Reconnaissance Collection (page 5)

Comic postcard, Woman chats with soldier, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Aerial view near Neuve Eglise, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Oblique aerial view of the Neuve Eglise area of West Flanders, Belgium, on 21 August 1918, an area of German front line trenches. German soldiers are visible in the foreground trench. Date: 1918

Aerial view, Hollebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of Hollebeke, near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, on 28 December 1917, a front line area with snow on the ground. The crossroads with canal and railway can be seen

Lionel Buster Crabb, frogman and diver
Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956), British Royal Naval frogman and MI6 diver (some would say sabotage agent and alleged double agent)

Captured S. S. Trooper, Belgium
Soldiers of the 82nd American Airborne Division bring an S.S.Trooper back to Allied lines, captured between Malmedy and Marche during a reconnaissance patrol following the German counter-offensive

Morane Saulnier Type P reconnaissance plane
Morane Saulnier Type P French two-seater reconnaissance plane used by both France and Britain during 1916 and 1917. Date: circa 1916-1917

Junkers Ju 86R -though not many built, this high flying reconnaissance version was virtually unassailable through the early war years

LFG Roland C II German reconnaissance biplane, usually known as the Walfisch (Whale), introduced in 1916. Seen here is a rear view of a late production model belonging to the Bavarian Fl Abt 292

Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example

PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Rabaul. Japanese reconnaissance aircraft Mitsubishi F-1 shotted down in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, during the Second World War

Blackburn Botha British bomber plane
Blackburn B26 Botha British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber plane, with 900hp Bristol Perseus engines, used during the Second World War. Date: 1939-1944

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR942 British Army Biggin Hill
Built by Beagle Aircraft to the design of ex-RAF bomber pilot Wing Commander Ken Wallis, the Beagle-Wallis WA-116 was an autogyro created mainly for military reconnaissance and surveillance

Poison gas attack, Hulluch, France, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of smoke from a poison gas attack during the Battle of Hulluch, France, First World War. It was chlorine gas, released by the Germans. Date: 27 April 1916

German observation balloon near Soissons, WW1
A German observation balloon about to ascend, near Soissons, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German Gotha WD1 seaplane, WW1
A German Gotha WD1 seaplane, used for coastal patrol work in the early part of the First World War. It was a two-seater, with a 100 horsepower Daimler engine and two floats. Date: circa 1914-1915

British BE2 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British BE2 two-seater biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was used for reconnaissance and as a light bomber. Date: 1914-1918

German DFW CV biplane crashed in a field, WW1
A German DFW CV reconnaissance two-seater biplane crashed in a field during the First World War. 1916-1918

German Gotha WD7 seaplane, WW1
A German Gotha WD7 seaplane (water biplane), used for reconnaissance work during the First World War. It had two 120 hp Mercedes engines. Date: 1916-1918

Italian Ansaldo SVA 5 reconnaissance biplane, WW1
An Italian Ansaldo SVA 5 reconnaissance biplane, developed in 1917 and used towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1917

Aerial photograph of Mainvilliers Fort, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the Fort at Mainvilliers, north central France, during the First World War. Pockmarking is visible from repeated bombing. Date: 1914-1918

Aerial photograph of Houthulst, Western Front, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of Houthulst (or Houthoulst) Forest on the Western Front in Flanders, devastated after a battle during the First World War. 1914-1918

Aerial photograph, Battle of Verdun, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of the Battle of Verdun in north eastern France, during the First World War, taken from a height of 400 metres. Date: 1 June 1916

Aerial photograph of trenches and mine craters, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground, somewhere on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Entrance to the docks, Portsmouth
Entrance to the docks at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956

Patricia Rose, former girlfriend of Lionel Buster Crabb
Patricia Rose, former girlfriend of Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956), British Royal Naval frogman and MI6 diver

Aerial view of Saint Omer, Pas de Calais, France, WW1
Oblique aerial view of the Saint Omer area, Pas de Calais, Northern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Aerial view, shelled area in Northern France, WW1
Oblique aerial view of a shelled area in Northern France on 21 August 1918. Date: 1918

Aerial view near Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of a shelled area south-east of Kemmel Hill, a front line area near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, on 8 May 1918. Date: 1918

Aerial view, shelling near Bailleul, Northern France, WW1
Oblique aerial view of a shelled area between Bailleul, Nord, Northern France, and Neuve Eglise, West Flanders, Belgium, on 21 August 1918. It was an area of German front line trenches. Date: 1918

Aerial view, ruins of Dranoutre, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view, ruins of Dranoutre, West Flanders, Belgium, on 21 August 1918, with tree stumps visible. Date: 1918

Aerial view, shelling near Dranoutre, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view, a shelled area near Dranoutre, West Flanders, Belgium, on 21 August 1918, with tree stumps visible. Date: 1918

Aerial view, Wytschaete, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of the ruined village of Wytschaete, a front line area near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, on 7 May 1918, showing damage from shelling. Date: 1918

Aerial view near Messines, West Flanders, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of a shelled area east of Messines, a front line area near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, on 9 May 1918. Date: 1918

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