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Bristol Beaufighters of 252 Squadron attacking Kalymnos, 1943
Photographs, In Storage, P023330
No. 252 Squadron served with Coastal Command in the Second World War, operating from bases in Norfolk, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Egypt, Libya and Greece. They were involved in attacks on enemy shipping.
Group photograph of 603 Squadron posing with a Bristol Beaufighter, April 1944
Photographs, In Storage, P020406
No. 603 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, a reserve component of the RAF comprised of civilians designed to reinforce the RAF. They were one of 20 squadrons incorporated into the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Bristol Beaufighters of 252 Squadron flying over Athens during the Victory in Europe flypast, 1945
Photographs, In Storage, P023333
While news of the German surrender and Victory in Europe on 8 May 1945 was greeted with joy by the Allies, for many countries it did not mark the end of the fighting or the suffering.
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