Avenger fighter-bombers on their way to raid the Palembang oil fields ... many of these pilots were Canadian.  These air-craft have just flown off from HMS Illustrious.

Avengers from Illustrious bomb Palembang

British Ordnance BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun firing into the night, North African desert (?2nd El Alamein?).  Best regards, JR.

Night firing.

A Martlet fighter launches off the HMS Illustrious, this aircraft still has the British Roundel marking on the wings, the British Pacific fleet had to paint out the British Markings and replace them with American markings otherwise the American Gunners would mistake  the British aircraft for Japanese and try to shoot them down.