Landing Collection (page 11)

Ensign of MTB 770 and brass plaque, D-Day landings, WW2
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

Knaresborough - Boat Landing

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Space Memorabilia - the three Apollo 11 astronauts
Space Memorabilia - Apollo 11 photograph from the collection of Joan Aldrin. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Date: 1969

No 4 Commando Memorial Plaque, Ouistreham
This stands beside the Com Deb Sig Memorial in Ouistreham - see picture menorm165. The Commandos, part of 1st Special Service Brigade

Canadian Inuksuk Monument Utah Beach Museum
It is estimated that about 3, 000 Native Canadians (Inuit, Metis and others) fought in WW2 of whom some 200 died. The Memorial, built by Inuk Elder Peter Irniq was unveiled on 30 October 2005

Airstrip B3 Memorial area, Ste Croix sur Mer, Normandy
This was the first British landing strip to became operational - on 10 June 1944. The first Squadrons to land here were 130 and 133 at 1200 on the 10th

la Maison Queens Own Rifles of Canada Bernieres
This building on Juno beach is clearly seen in the pictures of Canadian troops landing on D Day. It is now a memorial to the Queens. The building on D Day is menorm099

House in Courseulles where King George VI stayed
There is a small hard to read Memorial Plaque above the central door. The King stayed here on 16 June 1944 much against the wishes of most senior military figures who were concerned for his safety

Two boys in a balloon on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

16th Parachute Brigade training, RAF Abingdon
Soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training at RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Date: 1962

16th Parachute Brigade training
Two soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training. Date: 1962

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Boeing B-29 crash landing on retrun from raid, Saipan, 9 July 1945

British Expeditionary Force landing in France August 1914
British Expeditionary Force landing in France, August 1914. By William Barnes Wollen, RI ROI RBC (1857-1936). Date: 1914

El Morro and landing place, Arica, Chile, South America
El Morro (famous hill) and landing place, Arica, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1905

Trinity House Service Helicopter on Bishop Rock lighthouse
Trinity House Service Helicopter on top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level

The Wharf, Maala harbour, Aden
The Wharf, Maala (Al Ma ala) harbour, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930

General view of Maala harbour, Aden
General view of Maala (Al Ma ala) harbour, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1910s

Mexeflote landing vehicles, 1982
Colour transparency showing Mexeflote landing vehicles, 1982. From a collection of 366 slides collected by Lt Col David Dunn, Press Officer with 5th Infantry Brigade

Landing stage at Rio Nunez (Nunez River) in Bok鬠Guinea
Landing stage at Rio Nunez (Nunez River) in Bok鬠 Guinea (then French Guinea). Date: circa 1920

Port Tewfik (Suez Port) in Suez, Egypt
Port Tewfik, part of the Suez Port, on the western bank of the Suez Canal, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1907

Docks of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt
Docks with landed boats on the Suez Canal and view on Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and on the western bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1910

Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) in Port Said, Egypt
View on the Rue du Commerce (Shopping street) at the Suez Canal in Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, from the perspective of a group of talking men in the foreground

Hotel Victoria in Ismailia, Egypt
Hotel Victoria at Lake Timsah in Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt named after the third Khedive of Egypt Isma il Pasha. The city is located on the west bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1900

Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, Egypt
Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt. The Suez Canal Company was created by Ferdinand de Lesseps

Commando raid on Vaagso, Operation Archery 1941
Operation Archery, also known as the Maaloy Raid - British Combined Operations raid during World War Two against German positions on the island of Vaagso, Norway, on 27th December 1941

Landing stage, Ashar Creek, Basra, Iraq, with boats (water taxis). Date: circa 1918

Wading ashore from landing craft at Ouistreham and Bernieres
One of fourteen photographs of scenes on board landing craft, wading ashore from landing craft at Ouistreham and Bernieres, St Aubin sector

Landing Stage, Liverpool - small ships in foreground - large ships right background Sheds on left and in distance. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)returns form exile on Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Emperor of France 1804-1014. Hundred Days, 1815. Emperor of Frances return form exile on Elba

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopters
Two helicopters belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA - the rock onto which the Pilgrims first stepped on when they landed on 21st December 1620, having travelled across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower

Pedro de Valdivia (ca. 1500- 1553). Spanish conquistador. La
Pedro de Valdivia (ca. 1500- 1553). Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. Landing of Pedro de Valdivia on the coast of Arauco (Chile). Colored engraving

Disembarkation of Columbus in America by Llorens Masdeu
Eduardo Llorens Masdeu (1837-1912). Spanish painter. Disembarkation of Columbus in America, 1880. Maritime Museum. Barcelona. Spain

Landing of the sailors of the Penelope in Blockhaus, the March 15, 1849. Grand-Bassam. Ivory Coast. Drawing by M. Calve. Colored engraving

The Epic of Arnhem, WW2
The Epic of Arnhem, where the First Airborne Division saw action during the Second World War. Showing how the newcomers at Arnhem were welcomed as they landed by parachute. Date: 1944

Tupolev Tu-144 (forward view) landing of CCCP -68001

Airbus A300-B4-203 VH-Ta James Cook Ta Sydney
Photographed landing at Sydney airport in November 1981 this Airbus A300 was named James Cook. First flew for Trans Australia Airlines in July 1981 Date: 1981

Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ BSa LAP
Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ of British South American Airlines seen at London Airport on 18 May 1946, just 3 months before it was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in the Gambia

Arrival of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in England, 1913
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg, arrive in England for a visit to King George V and Queen Mary at Windsor in November 1913

Corsair flying boat damage
A large hole in the hull of the Imperial Airways flying boat Corsair, the result of a forced landing on the River Dangu, Belgian Congo (Zaire) in March 1939

River Dangu dam construction
In the Belgian Congo (Zaire), local workers collect stone quarried nearby for the purpose of constructing a temporary dam on the River Dangu

Floating landing strips for aircraft by G. H. Davis
Surface tension seadromes: floating landing strips for aircraft. A revolutionary British invention: a floating aerodrome tested by the Admiralty. 1945

Horsa glider to Normandy by G. H. Davis
Britains Horsa glider -- the mount which carried the airborne spearhead of invasion to Normandy on D-Day, Second World War

Summer Palace, Beijing, China, Landing Stage or jetty
The Summer Palace, Beijing, China - a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces, mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. Landing Stage / jetty. Date: circa 1910s

Landing Stage - Nuthalls Restaurant - Kingston-on-Thames. Nuthalls offered luncheons, teas, dinners and public, private or Masonic banquets! Date: 1911

Hawker Typhoon IB, R8803, after a crash landing

Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris

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