Reconnaissance Collection (page 8)

Blohm u Voss BV138C being hoisted into the water Used for long ranged overwater reconnaissance Became the scourge of Allied Arctic convoys

They ve evidently seen me by Bruce Bairnsfather
They ve evidently seen me. A British soldier, precariously peering out the top of a chimney pot, binoculars in hand, is narrowly missed by an enemy shell

German plane attacked by British anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British scouting biplane, attacked by machine gun fire from a larger German aeroplane over Belgian territory, witnesses the enemy plane spiral to earth in flames after being hit by anti-aircraft

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

Wooden Propeller painted with either an RE8 or a BE2E on a spotting and reconnaissance mission leaving English coastline over the North Sea.. J. Willey J

Captain Davies encounters two German sentries, Messines
Captain Davies (1st/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment - TF) encounters two German sentries while on an evening reconnaissance - Messines, June 1915. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 242. W. Avis

Officers of the Kite Balloon Section by Lieutenant G. Machin
The Up-in-a-Balloon Boys, A Collection from Somewhere in France. Officers of the nth Kite Balloon Section drawn by Lieutenant G. Machin of the R.A.F

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

Army artist making sketches of enemy lines, WW1
A British Army artist shown working from the slender cover on top of the first line trenches in order to sketch the enemy lines. 1915

An airmans camera 1917
Efficiency in the French Army: Apparatus for taking photographs from an aeroplanes. The French Armys camera takes aerial photographs of the enemies trenches, they are developed and put on maps

Captain Liddell V. C. WW1
Captain John Aidan Liddell of 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Flying Corps who won the Victoria Cross after safely flying

RFA men with parachute equipment, France, WW1
Men of the RFA (Royal Field Artillery) with parachute equipment on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are responsible for air observation using kite balloons

Observation balloon going up, Western Front, WW1
An observation balloon going up on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Aerial observation photo, Western Front, France, WW1
An aerial observation photo of an unidentified area on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: 16 May 1916

British RFA kite balloon, Western Front, WW1
A British RFA (Royal Field Artillery) kite balloon, used for observation on the Western Front in France during World War One

Aeroplane types required by the army by G. H. Davis
Five aeroplane types required by the army. They are, from top to bottom: two fighting aeroplanes, two reconnaissance aeroplanes, and a light scout. Date: 1914

French Air Force by G. H. Davis
The French Armee de l Air: latest types of fighter and bombing aircraft in large-scale production at the start of the Second World War

The Mustang plane by G. H. Davis
The Mustang: fastest army cooperation plane in the world, in use during the Second World War. A hard-hitting, amazingly fast reconnaissance aircraft. Date: 1942

RAF photographic reconnaissance work by G. H. Davis
Spying out the enemys secrets from the air: photographic reconnaissance work in the RAF. How the RAF has obtained its great collection of photographs of vital areas in Germany

German military rocket camera, WW1
A German military rocket camera with a Zeiss lens being fired into the air in the early weeks of the First World War. It was designed to map enemy territory to facilitate invasion

Aeroplanes and warship construction by G. H. Davis
Aircraft and sea warfare: the influence of aeroplanes on warship construction and naval strategy during the Second World War

Russian Cavalry Reconnaissance, 1904
Soldiers embarking upon a Russian cavalry reconnaissance during the Russo-Japanese War, (8 February 1904 5 September 1905). Date: 1904

Poison gas attack, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph of a poison gas attack during the First World War. Date: 1917

Night reconnaissance by Merlin Enabnit
Dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a black, figure-hugging trouser suit and hood, holding a torch

British observation balloon attacked - WWI
An incident over the Western Front. A British observation balloon being attacked by a German fighter aeroplane. Jessett was undoubtedly a member of a balloon section in France and Flanders

The standard aerial reconnaissance camera used 1916-1918

Curtiss P40 Warhawk Fighter Aircraft - WWII
Pilot getting into the cockpit of his RAF North American P-51 Mustang. It was first flown operationally by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber

Martin Handasyde two-seat fighter reconnaissance development of the F4/F6 for Spain

The Beech 1013 reconnaissance drone was adapted from the Beech 1001 (US Navy XKDB-1) target drone

Macchi M15 reconnaissance biplane

Fokker CVIII-W three-seat sea-reconnaissance seaplane of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service. 1929. Date: 1929

Avro Lancaster VII, WU01 ex NX613), the first Western Union French Lancaster of the Ae

Map, Battle of Fleurus
Map of the Battle of Fleurus - it was won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground

Battle of Fleurus with balloon
The Battle of Fleurus, won by the French Army, with the first military use of a reconnaissance balloon. The hydrogen balloon L Entreprenant was used to pass messages to the ground while the French

German Albatros C. X plane above Marimbois airfield, WW1
A German Albatros C.X reconnaissance plane above Marimbois airfield, France, during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Early type of British BE2 biplane on an airfield
An early type of British BE2 two-seater biplane on an airfield. The BE2 was used for reconnaissance and as a light bomber during the First World War. Date: May 1913

Preparing for ascent in balloon, Western Front, WW1
A German officer preparing for the ascent in a reconnaissance balloon on the Western Front during the First World War. He is equipped with a cinematographic camera with which to photograph the enemy

Indian cavalry on reconnaissance, Mesopotamia, WW1
An Indian cavalry patrol on reconnaissance in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German biplane on Palestine Front, Turkey, WW1
A German reconnaissance AEG C.IV biplane with two crew on the Palestine Front in Turkey during the First World War. The large camera used is clearly visible. Date: 1914-1918

German DFW CV biplane, WW1
A German DFW CV reconnaissance two-seater biplane with a Benz BZ4 six-cylinder engine, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

German Roland C. II biplane, WW1
A German Roland C.II two-seater reconnaissance biplane in use during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. Date: 1916-1917

German Fokker monoplane, WW1
A German Fokker monoplane (possibly an M5), 80 hp with an Oberursel engine, in service for reconnaissance during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane, WW1
A Maurice Farman MF11 Shorthorn biplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was a French reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft developed by the Farman Aviation Works

Inflating German observation balloon, Western Front, WW1
Men inflating a German observation balloon on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, Palestine, WW1
British horse artillery (Yeomanry Mounted Division) reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, near Beersheba, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: August 1917

Italian SIA 7B1 biplane bombers with Fiat engines, WW1
A long row of Italian SIA 7B1 biplane reconnaissance bombers with Fiat A12 engines, standing on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917

Camera used for air reconnaissance, WW1
A camera used for air reconnaissance during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Brtish observation balloon near Ypres, Flanders, WW1
A British observation balloon coming to earth after a mornings work over enemy lines, near Ypres, Flanders, around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

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