The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All
A heavily-armed jeep patrol from 'L' Detachment SAS in North Africa, 18 January 1943.
Three Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I aircraft of 19 Squadron.
A Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940.
45 Royal Marine Commando marches towards Port Stanley during the Falklands War, 1982. Marine Peter Robinson carrys the Union Flag on his pack.
Take Off
Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940.
Battle of Britain
Runway Perspective
Venus' the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS VANSITTART, 1941.
Two Battle of Britain fighter pilots, Flight Lieutenant Brian Kingcome (left), commanding officer of No 92 Squadron RAF and his wingman, Flying Officer Geoffrey Wellum, next to a Spitfire at RAF Biggin Hill, Kent, 1941
Winston Churchill with his Chiefs of Staff in the garden of 10 Downing Street, 7 May 1945.
Wing Commander J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, commanding No. 144 (Canadian) Wing, on the the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX with his Labrador retriever Sally, at Bazenville, Normandy, 31 July 1944.
Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph at Whitehall, by His Majesty King George V, 11 November 1920.
Together
Join the Wrens - and Free a Man for the Fleet
A Douglas Dakota of BOAC at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19 May 1941. This aircraft, serial R6923, was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 on 22 June 1941.
A British soldier stands besides the grave of a comrade near Pilckem during the Third Battle of Ypres, 22 August 1917.
Join the ATS
Aircrew of No. 106 Squadron RAF gather in front of the Avro Lancaster flown by the Squadron CO, Wing Commander Guy Gibson (centre, to right of dog), to mark the completion of his first tour of operations, Syerston in Nottinghamshire, March 1943.
A pilot at Fairlop airfield in Essex has a haircut during a break between sweeps. A Supermarine Spitfire is in the background.
The British Commonwealth of Nations - Together
Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No. 610 Squadron based at Biggin Hill, flying in 'vic' formation, 24 July 1940.
