Pilot Collection (page 17)

Myers, John W, Pilot as Vice Pre (side view)nt Northrop and P-61

Mitchell, William Billy, Pilot as Brigadier General US Army Air Service

Lufbery, Raoul Jervais, Pilot with Lafayette Esc prior to US joining WW1 in April 2017

LeMay, Curtis, Pilot and USaF-USAF General proved himself during WW2, going on to head Strategic Air Command

Lindbergh, Charles, pilot and WW 2 US Military Aviation Advisor

Kirsch, Georges fighter pilot and Balloon buster in Nieuport Delage 29 20 Gordon Bennett

Immelmann, Maximillian, pilot and early leading German fighter tactician

Le Vier, Anthony W, Lockheed test pilot involved with P-38 and P-80 development

Guynemer and d Esperey with SPAD VII
Georges Marie Ludovick Jules Guynemer (1894-1917), French pilot and fighter ace (right), briefing General Louis Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942) on the SPAD VIIs Hispano-Suiza engine in June 1917

Goring, Hermann, WW 1 Pilot as Reichmarshal and Head of Lufwaffe

Garros, Roland, French pilot in his Bleriot

Foulois, Benjamin D, Pilot and US Air Service founder-learnt to fly by correspondence with Wright Bros

Heinkel He 72B Kadett -used for trainee pilot selection

Fisher XP-75A -seen with Allisons test pilot, BT Red Hulse First flown in November 1943, only 13 of these experimental interceptors were built

Gabreski, Franciss Pilot as Lt Col 56th Fighter Group and leading ace of 8th Air Force, 1944

Douglas DC-3 of United with pilot and co-pilot, 1938

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito III -the jump in performance compared with earlier bomber type required this pilot type conversion trainer

Coppens de Houthulst, Willy, pilot and Belgium fighter ace

Curtis, Alan H, Capt, RAF pilot, 1918

Couch, LH, AVG pilot and his P-40C

Rene Pierre Marie Dorme, French fighter ace
Rene Pierre Marie Dorme (1894-1917), French fighter ace. He became a pilot in 1915, firstly flying reconnaissance and later fighter planes. He was killed in combat, with 23 victories to his credit

Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, designer and pilot
Captain Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965), aircraft designer and pilot, in RFC uniform, standing in front of his Airco DH 9. Date: circa 1917-1918

De Havilland, Geoffrey (the younger), test pilot in DH 108

Raymond Collishaw, air ace, in his Sopwith Camel
Raymond Collishaw (1893-1976) Canadian air ace with the RNAS in his Sopwith Camel. He had a total of 59 confirmed victories in the First World War

Brown, AR Capt RFC, pilot of No209 Squadron - claimed to have shot down Baron von Richthofen

Bristol S2 A two-seat fighter, unusual in that pilot and gunner sat side by side. Seen here is serial no. 7836, which first flew in May 1916

Brandenberg, Hptm, pilot and leader of KG 3 The England Raiders

Captain William Avery Billy Bishop, air ace
Captain William Avery Billy Bishop (1894-1956), Canadian air ace in the cockpit of his No. 60 Squadron RFC Nieuport 17, serial no. B 1556. He survived WW1 with a confirmed score of 72

Benoist flying boat and pilot Tony Jannus Sp Petersburg-Tampa early 1914 scheduled service

Avro 652A Anson I - were used by both Bomber and Coastal Commands early in war, but found their true value as pilot and gunnery trainers, Over 11, 000 built between 1935 and 1952

Alison, JR, AVG pilot

The courtesies of the air, WW1
The courtesies of the air: how the airmen fight. Showing British war biplanes parked in a wide meadow (top), British and Belgian aviators (bottom left), and a group of German aviators (bottom right)

Biplane - First Aerial Post from Hendon to Windsor, Hendon, London, County of London, England. Showing Mrs De Beauvoir Stocks (Second ever female pilot)

WW1 - Eastern Front - German Taube Aircraft captured by Russian cavalry unit Date: 1915

WW2 Christmas card, dog saluting
WW2 Christmas card, saluting dog in RAF uniform. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot waving
WW2 pop-up greetings card, RAF pilot waving. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Good Cheer -- a sailor, an airman and a soldier queue up for a welcome cup of tea at the NaFI. Date: 1941

WW1 - Pilot at an Airfield (unidentified) Date: circa 1915

Lindbergh flying American Clipper over Miami, Florida
Pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh flying an American Clipper over Miami, Florida, on 21 November 1931. Date: 1931

German pilot in a biplane. Date: early 20th century

Lieutenant William Sidebottom, WW1 flying ace
Lieutenant William Sidebottom (1893-?), WW1 flying ace from Manchester, credited with 14 aerial victories. He served with the RAF from 1917 until 1919, in 203 Squadron

Hawker Hart British light bomber biplane
Hawker Hart K3025 British two-seat light bomber biplane with 480hp Rolls Royce Kestrel engine. Date: early 1930s

Avro Tutor British biplane
Avro 621 Tutor K4798 British two-seat biplane with a 215hp Siddeley Lynx engine. Date: early 1930s

Illustrated War News front cover, shooting from plane
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring an illustration of a British plane with the pilot shooting a revolver mid-flight

Dutch air scouts at Schiphol Airport with KLM aeroplane
Dutch scouts, the Parmentier Air Scout Troop, at Schiphol Airport with a KLM aeroplane, 29 January 1947. They are being inspected by Commander K D Parmentier

Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark
A German monoplane, forced to descend with the British lines on the Western front. The plane was forced to alight owing to the tactics of the British aviators in the neighbourhood where the aerial

Avro 504K E3404 Upavon
The Shuttleworth Collections Avro 504K built in 1915 and rebuilt by Avro apprentices after the Second World War. Used in the film Reach For The Sky which told the story of WW2 RAF pilot Sir Douglas

RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1
The pilot and observer of a Royal Flying Corps aeroplane are helped back to their rest quarters after returning from a reconnaissance mission over the Western Front

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