Serial Collection (page 5)

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

Blackburn Blackburd single seat torpedo bomber, first flown at the end of May 1918. Three were built in the flight trial phase, but production did not go ahead. Seen here is the first one, serial no

Avros 504K became the standard RAF trainer and that of
Avro 504K two-seater, which became the standard British military trainer aircraft for over a decade. Seen here is serial no. E3404, the first of a batch of 500 built by the parent company

Albatros D II German fighter plane, a late production model, serial no. 1076/17, still in operation after 15 April 1918 as it has the angular Balkankreuse, or Greek Cross

Airco DH 6 trainer in flight, available from early 1917. Seen here is serial no. B2612. Some DH 6s were later used by the RNAS for anti-submarine coastal patrol work, carrying a bombload

Airco DH 10 Amiens three-man bomber. Seen here is the second of four prototypes, serial no. C 8659. The production phase came too late for the planes to take part in the First World War

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

Ago C II twin-boom fuselaged German plane, operating from late 1915 on the Western Front. Seen here is a late production example, serial no. 371/15. Date: circa 1915

British propaganda leaflet - AP No. 56, Serial No. 12816 - What are you doing in Lithuania Approximately 600 words in German script - translation available. Commemorative Art

Webley 455 Mk VI eight-shot double action service revolve
A Webley & Scott, Webley.455 Mark VI eight shot double action service revolver, Serial No. 32104, 6 inch barrel with chequered hard rubber grips. Firearms & Equipment

President Woodrow Wilson draft selection, USA
President Woodrow Wilson being blindfolded before he makes the first serial number selection for American men to be drafted into service in World War One. Date: September 1917

Creighton Hale - American silent film actor
Patrick Creighton Hale FitzGerald Senior ( Creighton Hale ) (1882-1965) - American silent film actor. A Pathe Serial Star. Starred in The Exploits of Elaine with Pearl White (1914). Date: circa 1915

Cover of Home Chat Magazine, showing a young woman putting up lanterns for some New Year entertaining. She is wearing a red and blue patterned party dress

Bristol Pegasus IX powered RCAF Blackburn B-6 Shark III, 525, with incorrect rudder serial, on the compass-swinging base at Brough in November 1938. Date: 1938

William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds. Motion picture poster for Bride 13, episode nine

Houdini in The master mystery a super-serial in fifteen episodes. Date 19 - ?

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