Airman Collection (#2)

GUYNEMER IN HIS NIEUPORT
GEORGES GUYNEMER Both popular hero and an airman of distinction, Guynemer won many medals in his prolific career Date: 1916

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

WW2 poster, Thanks for Your Help! Airman shaking hands with airfield workman, photographic poster printed for HMSO by Henry Hildesley. Date: circa 1942

Music cover, I m an Airman ! (And I Fly, Fly, Fly, Fly, Fly). By Thomas McGhee and Hal Russell, sung by J W Rickaby. 1925

Cartoon, Pilot falling from plane, WW1
Cartoon, a German pilot falls from his plane towards an airfield below. He doesn t appear to have a parachute, but he feels fortunate to have his little dog mascot with him. Date: 1917

WW2 poster, Back up the Fighting Forces, showing an airman, a soldier and a sailor. Date: early 1940s

James Thomas Byford McCudden, pilot
James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918), British air ace with a confirmed overall score of 57, who rose to the rank of Major, seen here in the cockpit of his Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a

WW2 Christmas card, praying in church
WW2 Christmas card, a soldier, a sailor and an airman praying in church -- With Gods Help Victory is Assured. Date: circa 1942

Baling out of a stricken aeroplane by G. H. Davis
The gentle art of baling out: escape technique. How airmen dive and drift to safety through space. The use of the parachute during the Second World War: methods of escape from stricken aeroplanes

Air Travel - Thomas Cook
Brochure for Thomas Cook air travel holidays. Date: 1937

Book cover design, With the Airmen

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Morane-Saulnier N and Henry Farman biplane, WW1
A Morane-Saulnier Type N French monoplane fighter aircraft, with Lieutenant Bayetto of the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) in the cockpit during the First World War

RAF cadet arrived at Heaton Park
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looking puzzled as he arrives at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester, for air crew training

British forces colleagues at Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Poster, Second International Aircraft Exhibition, Milan
Poster, Visit the Second International Aircraft Exhibition, Milan Sports Palace, 2-17 October 1937. 1937

Startling Stories - Sci Fi Mag - A Yank At Valhalla
The front cover of Startling Stories magazine, showing an American spaceman emerging from a spaceship while under attack from three Viking warriors. They attack him with bows, arrows and swords

Players Navy Cut Snap Game - The Airman - holding a large pack of " Airman" cigarettes Date: 1930

Cartoon, Offer in the air, WW1
Cartoon, Offer in the air. A mechanic offers an aperitif to the pilot as they fly through the air. Date: 1917

Old Maid card - Airman. circa 1940s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Wing the Airmans Wife. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Wing the Airmans Son. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Wing the Airman. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Wing the Airmans Daughter. circa 1930s

Female Type / Paris
One of the Paris attractions, appreciated by the military. Date: circa 1915

Female Type / Paris 1 / 2
One of the Paris attractions, appreciated by the military. Date: circa 1915

Dieudonne Coste & Plane
French aviator in front of his plane, The Question Mark, in which he and Maurice Bellonte completed the first non-stop flight from Europe to the USA on 2 September 1930 Date: 1930

WW1 - Aerial combat - Over Mametz Wood, France
WW1 - An illustration and birdseye view of an aerial fight. A British airman in action bringing down an enemy aircraft over Mametz Wood in France. Date: 1917

WW1 - French airborne chivilary, 1915
WW1 - Two French pilots seated in their aircraft called Lorraine as it prepares to set off to pay tribute to one of their dead comrades

The courtesies of the air, WW1
The courtesies of the air: how the airmen fight. Showing British war biplanes parked in a wide meadow (top), British and Belgian aviators (bottom left), and a group of German aviators (bottom right)

Dropping bombs on cricket match
Extract from Hun airmens report. " We dropped bombs on a British formation, causing the troops to disperse and run about in a panic-stricken manner." A cartoon by G.Jennis in Punch

WW2 greetings card, Good Luck! A soldier, a sailor and an airman. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot waving
WW2 pop-up greetings card, RAF pilot waving. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Good Cheer -- a sailor, an airman and a soldier queue up for a welcome cup of tea at the NaFI. Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, Best of Luck
WW2 greetings card, Wishing you the Best of Luck, showing a soldier, a sailor and an airman with flags. Date: circa 1942

Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark
A German monoplane, forced to descend with the British lines on the Western front. The plane was forced to alight owing to the tactics of the British aviators in the neighbourhood where the aerial

Group of Brazilian airmen, 1918
" Our powerful ally in South America: a group of the Brazilian airmen who have arrived in England for special training, " as the Illustrated London News describes it

WW2 Poster -- be discreet
You may be a walking RAF - but don t let everyone know it! Be discreet! Colour lithograph by Sgt Norman Tiger Harrison, Royal Corps of Signals, India

Burberry carapace air suit, WW1
Advertisement for the Carapace air-suit from Burberrys of Haymarket, sheath armour for knights of the air, - ventilated, reinforced, lined and covered in densely woven gabardine. Date: 1918

WW2 poster, We re working for our lives
WW2 poster, We re not only working for our living, we re working for our lives. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Tatler front cover featuring Captain Guynemer, 1917
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894 - 1917), French military aviator, credited with the destruction of 53 enemy planes, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler

Commander and Mrs C. R. Samson, WW1
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal

Anthony Wilding at an aerodrome in France, 1915
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured at an aerodrome somewhere in France in 1915 with from left

Captain Liddell V. C. WW1
Captain John Aidan Liddell of 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Flying Corps who won the Victoria Cross after safely flying

Silhouette portrait of an airman with details of his flying helmet drawn in. Date: 1914

Allied Forces activity in German territory, WW1
Two examples of Allied Forces activity in German territory during the early stages of the First World War. Above, debris from a German motor convoy

Saved by parachute from a burning plane
An airman is saved by his parachute from a burning plane which plummets to the ground. Date: 1928

Manoeuvrability and pilot blackout by G. H. Davis
What fighting at nearly 400 mph means to the airman -- the difficulties of manoeuvrability and pilot blackout. How problems of high speed and wing loading have been solved

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