Entrenched British soldiers somewhere along the English coastline in preparation for a possible German invasion, March 29, 1941.

On the ready

PHOTOS OF DAD'S SUNDERLAND SQUADRON AND ONE OF THE CREW OF THE B-24 HE FLEW OUT OF BASES IN INDIA, COCOS ISLANDS, AND MALDIVES

Dad'sRAF B-24 CREW, BURMA

IWM Caption: "Severely damaged Halifax gets back to base." Source: IWM (CE 82) 
Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, HR837 'NP-F', of No. 158 Squadron RAF, 
 crew poses amidst the damage caused when it was hit by a
 falling bomb from another aircraft while raiding Cologne on the night 
of 28/29 June 1943. In spite of the severe damage to the fuselage, none 
of the crew were injured and Cameron managed to fly HR837 back to the 
Squadron's base at Lisset, Yorkshire. HR837 was repaired and flew a 
further 11 operations with the Squadron before being turned over to No. 
1656 Heavy Conversion Unit