Fighters Collection

Prior to Coltishalls At Home day on the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, September 1960. Six generations of RAF fighters line up together

Gloster Gladiator
The last of Britains biplane fighters, it entered service in 1937 and took part in World War Two, notably in the defence of Malta, though quite outclassed by its opponents

First to fight - Democracys vanguard US Marine Corps - Join now and test your courage - Real fighting with real fighters. Poster showing marines storming a beach. Date 1917

Free French - Honour the Maquis. The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II Date: circa 1941

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants

Bristol 156 Beaufighter IV a quartet in quest of their quarry Just under 6, 000 Beaufighters were to be built

Hawker Hurricane Fighter, 1939
Diagram illustration of a British Hawker Hurricane Fighter, able to fly at a height of 35, 000 feet, with a 600 mile range and eight fixed Browning guns, firing 250 rounds in 10 seconds

Empire Air Day Poster
A poster for the Empire Air Day on Saturday 20th May 1939 at Warmwell near Dorchester. The Hawker Hurricane planes played a key role in attack and defence during WW2

A pair of RAF Supermarine Spitfire Fighters - stalwarts of the British air force throughout WW2 and instrumental in the victories of the Battle of Britain. Date: circa 1941

Six generations of RAF fighters line up together on the tarmac

London Boxing 1870
Two fighters slug it out in the gloomy interior of a tent, watched by a small crowd of Londoners who have probably bet on the outcome

Messerschmitt Me 262A -the only way Allied fighters could tackle this fast jet was to pouce on it as it slowed to land

A Prize Fight
A characteristic scene at a prize fight - we haven t been able to identify the two fighters, but no doubt they are well-known pugilists of the day

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Adelante luchadores de la libertad! (Go Ahead Freedom Fighters!). Poster of the anarchist organization CNT-AIT-FAI

Pergamon Altar. Hephaistos and goddess Eos riding a horse
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. South frieze. Gigantomachy

Brewster F2A Buffalo of the US Navy, aloft in Aug 1942 by when the type was relegated to training duties, having proved no match to the Japanese fighters

Blackburn Firebrand TF IV first flown in February 1942 opened a whole saga of problems, with the first production aircraft not being available until long after wars end

Bristol
Members of the Bristol contingent

Focke Wulf Ta 154 -too late to be encountered in any numbers, this was one of Germanys last night fighters

YMCA Poster, Lend Your Strength, WW1
YMCA Poster, design by Adrian Gil-Spear, Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle, Help the Y Help the Fighters Fight, United War Work Campaign, 11 to 18 November, First World War. circa 1918

Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah -constant improvements ensured that this Jabpanese Army reconnaissance type remained faster than most Allied fighters

Kawasaki Ki-45 Nick - one of the Japanese Armys most effective high flying fighters against such as the Boeing B-29

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV -these progressively replaced the interim Boomerang with Australian fighter squadrons serving in the Pacific

Brewster F2A Buffalo -unlike other Buffalo users, the Finnish enjoyed con (side view)rable success against their Soviet invaders

The 15, 000th Curtiss fighter, a P-40 Warhawk, emblazoned with the insignia of the 28 air forces operating Curtiss fighters during WW2. November 1944

Messerschmitt M. E. 109
Made in Germany, Finished in England. Messerschmitt M.E. 109. All proceeds go to our local Spitfire fund

The Plymouth contingent at the newly built fire station

Portsmouth (exact location unknown)

Turkish Zeibek warriors - Izmir, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1901

The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)
Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track

Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier, 1914
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring the French boxer, Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), posed before his much-publicised fight against Gunboat Smith at Olympia in July 1914. Date: 1914

Victory is a question of stamina - Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar - The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration. Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Date 1917

RAF Lancasters over Berlin; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Lancaster heavy bombers heading towards their target of Berlin, during the Autumn of 1943

Canadians in Southampton
The Southampton contingent of the CCCF who were billeted near the docks at the Apollo Hotel

A CCF crew
Crewing a British fire appliance somewhere outside Portsmouth

French Fireman 1850
French firemen - (sapeurs-pomiers) Date: 1850

Printemps Store Aflame
Printemps Department Store in flames, Paris

London Fireman 1750
A London fireman stands beside his engine : he is employed by an insurance company, the Hand-in-hand whose uniform he wears

Roman boxing gloves, bracelet and discus
Bracelet used by Roman and Greek military from the museum of Giovanni Pietro Bellori 1, strigil or bath scraper 2, metal discus in the Museo Oddi 3

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

Freddie Mills fighting Bruce Woodcock at White Cty in 1949
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

Royal Air Force - Supermarine Swift F Mk. 3
Royal Air Force - A Supermarine Swift F Mk.3 on the Engine-running de-tuner pan at the South Marston Vickers-Supermarine factory near Swindon

French Resistance fighters with a collaborator
French Resistance fighters gather after liberation of their local community, surrounding a collaborator. Date: 1944

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944

WW2 - Curtiss Fighters In Formation
A photograph which somes some United States WW2 Curtiss fighter planes flying in echelon formation. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Night Fighters At Rest
A photograph which portrays a group of WW2 night fighter pilots waiting inside a rest hut for the call that may come at any moment. Date: circa 1940s

Morane-Saulnier MS. 406 C. 1 fighters
A pair of damaged Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 fighters, abandoned on a French airfield. Date: 1940

