PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, and other worl...

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, and other world navies, together with some Air/Sea Rescue Service. Second World War, circa 1939-45. Approximately 90 photographs by Air Ministry, Central Press Keystone and other similar press agencies, printed captions to verso (and some to the front), sizes 20.5cm x 15cm up to 30cm x 25cm Subjects include: • R.A.F gunner in power turret at the stern of a rescue launch • Air-Sea Rescue Service - Sea exercises and new innovations such as the MkIA airborne lifeboat and life-saving equipment • Armed Trawlermen • Raw materials seized during the Allied blockade • Attacks on convoys • Kite Balloons protecting coastal ships • Human torpedoes • Free French Sailors and submarine crew • General Sikorski addressing the Polish fleet and other views of the Polish navy Sinking of the Admiral Graf Spree and others (approximately 90)

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21st Aug 24 at 10am BST

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