British Military motorcycles; Egypt, WWII. 


Motorcycles in war service

A local lady named Tonia Verbeek, gives a glass of water as a welcome sign, to a thirsty British paratrooper, sitting behind the wheel in his jeep; Arnhem, the Netherlands, 1944.


Dutch hospitality



 "The pilot of this Chance-Vought Corsair fighter which crashed through the barrier of HMS Smiter when landing on and ended upside down, escaped with only a bruised thumb. This took place during operations against Sakishima in support of the American landing on Okinawa."
 
Date 1945 
IWM photo