Polikarpov I-16 Rata fighters, in a scrap dump captured by German forces. Date: 1941

Mother's Devotion by Alexander Rosell Date: 1902

Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to British fighters
Heroic midshipman carrying ammunition to hard-pressed British fighters Date: 1916

Photograph of a large group of armed men, captioned, Irregular fighters for the Persian Constitution'. With description, Under the new Regency, Persian affairs are comparatively peaceful

Battle of Otterburn. August 5, 1388. Engraving
Battle of Otterburn. August 5, 1388. Fight on the border between the Scottish and English armies. Les Chroniques of Jean Froissart. Engraving of an edition of 1881

Second Punic War. The Battle of Zama (202 B. C. ). Colored eng
Second Punic War. The Battle of Zama (202 B.C.). A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by Hannibal. Colored engraving. 19th century

13th Minnesota Volunteers 19th Century 1899 Aguinaldo
13th, Minnesota, Volunteers, 19th, Century, 1899, Aguinaldo, armed, army, Asia, Asian, Asiatic, attack, attacked, attacker, attacking, barracks, battle, colored, conflict, contemporary, Age, dead

Schleswig-Holstein Question. The First Schleswig War (1848-1)
Schleswig-Holstein Question. The First Schleswig War or Three Years War (1848-1851). Fighting between the Danes and Prussians at the Battle at Kolding on April 23, 1849

Britain's three Principal Bombing Aircraft 1940
The Hampden, Wellington and Whitley of the bomber command, R.A.F. which were carrying out nightly raids over German-occupied territory. Date: December 1940

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Los combatientes necesitan prendas de abrigo (Fighters need warm clothes). Poster ob the International Red Help. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Cornet call to collect for the fighters of the Popular Army (Madrid, 1936-1937)

Identification Silhouettes of Aircrafts WWI
Double page spread showing on the left-hand page silhouettes of British military aeroplanes including fighters and bombers seen from underneath

Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver
United States Navy - Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver, originally designated F8C-5, as fighters, but the 63 F8C-5s were re-designated as O2C-1s as Observation aircraft, as well as 30 new-build O2c-1s

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

North American Mustang - Single-seat low-wing Army Co-operation Fighter. 1150hp Allison Engine. Top Speed 370mph. Range exceeds 500 miles. Span 37ft. Length 32ft. 2 "

Supermarine Spitfire - Single-seat low-wing fighter. Many different types. Mk. 1X fitted Rolls Royce Merlin LXI Engine. Top speed exceeds 400mph. Latest Mk

ROC Fleet Fighters ROC Fleet Fighters
ROC Fleet Fighters - Fleet Air Arm Aircraft. Blackburn 2-seater. Power-operated Gun Turret. Bristol Perseus Engine 905 H.P. Date: 1940

Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703
United States Navy - Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703 (call-sign 103 ), target tug, of the Pacific Missile Centre, at Point Mugu Naval Air station, on 15 May 1965

B. A. T. FK. 22 Bantam I F9947
B.A.T. FK.22 Bantam I F9947

United States Navy - USS Macon - ZRS-5
United States Navy - USS Macon (ZRS-5) rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a flying aircraft carrier, designed to carry biplane parasite aircraft

Swiss Army Fliegerabteilung Nieuport 28 690. The Fligerabteilung operated 25 surplus Nieuport 28 fighters, acquired after World War One, until the mid 1930s. Date: 1935

Turkish fire-fighters. Date: circa 1900

Firemen at Work Date: 1880

Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Carpentier v Beckett
Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Georges Carpentier vs. Joe Beckett - The knockout - French fighter Carpentier watching his fallen rival - 4th December, 1919 Date: 1919

Plymouth
A typical scene in the Blitzed city of Plymouth

Training from a tower
One of the slightly more hazardous aspects of training was from the tower

THAMES FIRE FIGHTERS
London fire-fighters attend to the engines of the Beta III fire float, one of several such boats used for fire cover along the river Thames. Date: June 1933

FIREFIGHTERS OF THAMES
Fire-fighters of the River Thames, London approaching London Bridge with Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: June 1933

FIRE IN AMSTERDAM, 17C
Fire-fighters attempt to extinguish a fire in the centre of Amsterdam Date: 17th Century

American soldiers with dogs in the Philippines
American soldiers fighting in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) let loose the dogs of war against native rebels. Date: 1899

Fireman climbing a ladder at a fire
A brave fireman climbs a ladder to rescue Alice Ayres and her children from the window of a blazing house Date: 19th century

United States Navy Boeing F4B-1 fighters A8145, A8137 + one
United States Navy Boeing F4B-1 fighters A8145 - 7 (msn 1125), A8137 - 4 (msn 1117) and one unidentified, seen as modified later in service with engine cowls and F4B-4 fins

F-16s and Tornados at Fairford
A line up of seven General Dynamics F-16 fighters of various sub-types and air forces, with three Panavia Tornado aircraft completing the line-up

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Fighters. Egypt
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Polychromed relief depicting fighters. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

Pergamon Altar. Aether and Uranus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze

Pergamon Altar. Artemis and Leto fighting against Otos
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy

Pergamon Altar. Leto and Apollo fighting against Tityos
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Leto fights using a torch against titan Tityos

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