Serial Collection (page 4)

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III giant German biplane
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III, serial no. 10/15, giant German biplane, the only one built. It went into operational use near Riga in Latvia, making its first operational sortie on 13 August 1916

Sopwith T1 Cuckoo single-seat torpedo bomber. It was a carrier-borne machine with wheels in place of floats, first flown in June 1917

Morane-Saulnier Type L of Lt Warneford VC
Morane-Saulnier Type L, serial no. 3253, of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford VC, which he used to destroy the German Zeppelin LZ 37 over Ghent, Belgium, on 7 June 1915. Date: circa 1915

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

Albatros W 4 German single-seat floatplane fighter used by the German Navy to defend its shore bases. It entered service in late 1916. Seen here is serial no

Cover design, Ladys Companion -- free frock pattern, 200 in prizes, Joseph Hockings finest serial, October 1927. 1927

Cover design, Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Cover design for the first monthly instalment of the novel Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Marcus Stone, dated May 1864. 1864

Wight Quadruplane single-seat fighter, completed in August 1916, serial no. N546 (the only one ever made). It underwent several modifications before being rejected. Date: circa 1917

Westland Wagtail single seat fighter first flown in April 1918. Only three were completed. Seen here is serial no. C 4293. Date: circa 1918

Vickers FB 14 two-seater fighter reconnaissance plane, serial no. A3505, prototype for a series of two-seat general-purpose machines. Date: circa 1916

Vickers FB 12c single-seat fighter plane, which first flew in spring 1917. Seen here is the second of two which were built, serial no. A 7352. The design was a failure. Date: circa 1917

Sopwith Triplane single-seat fighter, serial no. N500, completed on 28 May 1916. Evaluated in northern France by RNAS pilots, who were impressed by its rate of climb

Sopwith Swallow monoplane, with standard Camel fuselage and parasol-mounted wings, serial no. B 9276 (the only one made), photographed in October 1918

Sopwith Tabloid single seater bomber, the best of RNAS front-line equipment at the start of the war. Seen here is serial no. 394. Date: circa 1914-1915

Sopwith Pup single-seat fighter, first flown during spring 1916. Evaluated in France in May 1916, with deliveries starting in late October 1916. Used during the Battle of Arras, spring 1917

Sopwith Admiralty Type 807 two seater seaplane, produced in 1914. Seen here is serial no. 807, the first to be delivered to the RNAS. Date: circa 1914-1915

Sopwith 8F1 Snail single seat fighter, designed in late 1917, doomed because its engine was not accepted. Only two were completed -- seen here is the second, serial no

Sopwith 7F Snipe single-seat fighter, first flown in autumn 1917, with production beginning in summer 1918. Seen here is the fourth of the six Snipe prototypes, serial no. B 9965

Vickers Vimy bomber, fourth prototype
Vickers Vimy bomber, fourth and final prototype, serial no. F 9569. Too late for the war, the Vimy first flew on 30 November 1917 and only 13 were completed by the Armistice. Date: circa 1917-1918

Thomas Morse S-4C single-seat fighter (American). The S-4 design began in autumn 1916, the first flight was made in spring 1917, evaluation in June 1917, and deliveries began in November 1917

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

Siemens Schuckert-Werken R VI giant bomber
Siemens Schuckert-Werke R VI giant six-man German bomber, serial no. 6/15 (the only one made), seen here in assembly. It went into operational service on the Eastern Front in late 1916

Short Admiralty Type 310 torpedo bomber seaplane
Short Admiralty Type 310 two-seater torpedo bomber seaplane, first flown in July 1916. Seen here is serial no. N1303, the 14th Type 310 to be built. Date: circa 1916-1917

