53 Collection

The Mystery Of Squadron X
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of Squadron X, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 53 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

Three English Electric Lightnings flying from Warton in July 1968. Leading is the first Kuwaiti T55, 55-410/G27-78. Nearest the camera is the unpainted Saudi F53, 53-686/G27-56

Station map
Z Macaulays station map of the railways in Great Britain, 1854 Date: 1854

Harrys Truman
Portrait of Harrys Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States, 1945-53

The first Hawk XX154 in the air for the first time
The first Hawk, XX154, in the air for the first time on 21 August 1974 with chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, at the controls. The flight from the flight test centre at Dunsfold lasted 53 minutes

The Morning Lady Dedlock is found dead by the gates of the cemetery in which Captain Hawdon lies buried

The Ghosts Walk Said to be haunted by the wife of Sir Morbury Dedlock

Soho, London - 52-53 Broadwick Street W1 - man pulling a barrow. 1973

U-Boat - Deutschland - crossing the Atlantic Ocean
U-Boat Deutschland - the first submarine to cross the Atlantic Ocean - pictured arriving in Baltimore with Civilian Captain Paul Konig in July 1916

Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955)
Photograph of Gilbert Jessop, the Gloucestershire and England batsman, who was famous for his feats of quick-scoring - he once scored a century in only 40 minutes

Douglas RB-66B Destroyer, 53-435

There was nothing to be done and he died
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). There was nothing to be done and he died. Plate 53

Iowa Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion O-32662
Iowa Air National Guard - Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-(O-3)2662 (O for obsolete, not a number), of the 124th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

Dittmar HD. 153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEX
Dittmar HD.153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEX. A powered development of the Dittmar HD.53 Mowe glider, produced in limited quantities in 1950s Germany. Date: 1960s

Saunders Roe SR-53 Parked on a Concrete Apron Date: 1950s

Caproni Ca. 53
Caproni Ca.53, a light bomber, designed and built in the final months of WW1, but only the prototype was built. Date: 1918

Hawker Hunter T. Mk. 53 ET-272
Hawker Hunter T.Mk.53 ET-272 (msn 41H/696747), as a gate guard for BHAC, at Biggin Hill airport on 17 June 1989. ( the two-seat nose was replace by the nose of Hunter F.6 XJ690). Date: 1989

BAC Strikemaster Mk. 80 G-AWOS
BAC Strikemaster Mk.80 G-AWOS (msn EEP/JP/106), of the Royal Saudi Air Force, at The SBAC Farnborough Air Show on 16-22 September 1968. Seen with RSAF BAC Lightning F.53 G-AWON / 53-686. Date: 1968

White Star Line, steamer chair (incised detail)
White Star Line, superb steamer chair by repute from RMS Olympic, of folding form with original foldout footrest. The vendor has had the chair fully restored but in a manner that it has retained its

White Star Line, steamer chair with foldout footrest
White Star Line, superb steamer chair by repute from RMS Olympic, of folding form with original foldout footrest. The vendor has had the chair fully restored but in a manner that it has retained its

Lockheed F-104S Starfighter MM6824 - 53-02
Aeronautica Militare italiano - Lockheed F-104S Starfighter MM6824 / 53-02 (msn 1124), of 53 Stormo, 21 Gruppo, at RAF Fairford for the Royal international Air Tattoo on 20 July 1991

Lockheed F-104S ASA-M Starfighter MM6764 - 53-04
Aeronautica Militare italiano - Lockheed F-104S ASA-M Starfighter MM6764 / 53-04 (msn 683-6764), of 53 Stormo, 21 Gruppo, at RAF Fairford for the Royal international Air Tattoo on 20 July 1991

Agusta-Bell AB204B 03313
Armen - Agusta-Bell AB204B 03313 (msn 3193, Hkp3C, call-sign 53'), of the Army Aviation School, at the Middle Wallop international Air Show on 5 July 1984. (Armen - Swedish Army Aviation)

Agusta-Bell AB412 Ei-459 - MM81259
Aviazione dell'Esercito AVES - Agusta-Bell AB.412 MM81259 / Ei-459 (msn 25567), of 53 Gruppo, at Middle Wallop on 20 July 1990. (Aviazione dell'Esercito AVES - italian Army Aviation)

