... SEARCHING THE SEA FOR U-BOATS AN R.A.F. PILOT AND NAVIGATOR WORKING OUT THEIR COURSE WHILE ON PATROL. (Photograph by Charles E. Brown.) ...

... ROYAL AIR FORCE DECORATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS AND WARRANT OFFICERS THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR FORCE CROSS. I. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, OBVERSE. 2. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, REVERSE. 3. AIR FORCE CROSS, REVERSE. 4. AIR FORCE CROSS, OBVERSE. The Royal Air Force decorations shown above and on the facing page were instituted by Royal Warrant on June 3, 1918, except the Long ...

... MOST FAMOUS OF GERMANY'S RADIO HEROES: KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN AND HIS CREW, CLAIMED AS THE SINKERS OF THE ROYAL OAK IN SCAPA FLOW WITH HITLER, AND (LEFT, BELOW) WITH CAPTAIN SIEMENS, HEAD OF THE U-BOAT SERVICE AND KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN BESIEGED FOR AUTOGRAPHS. Whether Kapitanleutnant Prien and his crew did, in fact, sink the Royal Oak i in Scapa Flow seems somewhat uncertain his account of ...

... THE KING CONFERS THE FIRST R.A.F. DECORATIONS-- THE FOUR OFFICERS WEARING D.F.C.s, AND THE SERGEANT WEARING THE DFM (P.N. A.) j The first R.A.F. decorations of the war were conferred on November 2, when j the King invested four officers with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and one sergeant with the Distinguished Flying Medal. In our photograph they are seen wearing their decorations after the ...

... THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKS BREN LIGHT MACHINE-GUN, NOW MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND AND IN ACTIVE USE BY THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. I I. FLASH-ABSORBER. 2. FORE-SIGHT. 3. GAS BLOCK. 4. GAS REGULATOR. 5. GAS VENT. 6. BARREL 7. RIFLED BORE. 8. FOULING SHIELD. Q. GAS CYLINDER. IO. BIPOD LEGS (FOLDED). II. CARRYING HANDLE. 12. PISTON. 13. COVER OF MAGAZINE OPENING. 14. BARREL-LOCKING NUT. 15. ...

... WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE HEAVY GUNS UNDER CAMOUFLAGE ADAPTED TO DIFFERENT SU! GROUNDINGS AND (CENTRE) INFANTRY MOVING UP IN THE RAIN TO THE MUSIC OF THE PIPES. (British Official Photos.) Koyal Artillery has moved a long way since 1918. The arts learnt in the last war, flash-spotting and sound-ranging and firing by prediction, are all now matters of I common practice. Camouflage has become ...

... NOW IN SAFE KEEPING IN SPECIAL DETENTION CENTRES-- PART OF A U-BOAT CREW LINED UP ON BEING LANDED ON THE ENGLISH COAST. (Topical.) The number of prisoners captured from U-boat and aeroplane and now lodged in England is constantly on the increase an increase which goes on in a quiet, unspectacular fashion. Above we reproduce part of the crew of a U-boat lined up after being landed somewhere on ...

... I THE EYES OF THE FLEET PREPARING TO LAUNCH A SEAPLANE FROM A BRITISH WARSHIP. j (L.N.A.) ...

... TOMMY ATKINS 1939 LEFT WITH HIS OPEN. CHEERY SMILE, IN FULL MARCHING ORDER, AND READY FOR THE FRAY (RIGHT) WEARING PROTECTIVE GAS-MASK AND SHRAPNEL HELMET AND CAMOUFLAGED WITH FERNS, IN ACTION DURING MANOEUVRES. 'Pfoafos*. Topkai ...

... SCENE A SIDING SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE; TIME THE EARLY MORNING. BRITISH TROOPS WAITING TO DETRAIN THE LORRIES, AND BREN-GUN CARRIERS OF THEIR UNIT AN OPERATION THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN RECENT WEEKS. c (British Official Photograph.) ...

... PUAIICM TV AV AIR RAID PRACTICE CARRIED OUT IN A SOUTH LONDON SUBURB-- STRETCHER PARTIES, WEARING FULL ANTI-GAS CLOTHING, HELP TO SUCCOUR THE VICTIMS OF AN A.R.P. DEMONSTRATION. ...

... A DETACHMENT OF BRITISH TROOPS WHO HAVE JUST DETRAINED AT A FRENCH RAILWAY STATION. THE INITIAL TASK OF MOVING THE B.E.F. FROM ENGLAND TO ITS APPOINTED BASES IN FRANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT A HITCH.-- A BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH- ...