Sopwith Buffalo two-seat support and reconnaissance plane
Sopwith Buffalo two-seat close air support and reconnaissance plane. It first appeared in September 1918, too late to go into production. Seen here is serial no. H 5892. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 2F Camel slung beneath R 23 airship
Sopwith 2F Camel, serial no. N6814 of No. 212 Squadron RAF, slung beneath a Vickers R 23 airship at the RNAS Airship Station at Pulham in Norfolk. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 1F Camel two-seat trainer, serial no. B 3801. Date: circa 1918

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a single-seat fighter, operational from mid-1917. Seen here is serial no. B4897. Date: circa 1917-1918

Royal Aircraft Factory FE 9 two-seat reconnaissance fighter which first flew in early spring 1917. It was an outmoded design, and only three development aircraft flew

Royal Aircraft Factory FE 2b of which nearly 2, 000 were built from spring 1915. It was used as a fighter, night bomber and for reconnaissance. Serial no

Sablatnig SF 2 German two-seater advanced trainer seaplane (serial no. 580), photographed at Warnemunde on the German Baltic coast

Norman Thompson NT 2B two-seat flying boat trainer. Deliveries commenced in December 1917, for use on the south and east coast of Britain. Seen here on a beach is serial no

Nieuport 17 in Italian colours
Nieuport 17 made by Nieuport-Macchi in Italian colours, serial no. Ni 3632, with pilot. Date: circa 1916-1917

Martinsyde G 100 single-seat light bomber prototype
Martinsyde G 100 single-seat long-range light bomber prototype, serial no. 4735, first flown in September 1915. Deliveries began in early 1916. Date: circa 1915-1916

Martinsyde F4 Buzzard fighter plane, first flown in early 1918, but just too late for use in WW1. Seen here is serial no. D 4256. Date: circa 1918

Hanriot HD1 single-seat fighter
Italian-operated, French designed Hanriot HD1 single-seat fighter, serial no. Hd 13244, a popular plane for its agility and robustness. Date: 1918

Friedrichshafen FF 33E German plane on ships hoist
Friedrichshafen FF 33E German scout plane (serial no. 841), nicknamed the Wolfchen (Baby Wolf), seen here on a ships hoist on 6 March 1918

Fokker M5K MG serial no E5-15 of Lt Kurt Wintgens, origin of the Fokker Scourge, July 1915

Fokker F Dr I German triplane fighter, serial no. 102/17, with von Richthofen seated in the cockpit, chatting with fellow-pilots of his fighter wing, JG I. Date: circa 1917-1918

Handley Page 0 / 100 long range heavy bomber
Handley Page 0/100 long range heavy bomber, first flown in December 1915, and operational from October 1916. Seen here is serial no. B 9446 with propellers turning. Date: circa 1915-1916

Curtiss JN or Jenny two-seater biplane, used by the US Army mainly for reconnaissance duties from December 1914. Also used by the British RNAS from 1915. Seen here is RNAS JN-3 serial no. 3376

C (Coastal) Class non-rigid airship employed on coastal patrolling around Britains eastern and southern coastlines as a U-boat deterrent. Seen here is serial no

Caproni Ca42 triplane bomber
Caproni Ca42 five-man triplane bomber, delivered in early 1918. Seen here is serial no. N 527 (British), operated by the RNAS. Date: circa 1918

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

Bristol F 2B captured by Germans near Cambrai
Bristol F 2B two-seater fighter plane (nickname Brisfit), serial no. A 7231, captured by Germans near Cambrai during the summer of 1917. Date: circa 1917

Bristol F 2A prototype two-seat fighter plane
Bristol F2 A prototype two-seat fighter plane, serial no. A 3303, which first flew in September 1916. Date: circa 1916

Airco DH1 two-seater prototype, serial no. 4220, seen here at Hendon without any form of markings. It was first flown in late January 1915. Date: circa 1915

Blackburn GP three-seater torpedo bomber seaplane
Blackburn GP three-seater long range patrol and torpedo bomber seaplane, of which only two were built, the first being completed in July 1916 (serial no. 1415, seen here). Date: circa 1916-1917

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

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