Air Force Collection (page 10)

Sopwith Camel aircraft ready for a patrol over the German lines, World War I, c1917-c1918. The Sopwith Camel first entered service in June 1917. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A battle squadron in fighting formation, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
A battle squadron in fighting formation, World War I, c1914-c1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Introductions before a RAF vs Metropolitan Police football match, Wembley, London, 1942. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Phillip Game (1876-1961) is introduced to the RAF team before the match

The Royal Air Force Memorial, the Embankment, London, c1930s. Erected in 1923, this memorial commemorates the servicemen of the Royal Air Force (RAF) killed in World War I and subsequent conflicts

Clark Gable, American actor, c1942-1945. Known as the King of Hollywood Gable was the biggest box office star of the early sound film era

Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut, 1960s. Higgins was a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut

Fairey Hendon. British RAF bomber designed by Fairey Aviation in the 1920s

Avro Lincoln. British bomber of the Second World War

The Avro Anson XX, c1940s. Multi-role British aircraft which served in World War Two

Gloster Meteor. British jet fighter which first flew in 1943

Avro Lancaster. Second World War bomber aircraft

A woman working on a Lancaster bomber, Second World War, 1940s. Female mechanic working on George the autopilot

Wellington Bombers, c1940s

Major-General Sir HM Trenchard, British military commander, c1920. Artist: Francis Dodd
Major-General Sir HM Trenchard, British military commander, c1920. Trenchard (1873-1956) was General Officer of the Royal Flying Corps

Spitfire Fighters, c1940. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during

WW1 Royal Flying Corps, c1914. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC), was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War

Members of the RAF ready for action during World War II, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Loading bombs on to an RAF aircraft during World War II, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Heavy bombs in the racks of a RAF Short Sunderland flying boat, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

RAF Coastal Command radio operator on board his aircraft, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

An RAF rigger serving breakfast at 6. 30 am, c1940 (1943)
An RAF rigger serving breakfast at 6.30 am, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

RAF flight engineer on board an aircraft, c1940 (1943). The flight engineer watching his instrument board, which tells him how the engines are behaving. From Coastal Command

The midship gunners of an RAF flying boat alert at their stations, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

British Naval and Air Force officers working at Area Combined Headquarters, c1940 (1943). The officers worked side by side in two offices fronting the plot on which every new movement in the Battle

The picture that sank a battleship, 1941 (1943). Artist: Michael Suckling
The picture that sank a battleship, 1941 (1943). A reconnaissance photograph taken by Spitfire pilot Flying Officer Michael Suckling showing the German battleship Bismarck moored in Grimstadfjord

Front cover of Coastal Command, 1943. Coastal Command was a booklet issued for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information

King George V in the uniform of Chief of the Royal Air Force, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

Westland Whirlwind, 1941. The twin-engined Whirlwind was one of the fastest and most heavily armed fighters when it first flew in 1938

Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF, 1941. Initailly conceived as a light bomber, the Blenheim was successfully converted into a long-range and night fighter aircraft

Boulton Paul Defiant I, 1941. The Defiant saw service early in World War II, notably with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 1941. Artist: Chas Brown
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, 1941. The iconic British Second World War fighter was designed by Reginald Mitchell. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine

General Duval, head of the French air force, 1918

Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, c1963-c1964. Gagarin (1934-1968) became the first man in space when he orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961

All Together, We Will Beat Them!, 2nd World War postcard, c1941-1944. Artist: Jean Loup
All Together, We Will Beat Them!, 2nd World War postcard, c1941-1944. French postcard

Squadron of German Heinkel He 111 bombers flying over occupied Paris, July 1940

Crowds around a downed German bomber on display in Sverdlov Square, Moscow, 1941

Soviet tanks and aircraft launching an attack, Russia, 1943

Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950), American air force officer, 1941-1944. Hap Arnold (left) was Chief of US Army Air Forces throughout World War II

Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940. Hawker Hurricanes of Fighter Command, a first line of defence against the incoming German bombers attacking England

Hawker Hurricane in flight, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940. A Hawker Hurricane of Fighter Command on its way to intercept German bombers as they crossed the south coast of England

Allied commanders in France, 1944. From left to right; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, General Dwight D Eisenhower, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder

Broadsheet showing Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, killed in action 1915. Looping-the-loop, dropping bombs, shooting- up observation balloon. From a contemporary broadsheet

Broadsheet showing Georges-Marie Guynemer, French air fighter ace
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1895-1917) French air fighter ace shot down 8 times. Died in combat 1917. Credited with 53 air victories. Broadsheet showing dog fights with German biplane and Fokkers

Evolution of the airfoil, 1908-1944. Creator: Unknown
Evolution of the airfoil, 1908-1944. Diagrams showing the historical evolution of airfoil sections. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of

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