Uploads from The National Archives UK, tagged secondworldwar

Victory Regent Street

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:46:40 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: "A West-End London Street Scene" by Grace Golden. Clearly depicting Regent Street, Golden imagines future post-war prosperity. In reality shoppers had to endure rationing in Britain into the 1950s.

Date: c.1945

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 3/1738

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Moehne dam after attack

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:01 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Moehne dam after attack

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 20/4367

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Wing Commander Guy Gibson

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:04 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Wing Commander Guy Gibson

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 2/43

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Operation Chastise

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:05 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Drawing depicting Lancaster bombers attacking German dams during Operation Chastise, subsequently known as the "Dambusters"

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 3/470

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Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:04 -0700

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Description: Oil painted portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris painted by William Little

Date: 1946

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 3/12

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The crew of "T for Tommy"

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:03 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: The crew of "T for Tommy" - George Johnson, Donald MacLean, Ronald Batson, Joe McCarthy, William Ratcliffe, and Leonard Eaton

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 2/42

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Lancaster aircraft

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:02 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Lancaster aircraft: Lancaster III ED825-G

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AVIA 18/715

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Guy Gibson awarded Victoria Cross

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:03 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Wing Commander Guy Gibson awarded Victoria Cross for Dambusters raid

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 2/42

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Eder Dam after attack

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:20:00 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Eder dam after attack

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 20/4367

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Upkeep mine loaded

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:19:58 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Upkeep mine loaded onto a Lancaster bomber

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 14/840

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Memo from "Bomber" Harris concerning bouncing bomb tests

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:19:58 -0700

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Description: Memo from Arthur Harris concerning bouncing bomb tests

"This is tripe of the wildest description. There are so many ifs and ands that there is not the smallest chance of it working. To begin with the bomb would have to be perfectly balanced around its axis. Of course vibration at 500 RPM would wreck the aircraft or tear the bomb loose. I don’t believe a word of its supposed ballistics on the surface.

It would be much easier to design a “scow” bomb to use on the surface, push its nose in on contact, sink and explode. This bomb would of course be heavier than water and exactly fit existing bomb bays.

At all costs stop them putting aside Lances and reducing our bombing effort on this wild goose chase. Let them prove the practicality of the weapon first… The war will be over before it works and it never will."

Date: 14 February 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 14/840

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Sorpe Dam after attack

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:19:59 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Sorpe Dam after attack

Date: 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 19/383

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Operation Chastise cypher

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:19:59 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Operation Chastise cypher authorising immediate attack

Date: 15 May 1943

Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 14/844

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Death duty accounts of Guy Gibson

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:43:00 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Death Duty Accounts Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO DFC

Guy Gibson led the Dambusters raid during the Second World War. This document lists his personal effects and their valuation at the time of his death. This includes his Victoria Cross (valued at £250) as well as five other medals, and a gold inscribed cigarette case given to him as a memento of the successful raid.

Date: 16 February 1945

Our Catalogue Reference: IR 59/865

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Viscount Halifax by "Wooding"

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:31:57 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Caricature of Lord Halifax by "Wooding", an artist working for the wartime Ministry of Information.

Date: 1939-45

Our Catalogue Reference: INF 3/47

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Riegner Telegram

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:56:26 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: This telegram from Gerhart Riegner, Secretary of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva, was received by the Foreign Office in August 1940. The telegram was among the first pieces of unambiguous evidence received by the Allies that the Nazi Government planned a 'final solution' to the "Jewish question".

Some comments within the file show officials suggested the telegram be used to influence the Vatican to condemn German atrocities more strenuously. Another civil servant dismisses Riegner's report as a "rather wild story".

Samuel Sydney Silverman, the telegram's intended recipient, was the Labour MP for the Lancashire constituency of Nelson and Colne. Silverman was a campaigner for Jewish rights, amongst other causes including opposition to capital punishment.

Date: August 10th 1942

Our Catalogue Reference: FO 371/30917

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Baedeker Raids - Norwich (April 30th)

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:26:58 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Telegraph from Ministry of Home Security officials at Cambridge transmitting news that the city of Norwich had again come under Luftwaffe attack.

Date: 30th April 1942

Our Catalogue Reference: HO 199/98

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Baedeker Raids - Norwich (April 28th)

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:26:58 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Telegraph from Ministry of Home Security officials at Cambridge transmitting news that the city of Norwich had come under Luftwaffe attack.

Date: 28th April 1942

Our Catalogue Reference: HO 199/98

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CO 1069-563-2

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:45:32 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Sime road internment camp 5th September 1945. Lady Thomas and Mr. C. E. Collinge C.B.E. at the unfurling of the first Union Jack to be flown in Malaya after the Japanese occupation.

Location: Malaya

Date: 05-Sep-45

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Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/563.

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Baedeker Raids - York (April 29th)

nobody@flickr.com (The National Archives UK) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:26:58 -0700

The National Archives UK posted a photo:

Description: Telegraph from Ministry of Home Security officials at Leeds transmitting the first news of the overnight bombing of York by the Luftwaffe.

Date: 29th April 1942

Our Catalogue Reference: HO 199/46

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