April Collection (page 16)

Alon A2 Aircoupe G-ATRY (msn A-140), at Kirton-Lindsey in April 1967. Date: 1967

Grumman F-14A+ Tomcat 162915
United States Navy - Grumman F-14A+ Tomcat 162915 (msn, base code AD, call-sign 101'), of VF-101, the first F-14A+ delivered to VF-101 on 26 April 1988, at Oceana Naval Air Station. Date: 1988

Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert
United States Marine Corps - Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 149791 Fat Albert (msn 282-3657), the Blue Angels support aircraft from 1988 to 1991, seen at Andrews Air Force Base on 21 May 1988

Lockheed L-100 Hercules 9J-RCY (msn 382-4109, Model 382B-1C), of the Zambian Government, leased to Zambian Air Cargo, at Lusaka Airport with the #3 engine removed

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 82-0920
United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon 82-0920 (msn 61-514, base code TJ'), of the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Torrejon Air Base

Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC. 1 XL558
Royal Air Force - Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC.1 XL558 (msn 134), of No.209 Squadron, at RAF Seletar. (Written off on 27 April 1968) Date: circa 1960

Convair C-131D Samaritan O-42831
United States Air Force - Convair C-131D-CO Samaritan O-42831 (msn 231, 54-2821 ), of the USAF Academy, at Wilmington, North Carolina, on 4 April 1970

HMS Usk - a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Usk, a Yarrow-type River-Class destroyer ordered under the 1901 - 1902 Naval Estimates and named after the River Usk in Wales flowing through Newport

Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine in a test cell fitted with an experimental afterburner, on 1 April 1963. Date: 1962

Lockheed C-130E Hercules 2455
Brazilian Air Force - Lockheed C-130E Hercules 2455, at London Heathrow Airport in April 1971. Date: 1971

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 610016
United States Air Force - Boeing B-52H-170-BW Stratofortress 610016 (msn 464443)of the 11th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Wing, visiting RAF Marham in April 1971. Date: 1971

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

Gloster Javelin T. 3 XK577
Gloster Javelin T.3 XK577, formerly operated by the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down, at the Ministry of Aviation Fire School, Stansted Airport, in April 1965

Gloster Javelin F AW. 1 XA568
Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin F(AW).1 XA568, at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield in April 1961. Date: 1961

Armstrong-Whitworth Meteor NF. 11 WD687
Armstrong-Whitworth Meteor NF.11 WD687, at the Ministry of Aviation Fire School, Stansted Airport, on 7 April 1962, before succumbing to the flames, during fire-fighting practice. Date: 1962

AJEP W-8 Tailwind G-BALR
AJEP W-8 Tailwind Series 1 G-BALR (msn TW4-381), at Southend Airport in October 1977. This aircraft was destroyed when it flew into Steeple, Scoat Fell, in bad weather on 29 February 1984

Slingsby T. 21b BGA. 570
Slingsby T.21b BGA.570 (msn 538, ex G-ALNJ), ready to take a winch launch at Lands End in April 1966. Date: 1966

Avro Anson 19 G-AHKX
Avro Anson 19 Series 2 G-AHKX (msn 1333), of Kemp's Aerial Surveys Aircraft division Ltd. at Blackpool-Squires Gate Airport in April 1972. Date: 1972

Poster, Brooklands Motor Course, Weybridge, Surrey, The British Mountain Handicap, Britain's Richest Car Race, Easter Monday, 13 April 1936. Date: 1936

Poster, Goodwood, near Chichester, Sussex, Motor Racing at its Best! Easter Monday 3 April, International "100" for Grand Prix Cars and five supporting events. Date: 1961

Poster, Grand Prix Automobile, Pau, France, 7 April 1947. Date: 1947

Hal Hurst working on a painting, The Hero, WW1
The English artist Hal Hurst working on a painting, The Hero, First World War, photograph in the New York Times, 22 April 1915. 1915

Prime Minister, Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Commons, introducing the Commonwealth of Australia Bill. The Bill which installed for Australia, under one Government

Photograph: Mahmud in his bloodstained Jibba, captured at the Battle of Atbara, 8 April, 1898. In 1883, the Sudanese religious leader, Muhammad Ahmad (or the Mahdi)

Victorian mourning card, Edgar George Pottle
Victorian mourning card, In Loving Remembrance of Edgar George Pottle, MRCS LRCP, who died April 9th, 1880, aged 40, interred in the family grave, at Highgate Cemetery

Bankside Power Station, South London
Side view of Bankside Power Station, an oil-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, London, 30 April 1975. The power station generated electricity from 1952 to 1981

Industry Industrial Power Station Cegb London
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Children in a school hall
Children sitting in a school hall, April 1976. Date: 1976

Children campaigning against education cuts, Bristol
Children campaigning against education cuts, April 1977. The walkout and march from a Bristol comprehensive school was organised by the NUSS (National Union of School Students). Date: 1977

British Leyland workers protesting, London
British Leyland workers protesting during a strike, and taking part in a demonstration in London which included a march to the House of Commons

Young Communist League demonstration, London
Young Communist League members demonstrating outside the American Embassy in London, 28 April 1980. One of them is holding up a copy of the Morning Star newspaper with the headline

Opening of Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels
King Baudouin in Army uniform in the centre of the Royal group, on his right his brother Prince Albert in naval uniform. On the left of King Baudouin are Princess de Rethy with Princess Marie

Plaque on bridge at Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Plaque on the bridge at Concord, Massachusetts, USA dated 19 April 1775, commemorating British soldiers of the 4th Regiment who died during the American War of Independence

Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria - 25th Anniversary card
Turkish atrocities during the April Uprising in Bulgaria - 25th Anniversary card (published 1901). The inset pictures shows Todor Kableshkov (1851-1876)

St Julien war memorial, Langemark, Belgium
The St Julien war memorial, commemorating the Canadian soldiers who died in the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915. The sculpture at the top is known as the Brooding Soldier

Prince Arthur Duke Brittany Murdered Uncle King
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Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propaganda
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Dead cattle, Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Dead cattle amidst the rubble on Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA, after the earthquake and fire, 18 April 1906. 1906

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting the East End of London, which suffered fierce bombing. They walked over debris examined the damage

Spanish Civil War. Firemen and members of the Passive Defence after a bombardment in Barceloneta (April 1938)

Spain. Civil War. Barcelona (April 27, 1938). Departure of the 6th expedition of CNT-FAI volunteers. SPAIN. Madrid. Fundacion de Estudios Libertarios Anselmo Lorenzo (FAL)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Bike race between Girona and the Aragonese front (14th-18th April 1937)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Last war report, broadcasted by Radio Nacional de Espana. Signed in Burgos by Francisco Franco on 1st April 1939, it ended the Second Republic and the Civil War. SPAIN

SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Soldiers shhoting against aircrafts in Basque Country (April 1937)

Funeral of Manfred von Richthofen, WW1
Funeral of the German air ace, Manfred von Richthofen, towards the end of World War One, on the Western Front in France. Men firing a volley over the graveside. Date: April 1918

Sammy Barr, Communist candidate 1978
Sammy Barr (centre, with glasses), Communist candidate in the by-election held in the Glasgow, Carscadden constituency in April 1978, along with supporters

Miners strike demonstration
A demonstration in Wales, in support of the striking coal miners, including members of the Cynon Valley Communist Party, and the National Union of Public Employees (N.U.P.E.) Date: 28 April 1984

Laurence Olivier and Dorothy Tutin
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and Dorothy Tutin (1930-2001), British actors, during rehearsals for John Osborne's play The Entertainer. Date: 10 April 1957

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