Operational Collection (page 2)

Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25 after trapping the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 waiting for launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 3, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch at the catapult, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66 about to trap the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from catapult
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 launches from the catapult
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 3, launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise. (Note: Foch and Clemenceau were two almost identical ships)

LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Breguet Br. 1050 Alize 65
Aeronavale - Breguet Br.1050 Alize 65, securely chained down, whilst parked on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 59
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 59, securely chained down, whilst parked on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Royal Air Force - SEPECAT Jaguar GR. 1 XX742
Royal Air Force - SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX742 (msn S.39, call-sign 14 ) of 226 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Leuchars. XX742 was first flown on 21 October 1974

Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter F. 6 XG170
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter F.6 XG170 52, of No.234 Squadron - 229 Operational Conversion Unit, at RAF Chivenor, near Barnstaple. Date: circa 1958

Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter T. 7 XL592
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter T.7 XL592 93 of No.234 Squadron - 229 Operational Conversion Unit, at RAF Finningley. Date: circa 1970

United States Navy - LTV A-7A Corsair 153214 CORSAIR COLLEGE, unit code NJ, call sign 201, of VA(F)-122 an operational training squadron

Operating the levers in the signal box at London Bridge, one of the busiest stations in the country. Date: 1866

Driver and stoker on the footplate of a night train : by now, their footplate is partially enclosed, giving them reasonable protection from the weather, Date: 1889

A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation ! Date: 1872

OPEN FOOTPLATE 1870
On the open footplate of a train at night - driver at the controls, stoker shovelling in coal, while their train hurtles into the darkness... Date: 1870

Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk
(Argentine Army) Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk AE-024 Ex-US Army 68-15941 (msn 145C) to Argentine Army Aviation as AE-024

Harrier at Gibraltar
British Aerospace Harrier T.4 ZB603 R of 233 Operational Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force, at Gibraltar. Date: circa 1989

Harrier take-off
Hawker Siddeley Harrier XV804 from 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Wittering, performing a short take-off. Date: unknown

Operational airfield in World War 1. Diorama
Operational airfield in World War 1. The diorama shows an operational airfield that was typical for 1917-1918. It consist of a colecction of tents and individuallyy painted aircraf

Nakajima A6M2-N Navy Type 2 Model 11 Rufe -essentially the Mitsubishi A6M modified to take floats Operational from 1942

Battersea Power Station - First Phase Operational
Battersea Power Station, London - on the banks of the River Thames - built in two phases. This is the coal-fired power station in 1934, with the first phase operational (two towers - the A Station)

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

Level Crossing 1940S
The railway level crossing and signal box outside Hampton Court Station, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

Train driver and stoker on engine footplate
On the footplate: a driver and a stoker on the open footplate of a night train at Christmas-time, discussing the recent railway strike in Scotland. Date: 1891

French Train Puncture
A railway worker changes a wheel to repair a punctured tyre on a new French pneumatic tyred motor coach. Date: 1930s

Stopping in the Snow
A train halts on a Scottish moor when the water goes off the boil, lowering pressure to the point where it is insuf- -ficient to turn the wheels. Passengers must be patient. Date: 1876

Welsh Rail Ticket
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGER- YCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIO- GOGOGOCH The station with the longest name is in Wales Date: 1970s

Clapham Junct Signals
The signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885

GUARD (1860S)
The guard stands on the platform, raising his left arm and blowing his whistle, informing the driver that the train may leave. Date: circa 1860

Driver Peers Ahead
The driver peers ahead from his open footplate which gives him only minimum protection from rain and wind, hail and snow. Date: 1888

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Goods transporter at Manchester Station
An overhead transporter carries goods to the appropriate platform at Manchester Station. Date: 1892

19th century railway tickets
One from Edinburgh to Newcastle, courtesy of the North British Railway, then on down to London thanks to the Brandling Junction Railway Company. Date: 1844

Ticket office queue at station
Passengers queue to purchase their tickets. Date: 1891

Republic P-47B-developed from the P-35 and P-43 fighters, the high powered P-47 became operational in Europe at the end of 1942

Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang - first flown in May 1942 when the Japanese were already ashore in New Guinea, the Boomerang became operational in April 1943

Armstrong Whitworth FK 8 two-seat reconnaissance bomber, first flown in May 1916, with an operational debut in January 1917. Production ended in July 1918. Date: circa 1916-1918

Arado Ar 234B-Germanys and the Worlds first operational jet bomber Used from August 1944, it was fast enough to evade any attempt at interception

AEG G III German three-man bomber which made its prototype debut in December 1916, and was delivered to KG I in spring 1917

Fighter bombers v. dive bombers by G. H. Davis
Fighter bombers versus dive bombers during the Second World War: operational methods defined. The dive bomber is vulnerable to fighter attack -- the fighter bomber is a more versatile weapon

Rommels Panzers by G. H. Davis
Rommels Panzers: details of the PZ Mark IV, and German methods of tank transportation and refuelling during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Menace of the U-boat by G. H. Davis
The deadly menace of the U-boat: the power and possibilities of Germanys underwater wolves. Some details of the operational methods of enemy submarines working in the Atlantic shipping lanes during

Avro Vulcan B2 XH563 of No 230 Operational Conversion Unit
Avro Vulcan B2, XH563, of No 230 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Finningley, Yorks, comes in to land

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