Spad Collection

WW1 / 1918 / AIR WAR / SPAD
French spad shoots down a German plane

Rene Paul Fonck, leading French fighter ace
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), leading French fighter ace and his SPADs VII, which he flew as a member of the Escadrille SPA 103, part of the famous Groupe de Chasse 12, the Storks

SPAD XIII with Le Prieur rockets attached for anti-balloon or anti-airship use. Extremely popular with French and American forces, over eight thousand were built by the time of the Armistice

Spad S-Xiii
French Officer Captaine Armand de Turenne Standing by His Spad S-Xiii after Becoming Commander of Escadrille Spa12 of the French Aeronautique Militaire the Aircraft Marking Retain the Cockerel Emblem

SPADs XIII of US 22nd Aero Squadron, operational from August 1918. The machines were shipped back to the USA after the war and used as fighter trainers. Seen here in a snow-covered field

SPAD A II (forward view, on the ground) ofs 16

SPAD Deperdussin Monocoque floatplane
Schneider Trophy Air Race Winner 1913 Spad Deperdussin Monocoque Floatplane with 160HP Gnome Piloted by Prevast Number 19 on the Sea at the Monaco Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting April 1913 after a Landing

SPAD XIII S15155 - 26
SPAD XIII S15155 / 26, at Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Mesa AZ. Date: circa 2000

SPAD S. VII
SPAD S.VII on display at the USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson Air base. Date: circa 1975

SPAD XIII C. 1 S. 15155
SPAD XIII C.1 S.15155, at the Champlin Fighter Museum in Mesa, Arizona. Date: circa 2000

SPAD S. VII S4523
SPAD S.VII S4523 (N4727V) of Tallmantz Aviation. Date: circa 1957

SPAD VII 3 with Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-0958
SPAD VII 3 in the collection of the National United States Air Force Museum, in company with Convair F-102A-51-CO Delta Dagger 56-0958 of the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at McChord Air Force

SPAD S. VII - S445
SPAD S.VII - S445. Date: 1980s

Harold Barnwell, Vickers test pilot, standing by the first SPAD two-gun fighter built by Blriot for the French Government

SPAD VII French fighter plane captured by Germans
SPAD VII French fighter plane belonging to Escadrille SPA 31 which was forced down behind enemy lines and carries the legend: Acquired by Jasta 38, 6 April 1917 (in German). Date: circa 1917

SPADs VII French fighter plane
SPADs VII, a leading French fighter plane introduced in 1916. The stork emblem painted on the side identifies it as belonging to the famous Groupe de Chasse 12 commanded by Felix Brocard

SPAD XIII a higher powered version -almost indistinguishable from the earlier VII -became the chosen fighter of both the French and US air arms from Spring 1917

SPAD XIII aft, (on the ground)

Spad XIII - Photo by Hugh W. Cowin

SPAD XI a two seat reconnaissance type whose performance was unimpressive Despite this, 1, 000 were built

SPAD VII (side view, on the ground)

SPAD A II a two seat scout first flew in May 1915 Unusual in having propeller behind the gunner to give a good field of fire 99 built for France and Russia

SPAD VII first flown in May 1916, the VII was faster than the opposition Once early engine troubles had been rectified the VII was adopted by France, Britain and the US

Guynemer and d Esperey with SPAD VII
Georges Marie Ludovick Jules Guynemer (1894-1917), French pilot and fighter ace (right), briefing General Louis Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942) on the SPAD VIIs Hispano-Suiza engine in June 1917

World War I. Spad squad
First World War (1914-1918). French squad of machine-gunning German positions (July 1918). Picture by Maurice Busset. Drawing

World War I. French three-seater aircraft
First World War (1914-1918). French three-seated aircraft in photographic mission protected by a Spad. Picture by E. Cournault. Drawing

The Royal Air Force in the west by G. H. Davis
The Royal Air Force in the west. Types of machines which have been fighting and bombing during the great assault, First World War. Date: 1918

F-86 Sabre, P-51 Mustang and F-100 Super Sabre
Top from left: North American F-86 Sabre, North American P-51 Mustang and North American F-100 Super Sabre. Bottom: Spad

Spad 27 F-CMAW
Spad 27, F-CMAW

Bleriot Spad 33
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British Spad VII biplanes on an airfield, WW1
British Spad VII fighter biplanes on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

British Spad VII biplanes, Middle East, WW1
British Spad VII fighter biplanes with members of 30 Squadron RFC (Royal Flying Corps) on an airfield in the Middle East during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Rene Paul Fonck, French aviator, in his SPAD plane
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), French aviator during the First World War, known as the all-time Allied Ace of Aces. Seen here on an airfield in a French SPAD aeroplane

Eddie Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot, WW1
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973), nicknamed Fast Eddie, American fighter pilot and air ace of 94th Aero Squadron during the First World War. Seen here in northern France in his Spad XIII

French Warplanes at Base
French SPAD fighters on the ground at an airfield; these are probably the finest aircraft of the war, flown successfully by such pilots as Guynemer

French Spads on Patrol
French SPAD aircraft on patrol

French Spad on Airfield
French ground crew return the SPAD aeroplane to its hangar, in order to protect it from the freezing weather

GUYNEMERs SPAD 1916
French ace Georges-Marie Guynemers SPAD-VII fighter on which he has shot down many of the 53 enemy aircraft with which he is credited : at Manoncourt airfield

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