Crash Collection (page 8)

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

Railway cartoon(2 of 2)
A comical cartoon showing elves, or possibly pixies, involved in a train crash

Inflatable German dinghy by G. H. Davis
Saving the Luftwaffe: an inflatable dinghy for defeated German airmen. It was carried by the larger German aircraft during the Second World War

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

RAF fire-fighting equipment by G. H. Davis
Fire-fighting in aircraft: the RAFs new automatic equipment. An aviation danger overcome: the Graviner system of preventing fire when an aircraft crashes. Date: 1939

Aerial attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
An aerial engagement during World War I, showing a German plane crashing to the earth in a column of flame and smoke. Date: 1916

Crash on the dancefloor
Two girls crash into each other on a dancefloor and exclaim, Why does a girl have to dance backwards?. Date: 1955

Nursery Rhymes -- accident, children in rain
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an accident on a country road involving a pedestrian and a horse-drawn cart. Below -- a girl and boy shelter under a tree during a shower of rain

People and dog with crashed biplane
A man and a woman, out walking with their dog, look at a biplane which seems to have crash landed

Biplane in a ditch
A biplane which has landed in a water-filled ditch

Street scene with damaged car
Street scene with people gathered round a damaged car. Water from the broken radiator appears to be running into the gutter

Johnsons Plane Crash
The aeroplane of AMY JOHNSON and husband JAMES MOLLISON, abandoned where it crashed, Bridgeport, U.S.A. during an attempt to fly from Wales to New York. Date: 23 July 1933

Assembly Hall - Westminster City School - Gym Lesson
Assembly Hall - Westminster City School - Converted for a Gym Lesson. Located at 55 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HJ. Date: 1910s

Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Captain Madon
Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924), (the fourth ranked French ace pilot of the First World War) on 11th November 1924. Madon was born in Bizerte

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

The wreckage following Codys fatal crash on 7 August 1913

Bleriot VIII ter after a crash September 1908
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Short-Bristow Crusader N226 being raised
Short-Bristow Crusader, N226, being raised following its crash on 11 September 1927 in Venice. Date: 1927

Handley Page O / 100 3121 following a crash
Handley Page O/100, 3121, following a crash

Maxims steam-driven biplane after the crash 31 July 1894
Maxims steam-driven biplane after the crash, 31 July 1894

Delagranges crash

The de Havilland Mosquito TIII operated by British Aerospace for many years until its tragic crash in 1996. Date: 1996

Crash and Bull
When the Paris-Amsterdam passenger plane is forced to land in a field near Brussels, it is attacked by a bull who resents the intrusion Date: 1925

An overturned lorry spills its load, Cheyne Walk
Road traffic accident - an overturned lorry spills its load of water coolers across the road at 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

LCC-LFB Attending a car crash on a London street
A typical street scene as the fire brigade attend a car crash in a London street. There is some passing interest but life is carrying on

NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident, Ealing, WW2
An NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident in Ealing, West London. The driver, having lost control of the appliance, struck a tree while responding to an emergency call

NFS London Region lorry driven into basement area, WW2
National Fire Service -- a London Region lorry driven into a basement area

Blitz in London -- wreckage of Hurricane fighter plane, WW2
Blitz in London -- the wreckage of a Hurricane fighter aircraft shot down over London, lying on the pavement in Buckingham Palace Road

Vulcan aircraft crash
Crash of Vulcan Mk 1, VX770, RAF Syerston, Notts, 20 Sept. 1958 (1) Date: 20th September 1958

Andes Aircrash
Investigation into the crash of G-AGWH, a BSa Avro 691 Lancastrian 3 plane in the Andes on Tupungato Mountain, Argentina, killing 11 people in 1947 Date: 2nd August 1947

A crashed biplane. Two policemen and several other bystanders pose for a photograph

Sphere cover 1939 - Borowenski at Brest-Litovsk
The Russian Commander Borowenski meeting the German Army at Brest-Litovsk in the centre of dismembered Poland, to discuss demarcation into German and Russian Poland

London taxi in basement crash
A London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century

Crashed RAF aircraft - WWI
A crashed RAF Saulnier monoplane - The Joan of Arc - which brought down the German biplane Albatros at Vaudemanges, France. Date: circa 1915

Anti-German cartoon, on the road to Paris, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing an ugly German soldier who has fallen off his bicycle by a milestone on a country road 40 kilometres from Paris

How to Keep Fit - Breakdown
Humourous postcard entitled: " How to Keep Fit" - " If a breakdown results from overwork, a long rest in the country is imperative." A motorist who has crashed faces quite a wait

German Albatros plane brought down, WW1
A German Albatros plane brought down by Captain Cecil King, MC DFC Croix de Guerre, of the 43 Squadron RAF during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Austrian plane crashing, WW1
An Italian photograph of an Austrian plane crashing during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Remains of Baron von Richthofens plane, WW1
The remains of the aeroplane of Baron von Richthofen, seen here with allied officers at the aerodrome of No. 3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps near Bertangles during the First World War

Newly Built M1 Motorway
A stretch of the newly-built M1 Motorway, near Little Linford, Buckinghamshire, England, looking south, towards Bow Brickhill, No crash barrier or traffic! Date: 1959 - 1960

Glider before Flight
A young glider wearing a crash helmet, seen just before take- off. Date: 1930s

Trial Trip over London by John Duncan
A series of amusing silhouettes laid over various photographs of London showing a rather disastrous trial aerial trip over London. Date: 1909

Sopwith Strutter plane crashed in airfield, France, WW1
A Sopwith 1 Strutter biplane of No. 5 (N) Squadron RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) which has crashed at Petite-Synthe airfield, Dunkirk, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

British plane on airfield, WW1
A British plane on an airfield (possibly after a crash landing) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Two cyclists crash to the ground
The two cyclists (errand boys) swerve to miss the dog, and crash to the ground in the middle of the road. Date: 1937

Debris of crashed German plane, Chelles, France, WW1
The debris of a crashed German plane brought down near Chelles, France, during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Wreckage of Max Immelmanns aeroplane, WW1
The wreckage of German air ace Max Immelmanns aeroplane, shot down on 18 June 1916 by 2nd Lieutenant G R McCubbin of the 26th Squadron, RFC, over Annay, near Lens, northern France

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