Images Dated 24th October 2004

B-25 Mitchell Bomber taking off from Hornet'; Second World

Photograph showing an American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber taking off from the aircraft carrier Hornet on 18th April 1942. This bomber was one of sixteen bombers, under the command of Lt.-Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, which were launched from Hornet for an air-raid on Tokyo - the first American attack on Japan during the Second World War

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RAF Operations Room; Second World War, 1940

Drawing showing a Royal Air Force Operations Room in 1940. At the top of the image a number of WAAFs are shown moving counters and models across a large map of Southern England. On the right of the image, officers are shown watching the map and receiving further information before making decisions about when to commit their forces

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Richard Sands Air Walking at Drury Lane, 1853

Engraving showing Richard Sands (d.1861), the American acrobat, equestrian and air walker, performing at Drury Lane Theatre, London, March 1853. The secret of his performance was apparently rubber suction pads and although this particular show was a success, he died performing this stunt in Massachusetts when the plaster of the ceiling he was walking gave way

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