Airfield Collection (page 5)

WW1 - Russian reconnaissance plane, 1915
WW1 - A Russian airfield covered in snow with Russian sky-pilots seated in their aircraft. Surrounded by their fellow airmen

WW1 - British bomber squadron with Avro 504s
WW1 - Three Avro 504 British biplanes and the British bomber squadron on the ground preparing to carry out an aerial attack in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Commander Briggs biplane, No

WW1 - Aircraft - The Henri Farman HF. 20
WW1 - The Farman HF.20 and its derivatives were a family of reconnaissance aircraft produced in France shortly before and during the First World War

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a at a Midlands airfield

Bristol M IC combat monoplane, popular with those who flew it, but not widely available. Date: circa 1916-1918

World War One Britsh Military Biplanes & Airfield, Unknown Location, Britain. Date: 1910s

Extreme Biplane Comparison, Airfield, Germany. A six foot man on top of the plane!. Date: 1910s

WW1 - Pilot at an Airfield (unidentified) Date: circa 1915

Claude Grahame-White in an early aeroplane
Claude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer, at the Blackpool Flying Carnival, in flight with a female passenger. Date: early 20th century

Imperial Airways passenger plane Horsa, a Handley Page, on an airfield at Malta. Date: circa 1932

RAF Sunderland flying boat unarmed prototype
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat K4774, an unarmed prototype, seen here on an airfield. Its first flight was in October 1937. Date: circa late 1930s

Men in a field with an early biplane. Date: early 20th century

De Havilland Airco British biplane
De Havilland Airco, British biplane on an airfield. Date: early 20th century

Vickers Vimy British heavy bomber biplane
Vickers Vimy British F9159 heavy bomber biplane (service type), used during the First World War and later as a civil aircraft. Date: 1917-1933

British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1
British airmen arming a plane with bombs, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

British daytime bombing squadron, Western Front, WW1
A British daytime bombing squadron with large aircraft on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

RAF scouting squadron about to set off, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron about to set off for enemy lines from the British Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

RAF scouting squadron, Western Front, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron on an airfield on the Western Front in France during World War One. They flew low in order to shoot at the enemy. Date: circa 1916

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft being tuned up before setting off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is being shown a bomb dropping device on an aeroplane. Date: circa 1916

Pilot and observer about to set out, Western Front, WW1
A British pilot and his observer getting instructions through their CO via photographs and maps before setting out for the German lines on the Western Front in France during World War One

British airmen planning attack, Western Front, WW1
British airmen belonging to a daytime bombing squadron, planning their attack on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Map of Sardinia by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sardinia, showing airfields and seaplane bases during the Second World War. The island was experiencing concentrated bombing by the Allied Strategic Air Force. Date: 1943

British planes about to set off on patrol, WW1
British planes about to set off on patrol on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Asquith inspecting a plane, Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is inspecting a plane full of bullet holes which has just returned from a flight

Early British dirigible, front view
Early British dirigible, seen from the front, on the ground with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground with crew
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

People on airfield with light aircraft, Scotland
People on an airfield in Scotland with a light aircraft belonging to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd of Glasgow. The G-ACSM was a Spartan Cruiser with three engines. Date: 1930s

Scylla L17 biplane on an airfield
The Scylla L17 British four-engine biplane, designed and built by Short Brothers. It was used by Imperial Airways for scheduled flights between London and various European cities

Biplanes at Hendon airfield
Biplanes lined up at Hendon airfield ready for a cross-country race. Date: 1913

Farman plane F-AIAU
Farman passenger monoplane F-AIAU standing on an airfield. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - French Farman Aircraft Squadron
French Farman Aircraft Squadron at Thessaloniki, Greece (do look at: 10818253, which shows these aircraft being delivered, in crates)

French Farman Aircraft Squadron at Thessaloniki, Greece (do look at: 10818253, which shows these aircraft being delivered, in crates!) Date: circa 1916

Curtiss P40 Warhawk Fighter Aircraft - WWII
Pilot getting into the cockpit of his RAF North American P-51 Mustang. It was first flown operationally by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber

Three Dassault Mirage IVAs at Bordeaux Merignac airfield

A RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1 XR369 Spartacus takes-off
A RAF Short SC-5 Belfast CMk1, XR369, Spartacus, takes-off from the island of Gan in the Indian Ocean for the last time. The airfield was handed over to the Republic of Maldives on 29 March 1976

Maldivians wave goodbye for the last time as a RAF Short SC-5 Belfast, XR369, Spartacus, prepares to leave from the island of Gan in the Indian Ocean

Alcock and Browns Vickers Vimy at Quidi Vidi Airfield, near St Johns, Newfoundland

A de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth is bombed-up at Hatfield during anti-invasion preparations in 1940. Trials were completed over Hatfield airfield but no bombs were dropped in anger. Date: 1940

A de Havilland DH104 Dove shipped to New Zealand made its first flight from Rongotai Airfield, Wellington, on 9 February 1948. Date: 1948

Livingston, Maxim, Gates, Grahame-White - Olympia Aero Exhib
Hendon, Londons first aerodrome, had been largely developed from 1910 by Claude Grahame-White, against the views of the newspaper media who had derided his earlier efforts to develop the airfield

Busy airfield scene
A busy airfield containing Spitfires, Hurricanes, P-47 Thunderbolts, a P-38 Lightning, a Lysander, Halifaxs, a Goshawk, a Mitchell, a Mustang, a Lockheed 18, a Wellington and an Oxford

Supermarine Spitfire fitted with a tropical filter on an airfield in North Africa. March 1944. Date: 1944

Messerschmitt Bf109Es parked on an airfield in 1940. Date: 1940

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