Plane Collection (page 22)

Early monoplane, c1900s. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

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

Cabin of a De Havilland DH86B biplane, c1934 (c1937). View inside the cabin of a De Havilland DH86 Express airliner showing the ten seats upholstered in blue leather

Observers Mate, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Observers Mate, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

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]

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 Return, c1941. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Return, c1941. From The Studio Volume 124. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1942]

Winston Churchill after making a trip by air, c1914 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle and a Fairey Flycatcher aircraft, (1937)
The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle and a Fairey Flycatcher aircraft, 1937. The Fairey Flycatcher was a carrier-borne fighter plane in service with the Royal Navy between 1923 and 1934

Fairey III F reconnaissance plane taking of from the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, 1937. The Fairey III F entered service in 1927 but was obsolete by the Second World War

Eyes of the Fleet, 1937. A reconaissance aircraft flying above a British warship. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Hawker Osprey on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, 1937. The Hawker Osprey was the carrier-borne version of the Hawker Hart biplane

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

Youngs New Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, 1913

How Sub-Lieutenant Warneford won his VC, 7 June 1915, (1920). Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross, for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 over Belgium

A World War I dogfight (1914-1918), 1938. From the front cover of Flying magazine (13 August 1938). Cropping restrictions are in place

German Albatros DV, Souilly, France, 2 January 1918

King Edward VIII in an aeroplane, 1936. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his

A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914, (1926). Artist: Charles Fouqueray
Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914, (1926). On Christmas Day 1914 the British launched a comined air and naval attack on the Zeppelin bases at Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany

Three-seated aeroplane on a photographic mission, protected by a Spad fighter aircraft, 1918 (1926)

A French squadron of daytime bombers above a sea of clouds, 1918, (1926). Artist: Etienne Cournault
A French squadron of daytime bombers above a sea of clouds, 1918, (1926)

Air cavalry, attacking the infantry, 1918, (1926). Artist: Maurice Busset
Air cavalry, attacking the infantry, 1918, (1926)

Aeroplane supplying ammunition to the British front line, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926). Artist: Joseph Simpson
Aeroplane supplying ammunition to the British front line, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926)

British air bombardment over the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926). Artist: Joseph Simpson
British air bombardment over the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926)

British Royal Flying Corps aircraft under repair, c1916, (1926)

French squadron on the objective; factories at the edge of a river, 1918, (1926). Artist: Etienne Cournault
French squadron on the objective; Factories at the edge of a river, 1918, (1926). French aircraft in action on the Western Front during the First World War

Rene Paul Fonck, French fighter ace, 1918. Fonck (1894-1953) was credited with six enemy aircraft destroyed in one day, a feat he achieved on 8 May 1918

A Breguet French biplane bomber in action, c1917 (1926)

Georges Guynemer, French fighter ace, 9 September 1917. Guynemer (1894-1917) became the first French ace to attain 50 victories, a mark he reached at the end of July 1917

Lieutenant Georges Guynemer meeting French generals, 19 February 1917. Generals Foch, Gerard, Guillaumat, and Lyautey inspecting one of the aircraft of Guynemers squadron, Groupe de Chasse No 12

Georges Guynemer, French fighter ace, c1916. Guynemer (1894-1917) became the first French ace to attain 50 victories, a mark he reached at the end of July 1917

Lieutenant Georges Guynemer and Captain Felix Brocard, French fighter pilots, 5 February 1916. Photograph taken on the day of Guynemers (left) 5th victory

Ground crew attending to a French Spad on a snow-covered field, 1918, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
Ground crew attending to a French Spad on a snow-covered field, 1918, (1926)

French Fighter Squadron Aerodrome, 1918, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
French Fighter Squadron Aerodrome, 1918, (1926)

An Inversion a Little Close to the Ground, 1918, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
An Inversion a Little Close to the Ground, 1918, (1926)

Departure of French Breguet planes for a reconnaissance mission during winter, 1914-1918

A German Aviatik aircraft photographed in flight by a Belgian aviator, Ypres, Belgium, 1916

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium visiting Allied pilots, c1915. The Queen of the Belgians enjoyed great popularity as a result of her visits to the front and sponsorship of a nursing unit during World War I

German aviators shot down by French ace Jean Navarre, 1916. Jean Navarre (1895-1919) gained the distinction of being designated Frances first air ace of the First World War

Jean Navarre, French pilot, 1916. Navarre (1895-1919) gained the distinction of being designated Frances first air ace of the First World War

Albert I of Belgium, leaving by plane to visit the lines of the Yser, c1917. Albert (1875-1934) commanded Belgiums forces during the war including the Battle of the Yser in 1914

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping