Pilots Collection (#6)

Harriet Quimby (1875 1912), American airwoman and a movie screenwriter. Photograph showing her in novel flying clothing that she designed

Amy Johnson (1903 - 1941), pioneering English aviator

R. A. F, The Specialist, WW1, cartoon, H. M Bateman
A World War One R.A.F pilot pokes his head out of the side of his biplane as he releases a grossly oversized bomb. Date: 1918

Voss, Werner on left, talking to Manfred von Richthofen-both fighter pilots and aces

Hawker Hurricane 1A nose close up, (on the ground), with Polish pilots

Curtiss P-40E -known as the Warhawk in the US and the Kittyhawk in the RAF, the type was loved by its pilots for its ability to withstand combat damage

Bristol M1C frowned upon by Officialdom, this fast single seater became the much sought mount of senior pilots

Tatler cover - Captain Philip Fletcher Fullard, WW1
Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard CBE, DSO, MC and Bar, AFC (27 May 1897 24 April 1984), English First World War flying ace

Dorothy Spicer, aviator
Dorothy Norman Spicer, married name Pearce (1908- 1946), aviator and pioneering aeronautical engineeer. Together with her business partner Pauline Gower set up a successful aeronautical company

Matilde E Moisant (1878-1964)
Matilde E. Moisant, 1878-1964, the second woman in the US to get a pilots License. circa 1911. Date: 1964

Air Transport Auxiliary pilots alongside an Airspeed Oxford ferry aircraft at the ATA Hatfield base, 1940. From left: Lettice Curtis, Jennie Broad, Audrey Sale-Barker

Mrs Roosevelt is escorted by Commandant Pauline Gower as she meets Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. From left: Mrs Opal Anderson, Miss Jane Plant and Miss Virginia Farr

Madame La Baronne Raymonde de Laroche - the first woman in the world to receive a pilots aviators certificate (Ae

Two German pilots in relaxed mood, WW1
Two German pilots in relaxed mood during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Be2 Versus Taube 1914
The pilots of an allied BE2 aircraft use handguns to attack a German Taube

Francois Coli - French Navigator
Francois Coli (1881-1927) - French pilot and navigator - lost in 1927 with Charles Nungesser during their doomed attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Sicele O Brien (1887 - 1931) Irelands pioneering pilot

The Mollisons at St. Moritz, 1933 (Amy Johnson)
Aviation power couple, Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, pictured on the slopes at the fashionable ski resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1933

German pilots at Ingelmunster, Belgium, WW1
German VIP pilots near the German airfield at Ingelmunster, West Flanders, Belgium, November 1916. Date: 1916

Poster, Pro Aero 20th century

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

Our Flying Clubs No. 1 - Brooklands Aero Club
A view of the modern clubhouse of Brooklands Aero Club, the first in a series of illustrations and caricatures by Mel, documenting the rising popularity of aviation both as a sport

WW2 - Pilots Sketch of his Spitfire Squadrons Officers
WW2 - A fun sketch by Pilot Christian Mazo of his Spitfire Squadrons Officers, playfully bombing a hapless German. No. 329 Squadron appears to have connections to the Free French (note livery)

Creating model for flight simulator, RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire
Man working on a model for a flight simulator for use at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire. Before computers, flight simulators used actual models of different airfields in order to train pilots

Music cover, Up in the Air Boys
Music cover, Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air Boys, words by Lew Brown, music by Albert von Tilzer. 1919

Charles Green. Balloon
Charles Green pilots a scientific flight from Vauxhall Gardens, with Nicklin, Welsh & Adie Date: 1852

Raf Monoplane Pilots
Squadron Leader Q.R. Gayford and Flight Lieutenant O.L.G. Bett, pilots of the giant RAF Fairey (Napier) Long Range Monoplane, at Cranwell Aerodrome, destination Egypt. Date: 22 October 1931

Adastra advertisement - clothing for airmen and airwomen
Advert for Adastra clothing, suitable for pilots and passengers in 1919, at a time when the removal of flying restrictions after the war saw an upsurge in the number of people flying

Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915

Cartoon, Stoicism, WW1
Cartoon, Stoicism -- a French aviator impresses two fashionable women with his toughness during a bombardment. Date: 1915

Cartoon, French aviator in a bar, WW1
Cartoon, a French aviator with two admiring women in a bar. Oh, he has some little wings! Yes, just like Cupid! Date: 1915

Col and Mrs. Lindbergh being aided with their aircraft
Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne, the two are being aided by a group of Japanese workers with their aircraft and its propella. Anne sits in the aircraft whilst Charles is looking at the helpers

Three trainee Japanese pilots
Three Japanese women are being trained as pilotos by a man. One is seated and the other two stand, they all dressed in pilot attire and are looking at the demonstration. Date: 1932

Sir Alan John Cobham and staff
Sir Alan John Cobham (1894-1973), English aviation pioneer (third from right), and staff (known as the Flying Circus), group photo at an air display. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - News of an air raid, 1917
WW1 - Drawn by an observer is a scene of a British air station in England as the air force are in preparation after news of an air raid

WW1 - Double-sized German biplane debut over Poelcappelle
WW1 - The new extra-sized German fighter biplane shown making its debut in the war. It was nicknamed Fritz by the British

WW1 - Air Patrol - The Night Hawk, 1917
WW1 - Air force and mechanics at sea-shore preparing a British sea-plane, The Night Hawk, for flight. Date: 1917

WW1 - French and German aerial battle, 1916
WW1 - French and German aeroplanes in an aerial battle. The French in quick-firing gun action using the built in machine gun at the nose of the battle-plane to attack their enemy

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 - Close encounter between aeroplane and balloon
WW1 - A depiction of a close aeronautic encounter between a aeroplane and balloon hidden from each other in the cloudy sky

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

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 seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915
WW1 - Seven British seaplanes flying towards their first real oversea air raid. The British naval pilots on a mission to bomb various enemy naval works in Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915. Date: 1915

Zeppelin Wreckers, RFC pilots Robinson, Tempest, Sowrey

WW1 - German airmen in combat
WW1 - A drawing from a German artist for a German newspaper who witnessed the airmen in a battle royal in mid-air. The two German officers in a biplane attack the French captive balloon shown below

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

WW1 - French monoplane armoured and armed with machine gun
WW1 - The pilot is seen here clear above the armoured body of the plane, where the gunner stands behind a shield on which the machine-gun can pivot

WW1 - Captain Hawker takes on three Germans in the air
WW1 - Captain Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO (1890-1916), was a British flying ace, with seven credited victories. This illustration captures an occassion on 25th July 1915

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