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The Enfield No. 2 was a British top-break revolver using the .38 S&W round manufactured from 1930 to 1957. It was the standard British/Empire sidearm in the Second World War, alongside the Webley Mk IV and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers chambered in the same calibre.
Unlike most other self-extracting revolvers (such as the Webley service revolvers or the Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver), the Enfield Mk I/Mk II was complicated to unload, having an Owen Jones selective extraction/ejection system which was supposed to allow the firer to eject spent cartridges, whilst retaining live rounds in the cylinder. The ...
British experience of the 37mm gun had been underwhelming, and the M2 Medium was turned down. The next version, M3 Medium (later known as Lee/Grant in British service) was already part way through design and had a turret too small for the larger 75mm gun. To meet British requirements, the design was modified to add a larger gun in a side sponson.
Boulton Paul Overstrand (RAF) withdrawn from operational service in late 1939; Bristol Beaufort (RAF, FAA) Bristol Blenheim/Bisley (RAF) Bristol Bombay (RAF) bomber-transport; Douglas Boston (RAF) Fairey Battle (RAF) Fairey Gordon (RAF) Handley Page Halifax (RAF) Handley Page Hampden/Hereford (RAF) Lockheed Hudson (RAF) Lockheed Ventura (RAF ...
The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
Discussed in detail from May 1939, the system was summarised in a War Office letter of 12 April 1940 [4] updated in 1941, 1942 and 1943. All vehicles carried Arm of Service (AoS) markings comprising a 9 in (23 cm) square with a white two or three digit number (both one and four digits were occasionally used). Where the background colour is pale ...
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro.Large numbers of the type served in a variety of roles for the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Australian Air Force and numerous other air forces before, during, and after the Second World War.
Bomber Wing [13] In September 1939, Nos. 18 and 57 Sqns at RAF Upper Heyford as part of No. 2 Group RAF; Bomber-Reconnaissance wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos 18 and 57 Sqns [12] 17 February 1941: 31 May 1946: Signals Wing [13] 22 August 1951: 1 August 1953: Signals Wing [13] No. 71 Wing RAF: 20 August 1918: 1 May 1919 ...