Royal Flying Corps Collection

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917

Gen. Sir W.S. Brancer, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Sir W.S. Brancer, between c1910 and c1915

Mechanics of the Royal Flying Corps, Farnborough, First World War, 1915, (1933). Members of the RFC which was later merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force

Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Queen Mary visits aerodrome shed, 5 Jul 1917. Queen Mary of Teck leaving the aerodrome at Royal Flying Corps Headquarters at St. Omer, France on July 5, 1917, during World War I

Combat Aerien; Parmi les forces alliees aerienes; Montage d'areoplanes repares dans un atelier de parc d'armee; le service des reparations etait peut-etre le plus parfait de toute la

Lieutenant John Renne, portrait photograph, 1918 May. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lieutenant John Renne, portrait photograph, 1918 May. British airman

Le Zeppelin Abattu; Dans la banlieue Nord de Londres; Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson
Le Zeppelin Abattu; Dans la banlieue Nord de Londres; Le lieutenant-aviateur William Leefe Robinson, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Senator New, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917. (Note camera held by man on right)

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Allied Aircraft - Demonstration At Polo Grounds; Col. Charles E. Lee, British Aviator, with Avro Training Plane Designed By A.V. Roe of England, 1917

Swagger stick, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. Creator: Unknown
Swagger stick, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. First World War wood swagger stick with bullet cartridge tip and brass handle, owned by Lt. Wes D. Archer

Officers service cap, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. Creator: Lincoln Bennet Company Ltd
Officers service cap, Royal Flying Corps, ca. 1910s. First World War O.D. billed cap with RFC badge and RAF cloth badge worn over band, owned by Lt. Wes D. Archer

Trench Strafing : British low-flying scouts co-operating in an infantry
" Trench Strafing", First World War, (c1920). British low-flying scouts co-operating in an infantry attack on the Western Front. Biplanes shooting at Germans in the trenches

Ships of the Air versus Ships of the Desert, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Ships of the Air versus Ships of the Desert, First World War, (c1920)

Air Sickness: Incident with the Royal Flying Corps in France, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Air Sickness: Incident with the Royal Flying Corps in France, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VII. The Autumn Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Commander Samson of the Royal Flying Corps with some of his officers, First World War, c1914, (c1920)

A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). Artist: Cyrus Cuneo
A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). The Etrich Taube was a German monoplane

Albert Ball, British First World War pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross, c1917 (c1937)

Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett
A world record breaker: Lieutenant BH Barrington-Kennett, the first Adjutant of the RFC, 1912 (1933)

Sir Alan John Cobham, KBE, AFC (1894-1973), 1935. Cobham was an English aviation pioneer

WWI Royal Flying Corps

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. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Major-General Sir HM Trenchard, British military commander, c1920. Artist: Francis Dodd
Major-General Sir HM Trenchard, British military commander, c1920

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

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)

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

A British Vickers Vimy biplane, crashed south-west of Lille, France, World War I, 1917. The Vickers Vimy was a heavy bomber designed to be able to hit targets in Germany

Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, during bombing raid on London, 1916
Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, close to London, by Lieut William Leefe Robinson of Royal Flying Corps during bombing raid on London on night of 2-3 September 1916

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