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25/05/2026

Spitfire flypast over East Kirkby airfield.

Amazing day at Lincolnshire aviation centre at East Kirkby for their Lancs, tanks and machines events- it had it allKeep...
24/05/2026

Amazing day at Lincolnshire aviation centre at East Kirkby for their Lancs, tanks and machines events- it had it all

Keep your eye out on YouTube as this weeks video will be from the event.

Field artillery observers set up their scope on the World War I monument at Montsec, France. The town was the scene of a...
24/05/2026

Field artillery observers set up their scope on the World War I monument at Montsec, France. The town was the scene of a famous battle of the last war. France. 9/3/44. 80th Div.

These American troops are marching through the streets of a British port town on their way to the docks where they will ...
22/05/2026

These American troops are marching through the streets of a British port town on their way to the docks where they will be loaded into landing craft for the big assault.

The battle-damaged fuselage of a 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress
22/05/2026

The battle-damaged fuselage of a 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress

Woman war correspondents covering WACs and other branches of service in France catch up their work in the "shade of the ...
22/05/2026

Woman war correspondents covering WACs and other branches of service in France catch up their work in the "shade of the old apple tree" somewhere in France. Left to Right: Virginia Irwin, St. Louis Post Dispatch: Marjorie Avery, Detroit Free Press: and Judy Barden, New York Sun. 20 July.

Cherbourg Peninsula, France. U.S. Troops of an Infantry Division marching through a French village. 90th Infantry Divisi...
22/05/2026

Cherbourg Peninsula, France. U.S. Troops of an Infantry Division marching through a French village. 90th Infantry Division. 12 June 44

With Mdina in the background, Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF 'F-Freddie' of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on the taxiwa...
21/05/2026

With Mdina in the background, Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF 'F-Freddie' of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on the taxiway at Ta Kali.

Sergeant Elms of 16/5 Lancers and his tank crew at El Aroussa; Trooper Bates, Royal Armoured Corps, Signalman Bower, Roy...
21/05/2026

Sergeant Elms of 16/5 Lancers and his tank crew at El Aroussa; Trooper Bates, Royal Armoured Corps, Signalman Bower, Royal Corps of Signals, and Trooper Goddard, Royal Armoured Corps, clean the 6-pounder gun of their Crusader tank while preparing for the drive on Tunis.

U.S. invasion forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima, February 1945.
21/05/2026

U.S. invasion forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima, February 1945.

B-17 Flying Fortress “Donna Mae II” is downed by the friendly bombs of fellow B-17 “Trudy”. One of Trudy’s 1000 pound bo...
20/05/2026

B-17 Flying Fortress “Donna Mae II” is downed by the friendly bombs of fellow B-17 “Trudy”. One of Trudy’s 1000 pound bombs tore off the left horizontal stabilizer & sent the plane into an unrecoverable spin. All 11 crew members were killed

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