Paratroops on parade outside a hangar at No 1 Parachute Training School, Ringway, Manchester. Size:small Royal Air Force armourers check

Royal Air Force armourers check over the sixteen 250lb bombs before they are loaded into a Short Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit at Waterbeach

The ground is covered in snow and the scene is lit by a low orange sun

Armourers wheel trolleys of 500-lb GP bombs toward the open bomb bay of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No

All three Kittyhawks display the squadron's distinctive 'shark mouth' insignia

A Beaufighter being de-iced by several men standing on the wings

Paratroops on parade outside a hangar at No 1 Parachute Training School, Ringway, Manchester. Size:small Royal Air Force armourers check