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Interested in the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU), military history, wartime art, photography. Random other reposts. WHW IC member. Substack https://substack.com/@insharpfocus. Also on Twitter. (Profile IWM E11085)
Friday.
IWM (NPB 13678), MoI, 1944
IWM (NPB 13678), MoI, 1944
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Friday.
IWM (NPB 13678), MoI, 1944
IWM (NPB 13678), MoI, 1944
A Battery Position in an Orchard of Young Fruit Trees in the Snow, by Edward Ardizzone.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4931)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4931)
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A Battery Position in an Orchard of Young Fruit Trees in the Snow, by Edward Ardizzone.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4931)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4931)
Good evening.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Good evening.
Pioneers on a Frozen Road at Kapelle near Goes, Zeeland, by Thomas Barclay Hennell.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4919
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4919
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Pioneers on a Frozen Road at Kapelle near Goes, Zeeland, by Thomas Barclay Hennell.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4919
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4919
Rockets from a Typhoon of No 181 Squadron, RAF, fired at buildings at Carpiquet airfield, Normandy.
IWM (C 4460)
IWM (C 4460)
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Rockets from a Typhoon of No 181 Squadron, RAF, fired at buildings at Carpiquet airfield, Normandy.
IWM (C 4460)
IWM (C 4460)
Aeroplanes on an Airfield, by Eric Ravilious, 1942.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1857)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1857)
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Aeroplanes on an Airfield, by Eric Ravilious, 1942.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1857)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1857)
Before Take Off, by Dennis Adams, 1944
AWM ART22246
AWM ART22246
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Before Take Off, by Dennis Adams, 1944
AWM ART22246
AWM ART22246
Monday.
IWM (H 28066), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 28066), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Monday.
IWM (H 28066), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 28066), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
Good evening.
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Good evening.
Office Dog, France 1944, by Guy Burn, 1944.
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 16578 51)
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 16578 51)
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Office Dog, France 1944, by Guy Burn, 1944.
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 16578 51)
© IWM (Art.IWM ART 16578 51)
Friday.
IWM (H 38302), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 38302), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Friday.
IWM (H 38302), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 38302), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
Malta: Fighters take off from Luca's bombed runway, by Leslie Cole, 1943.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3554)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3554)
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Malta: Fighters take off from Luca's bombed runway, by Leslie Cole, 1943.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3554)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3554)
Men of the 2nd Btn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment wait in dug in positions along a hedge, near Venraij, Holland, 17 October 1944.
IWM (BU 1206), Sgt Norris, AFPU
IWM (BU 1206), Sgt Norris, AFPU
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Men of the 2nd Btn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment wait in dug in positions along a hedge, near Venraij, Holland, 17 October 1944.
IWM (BU 1206), Sgt Norris, AFPU
IWM (BU 1206), Sgt Norris, AFPU
Good morning.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good morning.
Bomb Disposal, by Robin Mackertich.
© The rights holder (Art.IWM ART 17117)
© The rights holder (Art.IWM ART 17117)
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bomb Disposal, by Robin Mackertich.
© The rights holder (Art.IWM ART 17117)
© The rights holder (Art.IWM ART 17117)
Private Roger Spratt of the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, a cobbler from Newcastle, repairs boots in a camp at Denmead, Hampshire, 29 April 1944.
IWM (H 37964), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 37964), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Private Roger Spratt of the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, a cobbler from Newcastle, repairs boots in a camp at Denmead, Hampshire, 29 April 1944.
IWM (H 37964), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
IWM (H 37964), Sgt Wooldridge, AFPU
A Station in War-time, by Edward Ardizzone, 1940.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 346)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 346)
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A Station in War-time, by Edward Ardizzone, 1940.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 346)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 346)
A paratrooper training at Ringway in England gathers in his parachute after landing, August 1942.
IWM (H 22831), either Lt Malindine, Lt Putnam or Lt Taylor, AFPU
IWM (H 22831), either Lt Malindine, Lt Putnam or Lt Taylor, AFPU
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A paratrooper training at Ringway in England gathers in his parachute after landing, August 1942.
IWM (H 22831), either Lt Malindine, Lt Putnam or Lt Taylor, AFPU
IWM (H 22831), either Lt Malindine, Lt Putnam or Lt Taylor, AFPU
Four Finishers, by Pegaret Keeling, 1943.
Art.IWM ART 17424
Art.IWM ART 17424
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Four Finishers, by Pegaret Keeling, 1943.
Art.IWM ART 17424
Art.IWM ART 17424
A Bristol Beaufighter (a 'Torbeau') of No 144 Squadron RAF, armed with an aerial torpedo.
IWM (CH 9765), F/O Hensser, RAF Official Photographer
IWM (CH 9765), F/O Hensser, RAF Official Photographer
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A Bristol Beaufighter (a 'Torbeau') of No 144 Squadron RAF, armed with an aerial torpedo.
IWM (CH 9765), F/O Hensser, RAF Official Photographer
IWM (CH 9765), F/O Hensser, RAF Official Photographer
Torpedoed and Beached, by Christopher Perkins, 1944.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3779)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3779)
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Torpedoed and Beached, by Christopher Perkins, 1944.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3779)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 3779)
The crew of 314 Anti-Tank Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, demonstrate their Archer self-propelled gun, mounting a rear-firing 17-pdr, in the vicinity of Sant'Apollinare in northern Italy, 6 March 1945,
IWM (AYY 886/1), Sgt Les Ostinelli, AFPU
IWM (AYY 886/1), Sgt Les Ostinelli, AFPU
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The crew of 314 Anti-Tank Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, demonstrate their Archer self-propelled gun, mounting a rear-firing 17-pdr, in the vicinity of Sant'Apollinare in northern Italy, 6 March 1945,
IWM (AYY 886/1), Sgt Les Ostinelli, AFPU
IWM (AYY 886/1), Sgt Les Ostinelli, AFPU
The Bows of HMS Terrible, by Stephen Bone.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5007)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5007)
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Bows of HMS Terrible, by Stephen Bone.
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5007)
IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5007)
Shadows. 9/9
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Shadows. 9/9
Pub signs - the Mermaid Inn and the Pipemakers Arms. 8/9
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Pub signs - the Mermaid Inn and the Pipemakers Arms. 8/9