations training base at Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1940s

Martin B-26B Marauder bombers of the 597th and 598th Bomb Squadrons fly in formation over Goggeshall, Essex, England, UK, 1943-44.	Ooperation Jedburgh personnel in a demolition class, Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944	Operation Jedburgh personnel preparing for their delivery into France via a B-24 aircraft, Area T, RAF Harrington, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944	Operation Jedburgh trainees on high bars, Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, circa 1944

P-51B Mustang of the 351st Fighter Squadron at rest at RAF Raydon, Suffolk, Engalnd, UK. This was a squadron “hack” aircraft after being declared War Weary (Note ‘WW’ for War Weary added to the tail number). Oct 1944 - Mar 1945	P-51B Mustang “Shangri-La” of the 336th Fighter Squadron runs its motor up at RAF Debden, Essex, England, UK; 1944-45. Photo 2 of 2.	Passengers compartment of an Avro York aircraft of RAF Transport Command at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 1943-1945	Penicillin production at the Royal Navy Medical School in Clevedon, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, 1944

Prime Minister John Curtin speaking to RAF Binbrook station commander Group Captain Hughie Edwards, 1944	Razorback P-47 of the 355th Fighter Group at rest at Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1943-44. Note Cletrac M-2 High Speed Tractor.	Rockets being prepared for Typhoon fighters, RAF Newchurch, southern England, United Kingdom, 1943-1944	Sixteen P-51D Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group lined up for a mission, RAF Raydon, Suffolk, England, UK, Dec 1944