Fighter Collection (page 4)

Knights of the Air - WWI aerial combat - Albert Ball
A British fighter plane in the Royal Flying Corps is attacked by two German aircraft. The illustration accompanies a feature inside The Modern Boy magazine by Captain W. E

Duelling in cloudland, aerial fighting 1917
Clouds play no mean part in aerial fighting. The hard-pressed biplanes will use them for cover, the chaser will hide in them with the hope of catching an unwary foe, unpleasantly near

U. S. Fighter plane in China
With a Chinese soldier standing guard, repair work on a U.S. fighter plane is carried out somewhere in China. The camouflaged huts in the background act as cover for the American planes Date: 1943

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

1930s RAF biplane diving with the engine still running
Republic P-47D-25-RE Thunderbolts of the 82nd Squadron 78th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing, escorting Boeing B-176-25-VE Fortress Bomber over the Continent in 1945. Date: 1945

WWII - Remember Pearl Harbour
Remember Pearl Harbour First Day Cover illustration depicting the Japanese aerial assault on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbour, a lagoon harbour on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

British Bristol F2B biplane preparing for takeoff, WW1
A British Bristol F2B biplane with members of 22 Squadron on an airfield, being prepared for takeoff during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying
Keep em Flying Propaganda postcard from 1941 (after the USA had entered the War following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour), encouraging productivity to aid the War effort

British Bristol fighter planes in flight, France, WW1
British Bristol fighter planes of No. 22 Squadron RAF flying in formation from Serny aerodrome, northern France, during the First World War. Date: June 1918

Four-gun Bristol fighter plane at Agincourt, France
A four-gun Bristol fighter plane of No. 22 Squadron, RAF, with one Vickers and three Lewis guns, at Agincourt, France, towards the end of the First World War

Airco Dh-5 War Plane
A pilot stands in front of the propellor of his Airco DH-5, a biplane fighter which had improved vision due to the the upper wing being closer to the rear of the cockpit. Date: circa 1917

French fighter planes WWII
French MS-406 fighter planes built by Morane-Saunier for the air force during World War II

Illustration of FW190 Fighter; Second World War, 1942
Illustration showing a German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter airplane, with cutaways of the engine and machine-guns, August 1942. This image showed some of the features of the latest FW190 captured by

Flight Lieut. Nicholson winning the Victoria Cross; Second W
Illustration showing Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicholson shooting down a Messerschmitt 110 fighter-bomber over Southampton on 16th August 1940

Women Ground Crew
Soviet female ground-crew re- arm a fighter bomber. Almost all the Soviet ground crew were female

Charlemont V Driscoll
French fighter Charlemont introduces a little Gallic flair to the boxing ring. Driscoll maintains a stiff upper lip

FAIREY FLYCATCHER
This is the main fighter used by the British Fleet Air Arm during the 1920s : depicted is the seaplane version, in which floats replace the undercarriage

Dassault Mirage 5
French Airforce Dassault Mirage 5 / V Flying

Cartoon, A Good Offer (Garibaldi and the Pope)
Cartoon, A Good Offer -- Take to this cap, Papa Pius. You will find it more comfortable than your own. Giuseppe Garibaldi offers Pope Pius IX a cap of Liberty to replace his triple crown

Martin-Baker Mb-5 Flying Date: 1944

Dassault Mirage G8-01 Two-Seat Twin-Engined Variable-Geo?
Dassault Mirage G8-01 Two-Seat Twin-Engined Variable-Geometry Prototype Multi-Role Jet Fighter Capable of Both Interception and Nuclear Strike Missions Flying Date: 1971

Hawker P. 1121
Hawker P.1121 Full-Scale Mock-Up Model in the Hawker Kingston-On-Thames Richmond Road Factory Date: 1957

Saunders Roe SR-177
Cutaway Drawing of a Saunders Roe SR-177 Date: 1950s

Messerschmitt Bf-110
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-110 During WW2 Date: 1940s

Grumman G-303 F-14 Tomcat
Us Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat Flying at High-Altitude with Wing Swept-Back Date: 1970s

Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet Parked at an Airshow in May 1950 Date: 1950

Grumman G-303 F-14A Tomcat
Us Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat with a Hughes Aim-54C Phoenix Missile and Awg-9 System Date: 1980

Hispano HA-1109 K1L Buchon
Spanish Airforce Hispano Ha-1109 K1L Buchon Parked Date: 1951

Sukhoi T-10 Su-27 Flanker prototype
Sukhoi T-10 Su-27 Flanker Prototype Taxiing Date: 1980s

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt
Usaaf Republic P-47N Thunderbolts flying in formation in the Pacific Area Date: 1944

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1
Messerschmitt Bf-109 of Luftwaffe Stab 3./ Jagdgeschwader 26 Which Force-Landed in a Field in Kent, Southern England UK after Being Shot-Down by Squadron Leader Henry C Sawyer in a Spitfire 1 of 65

Messerschmitt Me-163B-1A Komet
A Captured Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163B-1A Komet on Public Static-Display Possibly in Hyde Park, London, As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes

Hawker Hunter F-5
An RAF Hawker Hunter F.5 of 34 Squadron Parked During Suez Crisis Operations Date: 1950s

Hawker Hunter F-56
An Indian Airforce Hawker Hunter In-Flight Date: 1960s

Gloster Meteor F-3
RAF 74 Squadron Gloster Meteor F-3S Parked Date: 1940s

BAE Boeing AV-8S Matador Harrier
Engineers Carrying out Post-Flight Engine and Airframe Checks on a Spanish Navy Esc 008 Bae Boeing Av-8S Matador Harrier Date: 1970s

Avia S-92
The First Avia S-92 Was Assembled at the Letnany Research Institute of Prague in 1945 Using Malesice M-04 Engine, Was in Fact a Re-Assembled Me-262 Schwalbe and Junkers Jumo 004 Turbojet Engine Date

Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Royal Air Force RAF 56 Sqn Hawker Hurricane Parked with Sargent Higginson (In White Overalls) and RAF Officers in 1940 During the Battle-Of-Britain Date: 1940

Polikarpov I-16 Rata
A Parked Formation of Polikarpov I-16 Ratas During the Spanish Civil War with Pilot Standing in Front Date: 1930s

Focke Wulf FW-190D-9
Focke Wulf FW-190D9 Parked Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire 14 / XIV
An RAF Supermarine Spitfire 14 Flying, Aircraft Number 251B Date: 1940s

Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Parked on Stony Unprepared Ground Date: 1942

English Electric Lightning
RAF 29 Squadron Ee Lightning, Believed to Be in Germany, after a Runway Overrun Incident and a Rekord Car Parked in the Foreground Date: 1974

Focke Wulf FW-190A-3
Several Luftwaffe FW-190S Parked on Dry Grass 7 / Jg-2 Richthofen at Morait, France, Summer 1942 Date: 1942

Entries - Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition
An artist?s impression of the McDonnell Douglas, Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace entry in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition c1996. Date: circa 1996

The Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter Concept Demonstrator
The Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator at Boeing?s Palmdale, California, plant, June 1999. Date: 1999

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