Images Dated 2015 February

HMS Fearless (L10)

© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans Picture Library

Aeroplane, Aeroplanes, Aircraft, Airplane, Airplanes, Fearless, Hms, L10, Plane, Planes, Transport

Ashanti stool taken from the Palace of King Prempei

Ashanti stool taken from the Palace of King Prempei at Kumasi during the 3rd Ashanti War, 1896 (c). Carved dark wood, unpolished, with openwork decoration; rectangular and deeply curved downwards; rests on 4 legs with rounded corners. This Ashanti stool is known as a Mmaadwa, a female stool. In the Ashanti matrilineal society, this particular stool is meant to symbolise the soul of society. The curved seat, as well as rounded ridges and woodwork denote the gender of the stool. Date: 1896 (circa)

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington

Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington, September 1947. From top: Bristol Buckmaster, North American Harvard, Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito

© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans Picture Library

1947, Aeroplane, Aeroplanes, Air, Aircraft, Airplane, Airplanes, American, Bristol, Buckmaster, Central, De, Flying, Force, Harvard, Havilland, Little, Mosquito, North, Plane, Planes, Raf, Rissington, Royal, School, September, Spitfire, Supermarine, Top, Transport