Rfc Collection (page 4)

Wight Quadruplane Fighter built to an RFC need is seen here in its final form at Marlesham Heath in Spring 1917

Vickers FB 9 two-seater of the RFC, mainly used for training. It was first flown towards the end of 1915. Date: circa 1915-1916

Sopwith Pup of the RFC sporting an individualistic livery

Sopwith 1F Camel single-seater first flown in March 1917. This particular one belonged to No. 139 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Date: circa 1917-1918

Sopwith 1. 5 Strutter fighter plane
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter fighter plane. Seen here is serial no. 6901, the first of 100 aircraft produced for the RFC. It first flew in December 1915 and was introduced in April 1916. Date: circa 1915-1916

Robinson, William Leefe, VC, fighter pilot RFC

Nieuport 10A. 2 two-seater reconnaissance plane
Nieuport 10A.2 two-seater reconnaissance plane of the Royal Naval Air Service, with men of an RFC unit. Date: circa 1914-1918

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

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

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

Airco DH 5 single-seater biplane completed during the autumn of 1916. This one belonged to No. 68 Squadron, RFC, based at Baizieux. Date: circa 1916-1918

Airco DH 1a two-seater of No. 14 Squadron, Palestine
A gun-equipped Airco DH 1a two-seater of No. 14 Squadron, RFC, based in Palestine, serial no. 4607, in service from June 1916. Date: circa 1916-1917

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

Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles

Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley by Matania, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire showing the wreckage of the L-21 German zeppelin airship brought down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2 September 1916

Sphere cover - Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire after the German L-21 airship had fallen to earth in a ball of flames, having been shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson VC on the night of 2 September 1916

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

Comforts for the Royal Flying Corps, WW1
Ladies forming an aid committee, headed by Lady Henderson, the wife of the Commander of the Royal Flying Corps, packing comforts for flying men

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

RFC WW1 bulldog postcard
Postcard from 1918 depicting an aggressive looking British bulldog next to the badge of the Royal Flying Corps, soon to be reformed as the Royal Air Force. Date: 1918

The German DIII Albatros diving at a foe, WW1
The German fighter plane, the D III Albatros, which carried a 175 hp Mercedes engine pictured diving at speed towards a British plane below

British fighting triplane in action
The new British fighting triplane in action, a model described by General von Hoppner, Chief of the German Flying Corps as excellent. Date: 1917

A Balancing Feat over the German lines, WW1 aviation
Gymnastics in the air from the crew of a British plane over the German lines in 1917. Flying low, the plane was subjected to an exceptionally heavy cannonade until a shell, hitting the machine

Training Royal Flying Corps officers in a balloon, WW1
A school in the sky over London town - how officers are trained in the Royal Flying Corps. Balloons flying over the capital

WWI biplane brooch with enamel RFC roundels
First World War bi-plane brooch with enamel RFC roundels. Trench Art

Wind up at 2 AD, WW1
Wind up at 2 AD. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Aerial combat, WW1
Aerial combat (four planes in picture). By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

The early show, WW1
The early show. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Pilot (on his first escort), WW1
Pilot (on his first escort). I wish these FE s, or whatever they are, would not go so far East. By Lieutenant George Arthur Hyde, MC, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and 54 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

Study of a WWI Pilot
Study of a First World War Pilot, by Captain Joseph Simpson, RBA, Royal Flying Corps (1879-1939), official war artist to the RAF in 1918

Miniature portrait of a Royal Flying Corps Officer, WW1
Miniature head and shoulders portrait of a Royal Flying Corps Officer, English School

Cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, WW1
WW1 cartoon, A Busmans Holiday, by Lawson Wood (1878-1957). He served In France for nearly three years as an officer in the Kite Balloon Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, and at GHQ. Date: 1914-1918

Kamerad in the Air by William C. Boswell
An aerial battle on the Western front with a German squadron seen in retreat with the last one (bottom right) being pursued by a British antagonist on her tail

Major-General W. S. Brancker
Major-General Sir William Sefton Brancker (1877-1930), civil aviation pioneer, portrayed by Lieutenant Percival Anderson during the First World War when he was Comptroller-General of Equipment

Burberry carapace air suit, WW1
Advertisement for the Carapace air-suit from Burberrys of Haymarket, sheath armour for knights of the air, - ventilated, reinforced, lined and covered in densely woven gabardine. Date: 1918

Masbadges - 7. The RFC bird
Masbadges! Regimental mascots and badges in one! No. 7 is the Royal Flying Corps Bird, which looks rather like a penguin. Date: 1918

Masbadges - 9. The RFC bird
Masbadges! The regimental mascots and badges in one! No. 8s the Canadian Maple Bar. Date: 1918

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

Delecta chocolate advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Delecta chocolate, made in Watford, Hertfordshire (or according to the copy, made in Delectaland), the ideal emergency ration for flying men. Date: 1918

British Airmen, WW1
British airmen from the Royal Flying Corps, First World War. From left to right, Lietenant Playfair, Lieutenant Mills, Lieutenant Soames, Captain Board, Major Riley, Major Higgins, Lieutenant Jones

Staff & female motor drivers of Balloon Training Depot, RFC
The staff and lady motor drivers and clerks of the balloon training depot of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Date: 1917

Tatler front cover, William Leefe Robinson, V. C. WW1
Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, a member of the RFC No. 39 Home Defence Squadron, shot down a German airship on 2nd September 1916 above Hertfordshire

Sec. -Lt. George McCubbin, WW1
Second-Lieutenant George McCubbin, the pilot who at the age of 18 and a half, brought down the aeroplane of German air ace, Max Immelmann on 18 June 1916. Date: 1916

Lt. Brandon, Royal Flying Corps
Flight-Lieutenant Alfred de Bathe Brandon (1883-1974), New Zealand born lawyet and aviator. Credited with bringing down the first Zeppelin (L-15) during the First World War

Burberry R. A. F. kit advertisement, World War One
Advertisement for an R.A.F. kit from Burberrys of Haymarket, First World War. Date: 1918

Prince Albert as a Captain in the R. A. F. 1918
Prince Albert, later Duke of York and King George VI, as a Captain in the Royal Air Force to which he transferred from the Navy in 1918. Date: 1918

Childs Royal Flying Corps uniform, World War One
A Royal Flying Corps miniature uniform for children, available from Gamages, and comprising breeches, tunic and puttees with the cap being 1s. 6d. extra

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

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