A member of the Afrika Korps sitting on a British fighter Tomahawk crashed in the North African desert. This is one of a series of photographs that belonged to a German officer who was captured on 24 October 1942 during the Battle of El Alamein. Victor Sierra

Tomahawk crashed in desert

Officers of the 2nd Batallion, Worcestershire Regiment, Waziristan, British India, 1940.  The vehicle is a Crossley "Indian Pattern" armoured car.  These were developed in the interwar period for internal security duties in Northern India, based on a Crossley truck chassis.  Substantial British and Indian Army forces were occupied in internal security in India during WW2, as the possibility of insurgency (encouraged by the proximity of Japanese forces from 1942) was a substantial concerrn.  "Indian Pattern" armoured cars remained in service until Indian and Pakistani independence in 1947.  The model here (like most others) was reconditioned in 1939, in the course of which the worn-out Crossley chassis was replaced with a Chevrolet truck chassis.  Best regards, JR.

Guarding the Empire.

A British fighter Hawker Hurricane burning after it had been shot down near El Alamein, 7 July 1942.Victor Sierra