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RAF marine craft alongside the mole at RAF Mount Batten dressed to celebrate VJ Day, 15 August 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P025878

Victory over Japan Day was announced on 15 August after Japan unconditionally surrendered to the Allies - nominally bringing Britain's Second World War to the end.

Black and white image of RAF marine craft decorated with flags alongside a jetty at RAF Mount Batten, 15 August 1945, © RAF Museum

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

High Speed Launch 2615

Photographs, In Storage, P026776

Royal Air Force 67ft High Speed Launch 2615 travelling at speed.

67ft High Speed Launch 2615 port bow view of launch at speed, RAF Museum

The border crossing between the British and Russian Zones of Occupation in Northern Germany near the town of Potenitz on the Baltic Sea coast, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P027421

In the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe, the victorious Allies divided the defeated Germany between them, with each taking responsibility for their Zone of Occupation. This image shows the crossing point near the town of Potenitz, near Lubeck, on the Baltic Sea Coast.

Photograph of border post, with barbed wire and fences and a soldier on guard, © Crown

I served in the R.A.F. from 1927 to 1946

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5623

Amateur footage shot by Squadron Leader Sydney Nunn shows several small vessels of the RAF Marine Branch, RAF aircraft low over the sea and the officers’ mess of 916 Squadron.

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