Airborne Collection

Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens in the Long Jump
Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens (1913-1980) in the Long Jump, producing his gold medal-winning leap of 26 ft 5 in (one of four golds he won at this games). Date: 1936

Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World War
Photograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944

The Men of Arnhem by Bryan de Grineau
The Men of Arnhem: " A Superb Feat of Arms Performed by our First Airborne Division." - The Prime Minister. The First Airborne Division beating off a heavy attack by German S.S

WW2 Poster -- Formation Signs
Formation signs, dated 8 May 1945. Chromolithograph poster, showing various formation signs of infantry and armoured divisions, brigades, groups, including Airborne TPS, GHQ Liaison Regiment

Paratroops landing on the outskirts of Arnhem
Photograph: Paratroops landing on the outskirts of Arnhem. Taken by Sgt D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Arnhem, 17 Sep 1944

D-Day - Glider reinforcement team
A team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast

Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem; S
Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944

Parachute Regiment - Sergeant - 6th Airborne Division

Major-General R. E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, September 1944

Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944

British Sentry keeping watch on Nijmegen Bridge; Second Worl
Photograph showing aan Irish Guardsman keeping watch on the Bridge at Nijmegen, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised by

British First Airborne Troops march towards Arnhem; Second W
Photograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division marching into Arnhem with their guns and equipment, after landing outside the town, September 1944

Lilienthal Airborne
Otto LILIENTHAL in flight on hill near Ruthenow/Neustadt, Germany

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

Possible UFO sighting in Ireland
Was it an Irish flying saucer or merely an airborne leprechaun? A double-page spread relating to an incident that occurred in County Waterford, Ireland on the 26th December 1965

American Paratrooper near St. Mere Eglise; Second World War
Photograph showing an American paratrooper taking a brief rest on the roadside at St. Mere Eglise, Normandy. This town was captured by airborne American troops soon after they landed on D-Day

Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; Seco
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; Second
Photograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944

Aerial View of the bridge at Nijmegen, Holland; Second World
Aerial photograph showing the road bridge across the Waal at Nijmegen, Holland, 1944. This photograph was taken prior to Operation Market Garden ; the audacious plan to lay an Allied carpet of

Avro Shackleton MR. 2
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton MR.2, of No.8 Squadron, used as a flight crew trainer for the Shackleton Airborne Early Warning aircraft. Date: circa 1979

Future War / Zukunstkrieg
ZUKUNSTKRIEG A German prediction of the next war - their airborne divisions attack an armoured French fortress Date: 1894

Airborne Musicians
This band has taken to the skies in their airship - folk down below may take their efforts for the music of the spheres

Airborne Animals
Why should mankind hog the blessings of aviation ? You ll think you ve seen everything when you ve seen an elephant fly !

Witch Airborne by Florence Mary Anderson
A witch flies through the air with her companions by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Boeing E-4B 73-1676
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 73-1676 (MSN 20682 / 202), on approach. The E-4B is the Airborne Command Post for the use of President of the United States in emergencies

Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134
United States Navy - Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134 (MSN 17250), at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage and disposal. Initially converted to JKC-135A test aircraft and then to NKC-135A King Crow I?

The Airborne Monument (The Needle) at Oosterbeek, a village in the eastern part of The Netherlands located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland. Date: 1952

Boeing EC-135H 61-0286
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135H 61-0286 Dark Angel (MSN 18193) airborne command post, at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete on 23 May 1987. Date: 1987

Lockheed HC-130B Hercules 1346
United States Coast Guard - Lockheed HC-130B Hercules 1346 Elizabeth City (msn 282-3638, ex USAF 61-2081), undergoing maintenance on a Side-ways Looking Airborne Radar. Date: circa 1985

Boeing EC-135J 63-8048
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J 63-8048 (MSN 18665), airborne command post. Date: circa 1985

Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135J Stratotanker 62-3584 (MSN 18567), airborne command post. (Overshot runway at Pope AFB, NC, undercarriage collapsed)

Boeing EC-135P 58-0019
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135P 58-0019 (msn 17764) (initially converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft. Later converted to EC-135P airborne command post). Date: circa 1980

Boeing EC-135P 58-0018
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135P 58-0018 (msn 17763) airborne command post. Date: 1985

Boeing EC-135H 61-0285
United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing EC-135H 61-0285 (msn 18192) airborne command post, at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete on 26 May 1985. Date: 1985

Hughes MH-6H Cayuse 81-23651
United States Army - Hughes MH-6H Cayuse 81-23651 (msn), of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Night Stalkers'

Grumman OV-1D Mohawk 62-5886
United States Army - Grumman OV-1D Mohawk 62-5886 (msn 45B), fitted with the Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) and enlarged wings, at the Bournemouth Air Show on 18 August 1984

Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 61-0274
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 61-0274 (msn 18181-T0496) converted to EC-135H airborne command post. Date: circa 1990

Boeing EC-135P Stratotanker 58-0019
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135P-BN Stratotanker 58-0019 (msn 17764). Built as a KC-135A-BN, converted to EC-135A Rasio Relay station, then to EC-135P airborne command post standard

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949), of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, on 8 July 1979

Lockheed RP-3D Orion 158227 Paisano Tres (Project Magnet)
United States Navy - Lockheed RP-3D-130-LO Orion 158227 Paisano Tres (msn 285A-5551), of the United States Naval Oceanographic Office. Project Magnet / Roadrunner'

Lockheed RP-3A Orion 149667 El Coyote (Project Seascan)
United States Navy - Lockheed RP-3A-10-LO Orion 149667 El Coyote (msn 185-5008), of the United States Naval Oceanographic Office on 9 July 1976, configured for Project Seascan'

Boeing C-97G N209AC
Boeing C-97G-24-BO Stratofreighter N209AC (msn 16624, ex O-20930 - 52-0930), of the Foundation for Airborne Relief, at Fox Field, Lancaster, California, in October 1973

Demons - Dagobert
When the Frankish king DAGOBERT dies, demons take him by sea to Etna, where the entrance to Hell is located, but a posse of airborne saints rescue him just in time 638

Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152
United States Army - Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152 (MSN FE-006), fitted with Common Sensor System 4, for airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection. Date: circa 2000

Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9001
United States Air Force - Bombardier E-11A Global Express 11-9001 (MSN 9001) BD-700-1A10 Global Express used as a platform for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node. Date: circa 2015

Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135H Stratotanker 61-0282 (MSN 18189), of the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron. Date: circa 2000

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