A Bedford and “Queen Mary” trailer combination, possibly of No. 108 Repair and Salvage Unit, drives through a water-filled crater on a road near Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, on the way back to its base, bearing a damaged Supermarine Spitfire Mark V of No. 243 Squadron RAF. Perhaps early 1943. Victor Sierra

Bearing a Spit

From the UK Ministry of Information Second World War colour transparency collection: A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force with an F14 camera in its nose, warms up on a North West African airfield. April 1943. Victor Sierra

Beaufighter warms up

Winston Churchill petting the mascot of HMS Prince of Wales, Blackie, during the Atlantic Charter Conference, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Aug 1941, and in several months the HMS Prince of Wales will meet its demise in the far east along with the HMS Repulse.