Biplane Collection (page 34)

Vickers Vimy British heavy bomber biplane
Vickers Vimy British F9159 heavy bomber biplane (service type), used during the First World War and later as a civil aircraft. Date: 1917-1933

Westland Wapiti British biplane
Westland Wapiti British two-seat general purpose military biplane J9237 with a 500hp Bristol Jupiter engine. Date: 1920s-1930s

Hawker Nimrod British fighter biplane
Hawker Nimrod British carrier-based single seat fighter biplane with 480hp Rolls Royce Kestrel engine. Date: 1930s

Bullet & shrapnel holes in a Farman biplane, WW1
Diagram showing the extensive bullet and shrapnel damage to a much strafed Maurice Farman Long Horn biplane. Every black hole represented a bullet hole though the machine was still able to fly

German plane attacked by British anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British scouting biplane, attacked by machine gun fire from a larger German aeroplane over Belgian territory, witnesses the enemy plane spiral to earth in flames after being hit by anti-aircraft

Fleet Air Arms first Coronation fly past, by G. H. Davis
First time the Fleet Arm has figured in a Coronation in a Coronation review: Bombing, reconnaissance and fighter types which mustered for the ceremonial fly-past of H.M. King Gorge VI. Date: 1937

Biplane over Gruneckhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Switzerland
Biplane over Gruneckhorn and Finsteraarhorn in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. Date: circa 1919

Gotha giant biplane, WW1 diagram
The new German raider, the Gotha giant biplane, diagrammed in The Graphic, which described by the paper as typically Teutonic in its lack of finesse. Date: 1917

German Gotha plane brought down over Thanet, WW1
A Gotha biplane crashes to the ground, one of the casualties of an air battle over the Isle of Thanet. The plane was one of two brought down, crashing into a cornfield. Date: 1917

Handley-Page bomb-carrying biplane, WW1
A British Handley-Page biplane, equipped with two Rolls-Royce engines at 250 h.p. each driving a tractor screw. It was also fitted with three machine-guns - one forward-facing

WWI biplane bullet fuselage with copper propeller
First World War biplane bullet fuselage with copper propeller.. Trench Art

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916

Model of biplane, finely cut wings and fuselage, WW1
Model of a biplane, finely cut wings and fuselage, with enamel Hansa crosses on wings. Only has half a propeller. Trench Art

Model of pusher type biplane, WW1
Model of a pusher type DH2 biplane. Trench Art

Model of a biplane, WW1
Model of a biplane. Trench Art

Model of German biplane, WW1
Model of German biplane with fuselage made out of a bullet and cut-out German crosses on the wingspan. Trench Art

Imperial German biplane, wooden model, WW1
Imperial German biplane, wooden model. Trench Art

Pilot (on his first escort), WW1
Pilot (on his first escort). I wish these FE s, or whatever they are, would not go so far East. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

WW1 metal biplane on a wooden base. Trench Art

Grivillers & Maricourt, French aviators, Sopwith biplane
Grivillers and Maricourt (Somme) - French aviators with a Sopwith biplane, by Louis Dauphin (1885-1926)

Royal Flying Corps airmen attack a German monoplane, 1914
British army airmen of the Royal Flying Corps attacking a German monoplane in 1914. The pilot is seated behind the observer in the British biplane; the observer repels attack and fires on the enemy

French biplane dropping propaganda leaflets, WWI
How the French army contradicts German misstatements. A French biplane drops leaflets over German land hoping to prove to the German soldiers the falsity of the statements made to them by their

Amy Johnson solo flight London to Australia
In May 1930 Amy Johnsons six-day flight from Croydon, London to Karachi, set a new record for a solo flight to India. Amy standing infront of the Gipsy moth aeroplane " Jason"

Anti-aircraft guns firing on British biplane, 1914
An oddly pastoral scene, with little puffs of cloud-like smoke in a clear sky in France, accompanying the bursting of German anti-aircraft shells fired on a British Farman biplane

First one-engined, eight-seater aeroplane
Airco 18, a new type of aeroplane carrying 18 passengers across-channel, London to Paris. The pilot, reversing previous practice, sits behind

Attack and Defence in the air
Various arcs of fire by which German machines are protected and the blind spots which results from interfence of the structure of the aeroplane

The Enemys aircraft by G. H. Davis
The drawing depicts a few of the more conspicuous types of biplane aeroplanes in use by the Germans in the First World War. The Gotha twin-engined biplane have an unenvible notoriety. 1918

Manufacture Avro 504 biplanes WWI
A.V. Roe and Company, factory in Hamble in Hampshire, England making Avro 504 biplanes made entirely of wood, during World War One, the biplane was largely in observation and bombing roles

Italian Caproni bomb-carrying biplane and triplane 1917
Top: Caproni bomb-carrying biplane, extensively used by the Italian Air Service, owing to there great lifting power they were capable of carrying a big load of bombs, as well as two pilots

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

Aeroplane gunner working in mid-air by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane gunner and his work in mid-air. How biplanes meet and attack enemy aircraft and how the attack may be warded off. Date: 1915

Hangar with biplanes
A hangar with biplanes, near the waters edge. Date: 20th century

New German fighter plane by G. H. Davis
The new German fighter biplane, nicknamed Fritz by the British. It had two Mercedes engines, and was manned by two gunners and the pilot. It could stay in flight for up to six hours. Date: 1915

Aeroplanes v. Zeppelins by G. H. Davis
The struggle for aerial supremacy: aeroplanes versus Zeppelins. Left: outmanoeuvring a Zeppelin at sea. Right: an extraordinary optical delusion -- chasing a sunlit cornfield which looks like a

British daytime bombing squadron, Western Front, WW1
A British daytime bombing squadron with large aircraft on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

RAF scouting squadron about to set off, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron about to set off for enemy lines from the British Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft being tuned up before setting off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British plane setting off, Western Front, WW1
A British biplane setting off on a raid of the German lines on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Pilot and observer about to set out, Western Front, WW1
A British pilot and his observer getting instructions through their CO via photographs and maps before setting out for the German lines on the Western Front in France during World War One

British airmen planning attack, Western Front, WW1
British airmen belonging to a daytime bombing squadron, planning their attack on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

The hydro-aeroplane by G. H. Davis
The hydro-aeroplane: coming changes in its construction. Showing the evolution of the waterplane or seaplane. 1912

Aeroplane types required by the army by G. H. Davis
Five aeroplane types required by the army. They are, from top to bottom: two fighting aeroplanes, two reconnaissance aeroplanes, and a light scout. Date: 1914

First torpedo air attack by G. H. Davis
The Second World Wars first aircraft torpedo attack: a German destroyer hit. Torpedo-carrying aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacks a German destroyer off Trondheim. 11 April 1940

Outstanding flying achievements: a pictorial record of the recent advances in speed, distance, height and endurance. Date: circa 1930s

The air might of Great Britain by G. H. Davis
The air might of Great Britain: a comprehensive picture of aircraft types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

The Royal Air Force in the west by G. H. Davis
The Royal Air Force in the west. Types of machines which have been fighting and bombing during the great assault, First World War. Date: 1918

From England to India by air in a week by G. H. Davis
A service so regular that it has become matter of fact. From England to India by air in a week. An amazing contrast to the first cross-Channel flight in 1909

Balloon bursting at RAF display by G. H. Davis
Balloon bursting: a new contest at the RAF display. A supreme test of skill in manoeuvring: fast little gamecock aeroplanes ramming elusive balloons that dart rapidly here

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