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Ground crew at work on a Supermarine Spitfire XIVE aboard HMS Vindex, Iwakuni, Japan, September 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P019205

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the RAF provided aircraft and personnel to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force for Japan.

Top view of ground crew working on a Spitfire aircraft, Crown

RAF 68ft High Speed Launch 2705 in Japan, 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P028389

The RAF operated High Speed Launches (HSLs) to service their flying boats. This picture was taken in Japan, most likely Kure, in 1946.

Men stand on the deck of a boat, with wrecked warships in the background, © RAF Museum