2nd World War Collection (#3)

Wolf Cubs, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Wolf Cubs, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

A King's Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, 1944. Creator: Unknown
A King's Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees in the countryside. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp, Maricopa County, AZ
Maricopa County, AZ. Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp for migrant workers

Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. British evacuees escape bombs during the Second World War. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown
School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees are fed. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. Creator: Unknown
An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. Creator: Bernard Partridge
Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. An elderly Britannia takes the arm of a boy scout. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Des Creator: Unknown
Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Despite Physical Handicaps, 1944

Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Kim's Game, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Kim's Game, 1944. Scouts playing a game in which a selection of objects must be memorised. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a glass furnace melting the carefully compounded batch required for the production of Fiberglas thermal insulation being installed in

First aid kit, 1943-1945. Creator: Davis Emergency Equipment Co. Inc
A U.S. Army-issued first aid kit from World War II labeled [For Gas Casualties Only]. The green painted metal box has four latches on each side so, that when open

St Bartholomews Heigham, 1942 a42_03745
St Bartholomews Church, St Bartholomews Close, Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk. St Bartholomews Church viewed from the south showing bomb damage

Portrait of Lenin, 1970. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Lenin, 1970. From We Live and Work According to Lenin: Atlas of the Novosibirsk Region, 1970. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union drew its legitimacy from the life

Smoke stacks, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Smoke stacks

New York, NYC, Battery Park City, Eagle Statue by Albino Manca S, East Coast Being Memorial, wall with names
2005-303986-01

Massachusetts, Boston, USS Cassin Young, destroyer Navy ship

Louisiana, New Orleans, The National WWII Museum

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Toledo, Ohio. Intense heat is needed to melt the inorganic ingredients of the batch from which Fiberglas insulation wool is manufactured

Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: Junkers
Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle principle with

Nakajima Mamoru 11, Radial 14 Engine, Circa World War II. Creator: Fuji Koku Keiki
Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building licensed Bristols beginning in the late 1920s, and Gnome-Rhone engines beginning in 1936

RAF flying suit, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
RAF flying suit, 1940s. One-piece " Sidcot" flying suit 1940 Pattern, worn by pilots in Britains Royal Air Force during World War II

Plotting Board, Navy, Mark 3A, 1942. Creator: Felsenthal Instrument Co
Plastic assembly: board, data card, map template; holder: aluminum

Type AN 5835-1 dead reckoning computer owned by Fenton B. Sands, 1944-1948. Creator: J. B
Flight computer belonging to Tuskegee Airman Dr. Fenton B. Sands, an African-American First Lieutenant Navigator-Bombardier with the 617th Bombardment Squadron of the 477th Composite Group during

A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). Creator: Charles Cundall
A Service Station - Seaplanes, Second World War, (1944). British aircraft of the Royal Air Force at the coast. Painting in a private collection. From " Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye

Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys

The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Creator: Unknown
The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Her huge bows tower to her iron flight deck 800 feet long and 94 across

Desert Squadron - planes of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, c1943. The aircraft are Martlets...operating in the Western Desert with the Royal Air Force

Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. British pilots on board an aircraft carrier during the Second World War. The Fa is the section of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft

Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Creator: Unknown
Titanine Aircraft Finishes, 1941. Second World War advertisement for aircraft finishes made by Titanine Ltd of Colindale, London: Supplied for over 25 years

The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Cierva Autogiro, 1941. The Cierva C.30 autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva was built during the 1930s in Britain, France and Germany under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company

Mule Train, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Mule Train, 1947. By Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, Fred Glickman, featuring Jimmy Miller and the Squadronaires, a band intended to raise morale and entertain the troops during World War II. [Chappell & Co

Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946)
Winston Churchill talking to Captain Shakespeare of the Boeing flying boat Berwick, c1939-c1944 (1946). Mr Churchill, in siren suit, talking to Captain Shakespeare

RAF Spitfire on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944)
RAF Spitfire fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). The Spitfires Come. From " The Air Battle of Malta"

The operations of Force Viper, Burma, World War II, 1942-1943 (1944). Creator: Unknown
The operations of Force Viper, Burma, World War II, 1942-1943 (1944). From " The Royal Marines - The Admiralty Account of Their Achievement 1939-43"

Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown
Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Capt Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, who later lost his life on the Stockholm run

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"Remembering the Heroes: A Glimpse into the 2nd World War" In 1942, amidst the chaos of war, Winston Churchill stood tall, making his famous V for Victory sign. His unwavering determination inspired a nation to fight against tyranny. The Renown, Ark Royal, and Sheffield sailed bravely through treacherous waters from 1939 to 1941. These mighty vessels symbolized British resilience in the face of adversity. The Westland Lysander soared through the skies in 1941, its unknown creator crafting a masterpiece that aided in daring rescue missions behind enemy lines. Eric Ravilious captured a unique perspective on a wartime runway in 1944. His artwork depicted both hope and uncertainty as planes took off towards an uncertain future. Bernard Law Montgomery commanded the valiant soldiers of the 8th Army with great skill and courage in 1942. Sir John Alexander Hammerton's art immortalized this iconic leader alongside other unknown heroes who fought selflessly for freedom. RAF bomber pilots risked their lives daily during intense air battles in 1941. Their bravery knew no bounds as they defended their homeland from aerial threats. HMS King George V proudly sailed into Sydney Harbor in Australia during its victorious journey in 1945. This British battleship represented strength and unity among allies. In Soviet Russia, Pe-2 bombers flew fearlessly under skilled pilots' command; their contributions were crucial to turning tides on Eastern Front battlefields during WWII's darkest days of despair. Chas Brown's depiction of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb showcased Britain's technological prowess and unmatched aerial superiority against Nazi aggression throughout Europe in 1941. Alexander Yakovlev designed aircraft that pushed boundaries and revolutionized aviation technology during this global conflict—his innovations played a pivotal role on various fronts across continents. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes prepared for combat under the watchful eye of Alfred T Palmer in 1942.