Crashing Collection

Waves at Porthcawl
A young boy defies the waves at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales. His mother and her friend look across with some concern at another boy on the railings in the distance

Alcock & Brown - 3
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown terminate their successful first crossing of the Atlantic by air by crashing their Vickers Vimy in an Irish bog

The Way of an Eagle by George Studdy
A litter of enthusiastic but accident-prone puppies crash into a fence and fall in a heap on top of one another after chasing a chicken across a farm yard

The Horse Cartoon, 1931
Cartoon, by H.M. Bateman, showing a large chauffeur driven car crashing into the rear of a horse-drawn hansom cab or cart

Cornish Coastline
Waves crashing against the rugged coast of Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s

To the Death! - A Glorious Incident of Aerial Warfare on the Western Front, showing a British biplane crashing into a German plane in a dogfight during the First World War

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup: a huge collision at night. From front to back: Bentley car no.1 with Leslie Callingham (1888-1960) thrown clear

Horse and drunk huntsman crashing through a shop window, 19th century. Caingey Thornton in hunting pinks on Hercules, followed by Mr. Sponge on Multum in Parvo

Rough Sea in Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Hawker Sea Fury Landing Accident / Crash Sequence Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1952

Billy Crashes His Bicycle
An illustration for a wartime children's short story book, Adventures! The image shows a boy named Billy, crashing into a motor vehicle and falling off his bicycle. Date: circa 1940s

Hero Of The Air
A front cover illustration for Hero Of The Air showing a WW2 fighter plane crashing onto an aircraft carrier in the middle of an ocean. Date: circa 1944

Silver Sea
A seascape painting of some distant ships in an ocean, which gets more turbulent in the foreground, with waves crashing into some rocks peaking through the surface. Date: circa 1922

On The Rocks, Narrabeen
Watercolour painting of some distant people enjoying a day on the rocks by the crashing sea at Narrabeen, in northern Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1925

Caricature illustration of crashing plane by E F Sherie. Captioned, It is an ill wind. An old proverb with an up to date illustration'

Spanish Civil War. Nuestros caidos exigen el aplastamiento de Franco (Our dead people call for crashing Franco). Propaganda poster from the Republican side

Comic postcard, Edinburgh Exhibition - man collides with woman Date: 20th century

Gentleman crashing a carriage in a Belfast street, 1822
Brian Boru in top hat and cockle-picker Peg O Shambles crashing a two-horse carriage in a Belfast street, 1822. Hawkers knocked on the street, urchins eating potatoes, a man with shillelagh

Big waves at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Giant breakers on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Date: c. 1936

WW2 - Rough Sea aboard the USS Pennsylvania - US Navy. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the Pennsylvania class of a United States Navy super-dreadnought battleship

Douglas DC-3A XA-FUV Xicontenatl
Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G XA-FUV Xicontenatl (msn 3261), of Aeronaves de Mexico. NC25617: United Airlines, from November 1940 to July 1948

CORAL REEF / J. W. WHIMPER
Waves crashing against a coral reef. Date: circa 1860

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain a?
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain after an Accident / Crash Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) in the Far East During Korean War Date: 1951

World War Two Canadian Fighter Air Ace George Frederick ?
World War Two Canadian Fighter Air Ace George Frederick Buerling Nicknamed Screwball. During His Flying Career He Was Credited with 31 Kills

Racing at Brooklands in the 1930s
Racing cars at Brooklands whizzing around the track. Date: 1932

YOICKS
Bonzo the dog crashing into toy animals after running too fast and not looking where he was going. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) was the creator of Bonzo

The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945
Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945

This Weeks Studdy - Bonzos Winter Sport
Several Bonzo dogs sledging with calamitous results. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo, a small dog with saucer-like eyes

Dangerous aerial stunt by Dick Grace
Stunt men undertaking a double leap from aeroplanes for a movie stunt, the film in question being The Lost Squadron. One of the men featured is Dick Grace

Racing car smashing its way to victory
Racing cars smashing around a course but carrying on regardless. Date: 1932

Lighthouse bombed with food supplies
A remote lighthouse in bad weather is bombed with pork pies (and, presumably, other food stuffs) by two aeroplanes bringing supplies by air. Date: 1932

Motorbike speeding through flames. Date: 1976

Car crashing through front of truck
Car crashing through the front of a truck. (2 of 3) Date: 1976

Motorbike crashing through glazed frame
Motorbike crashing through a glazed frame held up by two women. Date: 1976

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken window
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo walks past a window just as a brick crashes into the glass. Will he get the blame? Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Sedan chair crash, c. 1820
Sedan chairs jostle and crash into one another in a city street, c. 1820 Date: C.1820

Phantasy
Mer-babies playing in the surf of crashing waves. Date: 1929

WW1 - Zeppelin downed over Potters Bar
WW1 - An illustration depicting the four stages of a Zeppelin raider bursting into flames, and its fall through the starry night sky over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England

German Gotha plane brought down over Thanet, WW1
A Gotha biplane crashes to the ground, one of the casualties of an air battle over the Isle of Thanet. The plane was one of two brought down, crashing into a cornfield. Date: 1917

Aerial attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
An aerial engagement during World War I, showing a German plane crashing to the earth in a column of flame and smoke. Date: 1916

German propaganda postcard, Our U-Boats, WW1
German propaganda postcard, Our U-Boats, depicting an enemy seaplane crashing into the sea near a German submarine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Waves crashing on the front at Morecambe, Lancashire. Visible (just) back right is the Morecambe Tower, built in 1898 and standing some 232ft high

Russian railroad troop transport and soldiers crashing through ice. Date 1904

General offensive of the allied armies against Tien-chin -- Co. 8, Reg. II Infantry crashing into Tien-chin through the south inside gate

Cliffs, Rocks and Sea
Waves crashing against the rocks and cliffs at Beer, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Cornish Waves
A study of waves crashing onto the Cornish coast. Date: 1930s

Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, Channel Islands
Waves crash on rocks close to the Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, Channel Islands Date: 1920s

FOAMING WATERS
Foaming Waters : Waves crashing against the rocks off the coast of Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s

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