Percival P. 56 Provost T. 53 181
Percival P.56 Provost T.53 181 (msn PAC/56/F/400), ex irish Air Corps, derelict at Casement, Baldonnel. Date: 1982

Lockheed F-104S Starfighter 53-14
Aeronautica Militaire - Lockheed F-104S Starfighter 53-14, of 53 Stormo, Cameri Air Base. Date: circa 1985

Victa Airtourer 115 G-ATHT 53 (msn 120), at Prestwick Airport. Date: 1966

Lockheed F-104S Starfighter MM6930
Aeronautica Militaire - Lockheed F-104S Starfighter MM6930 53-04, of 53 Stormo. Date: circa 1975

53 MiG-17 Fresco
Mikoyan-Guryevich MiG-17F (NATO codename: Fresco C). This is one of the series of Graphics Training Aids (GTA) used by the United States Army to train their personnel to recognize friendly

ICA-Brasov IS-28M2 F-CBBA (msn 53), at the Paris Air Show, held at Le Bourget in June 1993. Date: 1993

McDonnell Douglas YC-15 72-1875 53, on display at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum's Century Circle display area, just outside the base's west gate. Date: circa 2010

Breguet Bre. 1050 Alize 53
Aeronavale - Breguet Bre.1050 Alize 53 (msn 053). (Aeronavale - Aeronautique Navale - French Naval Aviation) Date: circa 2000

Dassault Falcon 20ECM 053
Luftforsvaret - Dassault Falcon 20ECM 053 (msn 53), of 335 Skv. at RAF Fairford for the International Air Tattoo on 8 July 2016. (Luftforsvaret - Royal Norwegian Air Force), of 335 Skv. Date: 2016

Grumman C-2A'R Greyhound 162145
United States Navy - Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound 162145 (msn 25, call-sign 53'), of VRC-40 Detachment V attached to USS John F. Kennedy, at RAF Mildenhall, in July 1996. Date: 1996

Blackburn Beverley C. 1 XB268 D, XB286s and P
Royal Air Force - Blackburn Beverley C.1 XB268 D, XB286s and P, of No.53 Squadron, at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. Date: circa 1960

Blackburn Beverley C. 1 XB259
Royal Air Force - Blackburn Beverley C.1 XB285, of No.53 Squadron, being loaded at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus for an air-drop. Date: circa 1960

McDonnell Douglas YC-15 72-1875 53, seen at RAF Mildenhall, with a CFM International CFM56 in the No.1 engine nacelle, whilst en-route from the 1977 Paris Air Show

Dassault Falcon 20B-5 F-BNRE (msn 53), of Dassault Aviation, operated for the Air France pilot training programme, sometime between 9 November 1966 to 2 June 1969, somewhere in Africa

de Havilland DH. 53 Humming Bird G-EBHX
de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird G-EBHX (msn 98), with DH.60 Moth and Fleet Air Arm Sea Vixen FAW.1s, in a hangar. Date: circa 1965

Bell P-63C King Cobra NX73744, race number 53 in the late 1940s built for the United States Army Air Force as Bell P-63C-5-BE Kingcobra 44-41811947-1949: Frank Singer, registered as NX73744

Boeing XB-29G Superfortress 44-84043, General Electric engine test-bed with a J47 in the bomb-bay mounted retractable trapeze at Schenectady County Airport, NY

Cockpit of a Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper - Sikorsky JRS-1 - Sikorsky OA-8, twin-engined amphibious aircraft. Of the 53 production aircraft

Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARER (msn 012) of Maitland Drewery Aviation at Southend Airport. Registration history: First flown on 3 July 1953

GAF Nomad 22B VH-CRI (msn 53) (GAF - Government Aircraft Factories) of the NSCA (National Safety Council of Australia). First flown on 6 June 1977 and operated in Australia as VH-CRI

FALL / SHETLANDSHEEPDOG / 53
Three dogs standing together: HILARITY OF EXFORD, LANNACAST OF EXFORD and BEESWING OF EXFORD. Owner:Sangster Date: 1953

FALL / NORWICH TERRIER / 53
CHAMPION JERICHO HILL VIXEN Owner: Monckton Date: 1953

FALL / GOLDEN RETRIEVER / 53
WESTHYDE LANCER Owned by Frajer. Date: 1953

BAC 167 Strikemaster G-AWOS (msn 106) at the 1968 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. G-AWOS was delivered after the show to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) as 906

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