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20120912

Cecil Beaton

A portrait of the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit of their No 149 Squadron Wellington bomber, probably at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. (IWM)

The rear gunner in his position in a Wellington bomber. (IWM)

The navigator working at his chart table in a Wellington bomber. (IWM)

The western bell towers of St Paul's Cathedral in London seen through an archway after the heavy incendiary raid of 29 December 1940. (IWM)

Chinese troops practising a march past at the Chinese Military Academy at Chengtu. (IWM)

Two Chinese soldiers wearing gas masks at Pihu Military Training Centre in south eastern China, 1944. (IWM)

Winston Churchill at his seat in the Cabinet Room at No 10 Downing Street, London. (IWM)

Cecil Beaton (in civilian suit) and his Rolleiflex reflected in a mirror of the Jain temple, Calcutta, India. (IWM)

20111102

Hans Wild

Gas Identification officer testing with poke stick for color reaction on detector paper in London park bomb crater during possible attack preparations during WWII. London, 1941.

Mother and baby wearing gas masks during gas preparations test. London, 1941.

"Tanks for Russia" week. London, 1942.

Street decorated with Soviet and Union Jack flags, London, 1942.

Woman modelling Russian inspired clothing. London, 1942.

Posters on the back of a bus acting as a Mobile Ambulance Unit advertising Finsbury's current "Aid to Russia" campaign. London, 1942.

Woman dispatch rider standing beside her motorcycle. 1941.

20110723

World War II in Colour

London, September 1940.

London, September, 1940.

London, September 1940.

Spitfire. 1941.

A man sits on a park bench and reads a book, London, July 1941.

London, September 1940.

London, July 1941.