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No 199 Mk IV time fuse for the British 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

An airman wearing battledress with brevet astride a Triumph WD (War Department) motorcycle with Nissen huts in the background. On the reverse '1945, Leeming 429 RCAF, G R Morey Russell/Russ'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Street with multi-storey buildings either side. On the reverse 'Europe clean up, Belgium or Germany 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Road running up from bottom with single black car. Destroyed buildings either side with gutted Rijksarchief. People in street. On the reverse 'Somewhere in Belgium or Germany [sic], post war 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank…

Top - seven aircrew inside a hut. Submitted with caption 'Seven airmen inside hut; at centre is a pilot (P/O PJ Richards - later DFC, who transferred from 106 Sqn at the expiry of his tour) and on the right of the photograph are two aircrew wearing…

Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…

Memorial stone erected in memory of the allied aicrews who collided above the village of Lignières-de-Touraine on 15 July 1944. Plaque in front of fence with vegetable garden behind. French colours, Canadian, British and Australian flags.…

Dorothy sits on a hillside eating with a rucksack and walking stick beside her. There are wooded hills in the background. Annotated '48 near Hinterwaldkopf
wie 49 XLIII' and stamped, 'Foto Dietzgen 21126 Freiburg I/Br."

View of a water fountain in a pond, surrounded by trees. Reverse, annotated 'Badenweiler 51 XLIV' and stamped 'Foto Dietzgen 1103 Freiburg i/Br'.

Paul May, in shirtsleeves, lies on the grass on a hillside. A rucksack is next to him and there is a wooded hillside beyond. Reverse, annotated 'bei Höfner Hütte' '49' and 'XLIII' and stamped 'Foto Dietzgen 1126 Freiburg i/Br'.

A front/port side view of Lancaster, PA474 taxying. A hangar in the background, possibly RAF Waddington.

Tentative identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Left page.
Top left - Old Parliament building, New Delhi.
Top right - monumental archway (India gateway)
Bottom - The Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi.
Right page.
Upper right: Naples Stazione Marittima, looking north from the southern pier.
Left:…

View across a lake with wooded banks towards Købestævnet building.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder and Matthias Cantow of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.

Top: A man in flying suit, boots, gloves and helmet with goggles and oxygen mask. He leans, with arms crossed, against the corrugated wall of a building with open doors.
Centre, left: A single storey building in Masvingo with a veranda leading to…

Men in uniform marching along a road with St. Michaels Church and a windmill in the background. On the pavement, in front of houses, is a group of women and children watching.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Groups of men in uniform with side caps but no jackets stand outside two storey wooden buildings with suitcases, bags and other luggage.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A may is laying on a wooden crate etched ‘Egg coal’ on the front. Above the man, who is shielding his eyes, is a sign reading ‘flying cadet barber shop’ and the number 34’.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A trainee balances on a small post whilst leaning on a long stick. Another man is laying on a wooden crate under the sign ‘flying cadet barber shop’ with the number 34 underneath.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A Jeep with two men inside parked next to a small flat roofed building. A sign reads ‘Flying School Police Department’. Two men in uniform with white sashes and gloves stand alongside. A woman in civilian clothes walks nearby.

Additional…

A Beechcraft Model 18 with star markings on fuselage and tail being refuelled by a man on the port wing. Two further men are under the wing with the fuel bowser. A Stearman is visible on the left. Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A building with pitched roof to one side of a large open space on which goal posts are set and a man is walking. To the left is a flagpole from which the United States flag flies. Utility posts are erected on the building and across the site. Other…

Various single and two storey buildings arranged around an open space with trees beyond. Utility poles cross the site and a United States flag flies from a flagpole with a group of men at its base. There is a road in the foreground and two parked…

A single storey building with a sign reading ‘Elev 470’ on its side. An ambulance is parked in front with four men sat on a collection of wooded benches and crates. A loud speaker is fixed to a small extension to the building.

Identification…

A pair of two storey clapboard buildings stand beyond a shallow ditch with a tree in blossom. The buildings have wooden steps leading to open doors with adjacent external vertical ladders.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank…

A two storey building set in open ground with bushes planted along the frontage. The United States flag flies from a flagpole in front and a water tower is behind.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.