Airman Collection (page 3)

Silhouette portrait of an airman with details of his flying helmet drawn in. Date: 1914

Allied Forces activity in German territory, WW1
Two examples of Allied Forces activity in German territory during the early stages of the First World War. Above, debris from a German motor convoy

Saved by parachute from a burning plane
An airman is saved by his parachute from a burning plane which plummets to the ground. Date: 1928

Manoeuvrability and pilot blackout by G. H. Davis
What fighting at nearly 400 mph means to the airman -- the difficulties of manoeuvrability and pilot blackout. How problems of high speed and wing loading have been solved

Two airmen in French bomber, WW1
Two airmen in a French bomber biplane during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

French aeroplane with hand bombs, WW1
Two airmen in a French aeroplane, with hand bombs ready to be dropped over enemy territory during the First World War. Date: August 1914

Flying Officer L. A Trigg, V. C winner
Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg(1914-1943), Royal New Zealand Air Force, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News, 1943

Airman posing
An airman posing for his photo on a sunny porch

Aeroplane and pilot in a field, WW2
Aeroplane and pilot in a field during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Man in RAF uniform on a motorbike
A man in RAF uniform riding a motorbike with a sidecar attached

Aerial view of a German gas-attack
A photograph taken by a Russian airman showing a German gas-attack on Russian troops. German soldiers can be seen waiting to attack as the fumes roll towards the Russians. Date: December 18th 1915

Advert for Burberrys WWI service coats 1916
Protection and comfort. Whenever the inclemency of weather conditions to be faced in Naval or Military services calls for the highest form of protection

WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl
WW2 - Propaganda - the benefits of being a member of the Italian Airforce! Relief on the girls face as her man parachutes safely from his stricken plane to join her back on the ground

WW2 - Royal Air Force pilot and positive poem
WW2 - photograph of a Royal Air Force pilot accompanied by a positive patriotic poem by G. D. Wilkinson. Keep Smiling ! Date: circa 1943

A French Moto cyclist despatch rider hands over a despatch
A French Moto cyclist despatch rider hands a despatch to a French airman in a Henry Farman F20 somewhere in France

Book cover design, The Air Patrol: a Story of the North-West Frontier, by Herbert Strang, London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Showing an airman with a map. 1913

Book cover design, Conquering the Air: the Romance of the Development and Use of Aircraft, by Archibald Williams, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd, 1926. 1926

Good Cheers, Women war work, World War II by Helen McKie
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a female ATS worker serving cups of tea to a sailor, an airman and a soldier during World War II. Date: c.1940

Escort by Helen McKie - World War II
An old Chelsea Pensioner in his distinctive red uniform looks on aghast as a smart RAF airman escorts two pretty girls. Date: c.1940

Loop the Loop - Pegoud - Aviator
Adolphe Celestin Pegoud (1889-1915) - a pre-WWI French aviator who became a fighter ace. On 21st September 1913, as a test pilot for Louis Bleriot (in a Bleriot model XI monoplane)

Italian pilots in Italo-Turkish War, Cyrenaica, Libya
Portraits of the first Italian pilots who took part in the Italo-Turkish War (1912-1913) in Cyrenaica, Libya. This war was the first in history which involved air attacks by aircraft. Date: 1912-1913

Poster warning about safety on the airfield. Watch that prop. Careless walk costs lives. Showing a pilot losing his head by walking into a spinning propeller. 1940s

William (Billy) Bishop, Canadian flying ace
William " Billy" Bishop, (1894 - 1956), Canadian World War One flying ace

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, in flight
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in full flight. Date: 1915-1917

Major Harvey-Kelly with his Renault aeroplane, Yorkshire
Major Hubert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly (1891-1917), World War I pilot credited with being the first British pilot to land in France after the declaration of war

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, WW1
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in uniform, standing at the side of his aeroplane

Air cadet climbing a fence
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two climbing over a fence

RAF cadet with skull of Yorick
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two contemplating the skull of Yorick as though he were Hamlet to accompany Historical Notes

Welcome to Durban
Cover of a Welcome to Durban - Khaki and Blue we welcome you leaflet compiled and published by the Durban Publicity Association for British service men

RAF air cadet lugging kit
An RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two lugging his kit into camp at night at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester

RAF air cadet shovelling coal
Cartoon of a Royal Air Force air cadet on training at Heaton Park, Manchester, shovelling coal

Military Clothing advertisement
Advert for Dugsons in South Africa for Military Clothing that Commands Attention, and for military accessories such as eagles, propellers, chevrons and khaki shirts

Four British airmen in uniform pose for their photo in the photographers studio

An airman who won the V. C
Captain John Aidan Liddell of 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Flying Corps who won the Victoria Cross after safely flying

Battle-ground from the air
Fighting lines in Flanders photographed by an airman, pitted with shell-holes and showing a maze of zig-zag trenches

Marked grave of German airman
A cross marking a German airmans grave on a battlefield near Meaux

Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, R. N. 1915
Portrait of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford of the Royal Navy Air Service. Warneford became the first airman to destroy a Zeppelin in the air

Female Type & Admirers
The Long, Long Trail: an elegant woman and her many admirers, all of them fighting in the war

Colonel Cody
SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY motorist and airman - hes obviously dressed for one or the other !

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