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Edinburgh crowds watching flight of Tiger Moth, c 1944
Photograph of crowds gathered at Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, to watch flight of Tiger Moth as part war savings campaign
Winston Churchill at the Siegfried Line, 1945
Photograph of Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Field Marshal Montgomery, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Simpson of US 9th Army amongst the 'Dragon's Teeth' tank defences of the Siegfried Line.
Jungle fighting, 1944-1945
Photograph of British Army infantrymen advancing through jungle in South East Asia.
WAAFs with RAF fighter, 1939-1945
Photograph of WAAF ground crew manoeuvring RAF fighter into hangar at night
Fighter bomber taking off from carrier, 1944
Photograph of Corsair fighter bomber of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm taking off from an aircraft carrier to attack enemy radio stations in Norway.
Cartoon of postmen advertising war savings, 1939-1945
Advertisement of National Savings Committee for gift tokens and Christmas cards with saving stamps
Submarine in shipyard basin, c 1944
Photograph of submarine entering fitting out basin of British shipyard after launch.
RAF Thunderbolts in Burma, 1945
Photograph of a formation of RAF Thunderbolt fighters making a sweep over Burma.
Fleet Air Arm briefing before attack on Tirpitz, 1944
Photograph of Commander S.T.C. Harrison briefing Fleet Air Arm crews with the aid of a relief map on board an aircraft carrier before an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Alten Fjord, Norway.