Decoy Collection

WW2 Q-Ship And Royal Navy Radio
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a lady wearing a pink dress, standing on the deck of a Q-ship

Douglas F-6A Skyray 134748 & an McDonnell ADM-20 Quail
Douglas F-6A Skyray 134748 (msn 10342), on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum

Lockheed T-33A 57-586
Lockheed T-33A-5-LO 57-586 (MSN 580-1315), on display at Rickenbacker ANGB, Columbus, Ohio. With decoy Owl perched on the fin to deter birds leaving presents behind.. Date: circa 2000

North American F-100D Super Sabre 55-2884
North American F-100D-50-NH Super Sabre 55-2884 (MSN 224-151) on display at Rickenbacker ANGB, Columbus, Ohio. With decoy Owl perched on the fin to deter birds leaving presents behind

Sukhoi Su-27 of the Russian Knights performing aerobatics while ejecting decoy flares, at Boscombe Down - Air Tournament International - June 1992. Date: 1992

Chinese men hunting wild ducks with decoy gourd hats in the river, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak FU-6
Royal Belgian Air Force - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak FU-6 / 52-7133, at Southend Air Museum. Military Assistance Program allocation to RBAF in August 1954 as FU-6. SOC Jan 1972

Dummy heads rising above the side of a trench, WW1
Four dummy heads of British soldiers rising above the side of a trench during the First World War, to deceive potential snipers. Date: 1914-1918

Dummy injured soldier used during training, WW1
A dummy injured soldier used during training at Camouflage School, Kensington Gardens, during the First World War. The Germans would dress up a dummy in captured khaki to look like a British soldier

Australian soldiers with dummy tank, Le Catelet, WW1
Soldiers of the Australian 4th Divisional Engineers at Le Catelet, northern France, with a dummy tank designed to mislead the Germans about Allied troop movements towards the end of the First World

Papua New Guinea - Preparing a Large Decoy Drum. Date: circa 1910s

Hunting Birds / Decoy / 1890
A duck decoy, a netted funnel to lure wildfowl Date: 1890

The House of Decoys, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Naval engagement off Heligoland by G. H. Davis
The smart naval engagement off Heligoland: the destruction of German light cruisers and torpedo boats, shown in a series of drawings made from sketches by an eye witness. 1

The Water Crawl Widgeon by Heath Robinson
The " Water Crawl" Widgeon - bluffing device on the Norfolk jungle. Another mind-boggling idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson

British destroyers by G. H. Davis
The destroyer grows up: from TBD (torpedo boat destroyer) to almost light cruiser. The origins of the destroyer: from the 84.5 foot torpedo boat of 1876 to the Navys newest, the 2610-ton decoy

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 56-695, releases a McDonnel?
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 56-695, releases a McDonnell ADM-20 Quail decoy missile

Fritton Decoy, Fritton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Inflatable decoy truck
A Bedford MW inflatable decoy truck produced by Vauxhall during World War II

Mixed Poultry (Beeton)
Various poultry birds including a White Dorking cock, a Game Bantam, a Decoy Duck and a Silver-laced Bantam

Duck shooting with decoys, hoping they will encourage other ducks to alight on the water and be slaughtered

Poachers Dog Decoy
Clever poachers make use of a dog, with a lantern on its head, as a decoy to distract the gamekeepers attention from their activities

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