ETE4872984: Second World War (1939-1945): An infantryman of the 7th US Army looks at a 203 mm gun abandoned in the region of Sarreburg (Moselle) by German troops during their retreat towards the border of the nearby Reich, around 21 November 1944 (WWII, near Sarrebourg, Moselle, Lorraine, France, ca 21st November 1944) Photography / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4873103: Aug. 14, 1953 - Gordon Pirie leaves for Norway: Gordon Pirie, Britain's cross-country champion, world record holder at six-miles, and the man who shock the athletic world last Saturday when he won the mile race at the White City, left London this morning for a holiday in Norway - a holiday that takes in four races at 1,500 metres (twice) 2,000 and 3,000 metres / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4875662: Tue 03, 1953 - This was the way the air incident near Regensburg happened. On a press conference held in Wiesbaden the two pilots of the American jet fighters attacked by the Czech jet fighters described the details of the incident which led to serious diplomatic entanglements. Ops: 1st Lieutenant Smith and 1st Lieutenant Brown (right) who was shot down by the Czechs. Keystone Picture dated March 12th, 1953. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4875709: Sep. 09, 1953 - WORLD AIR SEED ATTACKER - WITH HIS FAMILY... TEST PILOT” LUCKY LITHGOW AT HOME... LIEUTENANT. ORDER MIKE (“LUCKY”) LITHGOW Vickers Supermarine chief test pilot - and his co-test pilot MR. LESLIE ROBERT COLQUHOUN are seen to make attempts on beating the world air speed record - set up recently by Sqd. Leader Neville Duke. They are to fly the Vickers Swift F. Jet Fighter which was demonstrated at Farnborough... Mr Colquhoun will make speed test over the course, which is to be at Tripoli - before” Lucky” makes his record attempts... KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: LIEUT. ORDER MIKE (“LUCKY”) LITHGOW and his wife with their children ANTHONY (6) and PHILIPPA (4) in the garden of their home at Stockbridge Hampshire. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4875724: Tue 03, 1953 - Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip Mountbatten, born in 1921) visits British troops in Germany.: The Duke of Edinburgh, walks past some British wives and children of British servicemen, after he had watched a demonstration by the Mortar Platoon of the 1st Batt. Royal Hompshire Regt, at Soltau, yesterday, during his four-day visit to British troops in Germany. / Bridgeman Images