Air Plane Gallery

British aircraft camouflage, 1941

British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber, Sunderland Flying Boat, Hurricane Fighter, and Fulmar Fighter

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Flight Lieut. Nicholson winning the Victoria Cross; Second W

Illustration showing Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicholson shooting down a Messerschmitt 110 fighter-bomber over Southampton on 16th August 1940. Nicholson won the Victoria Cross for this action because he had already been badly wounded in the 'dog-fight' and his own airplane, a Hawker Hurricane, was on fire.

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Good Housekeeping front cover June 1932

Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine for 1932 with a little boy swept along by the craze for aviation. With toy aeroplane in hand, and his Biggles style flying helmet on his head, he gazes up into the sky at a plane as it casts a shadow on the ground. Date:

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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