Historic Aviation Scenes

Black and white images featuring early aviation, pilots, and military interactions during the World Wars, evoking a sense of nostalgia and valor.

German Albatros DV, Souilly, France, 2 January 1918. Artist: Unknown

Manfred von Richthofen, German aviator

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front in France - the German offensive. R.A.F. Roayl Air Force observer with his wireless transmitter to keep in touch with our guns. {1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Luzon, Philippine Islands-This flying Sergeant, by his Vultee L-5, will fly this wounded soldier from this forward airstrip to a strip where either a Curtiss C-46 or Douglas can land to take him to either a field hospital or station hospital.

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. King of Montenegro Having a part of a Plane Shown to Him. 1914-1918}

Staff Mail Kiss Josef before the climb in Pergine.

'Les avions; lieutenant Deullin ( a gauche) : 7 avions ennemis, et adjudant Tarascon (a droite) : 6 avions ennemis.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

British army aeroplanes

HMS Howe. August 1942. One of the ship's aircraft being hauled inboard.

Original text: "The flight captain considers the 27th of him offset flight machine."Original text: "The flight captain considers the 27th of him offset flight machine.

German Albatros DV, Souilly, France, 2 January 1918. Artist: Unknown

Type of guns and carriages built at Watertown Arsenal during the Civil War , Armories, Ordnance industry, Arms & armament, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. Mr. Massey interested in An Aeroplane .. 1914-1918}. France

''Des Braves; L'aviateur Gilbert et son monoplan retenus en Suisse; en haut, Gilbert photographie sur son appareil le "Vengeur", le 17 juin 1915, le jour ou il devait remporter sa quatrieme victoire', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection German single seater fighting plane brought down, pilot wounded. Siegfried line, May/July 1917.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea: Visit Brigadier-General Cleland Administrator Australian Guinea. Thursday, March 2, 1956 arrived Hollandia official visit Dutch Guinea, Honor Administrator Papua Guinea, Brigadier-General D.M. CLOURD, C.B. E. wife; airport, Mr. Mrs. Cleland welcomed Governor van Baal Mrs. van Baal-König. March 2, 1956. Hollandia, Guinea

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

Colonel Philip Cochran Shows Lord Louis Mountbatten The Latest Model Of The Light Plane Which Will Be Used To Evacuate Men Who Are Injured During The 1St Air Commando Force Invasion Of Burma. India.

Aerial duel on the western front

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. A trainee pilot and his instructor (in the front cockpit) preparing for a flight in a de Havilland Tiger Moth at an Elementary Flying Training School.

07/31/1936. Spanish Civil War. Spanish aviation plane.

Image caption: Standard M Airplane at Potomac Park, Washington, DC in April 24, 1918. Scout 18. Identified as Standard E-1 (M-Defense). Photgraphed by Lt. de Berri, Sig. R.C. A. Image from Collection 111-SC-8831, Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One.

J.C. Mars

Jack McGee

Soldiers conducting repairs on an airplane at Signal Corps Aviation School in Ellington Field, Houston, Texas in June 6, 1918. This photo, with the identification number 111-SC-19588, was taken by the official military photographer. It showcases the maintenance and upkeep of aircraft during World War I.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Colonel Julian to Indonesia. Colonel Julian in a left behind and heavily damaged Japanese plane. January 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Yogyakarta

1st Lieutenant E.V. Rickenbacker, American Ace of the 94th Aero Squadron, is pictured standing in front of his Spad plane. The photograph was taken near Rembercourt, Meurthe et Moselle, France, and was approved by the A.E.F. censor. Date of approval is unclear.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Batavia on the first day of the 2nd police action. Soldiers drive an exploration plane from a hangar. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Frank Stanton

A.D. Smith, Army Aviator

J.A.D. McCurdy

Soldiers wait in line at Love Field in Texas to board a plane during World War One. The photo, taken in 1919, captures the orderly process of embarking and highlights the importance of following procedures. Love Field was a significant military airbase during this period.

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1982, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A Vickers Valentia taxying at an airfield in Egypt. Although obsolete by the start of the Second World War, Valentias continued in service as transports in the Middle East, operated by Nos. 31 and 216 Squadrons of the RAF, until September 1941.

Students and instructor preparing for take off. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Image caption: "Nov. 7, 1918: Air Service Flying School at Rich Field, Waco, Texas. Ship #5022 crashing into the ground. This photograph is not for publication and is for official use only. From the D.M.A. Photographer, January 1919."

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Batavia on the first day of the 2nd police action. Soldiers drive an exploration plane from a hangar. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

This portrait shows the German combat pilot Kurt Küppers in its aircraft .. This portrait shows the German combat pilot Kurt Küppers in his aircraft.

German armoured aeroplane (an A.E.G), specially adapted for attacking the Allied troops in their trenches, made an appearance on the Western Front at the end of World War One. Date: 1918

Maj. W.G. Kilner inspecting

German war aircraft on the ground aircraft AEG G.V on the ore.

A TSQ-107 unit operated by Detachment B, Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron 18 (MATCS-18) during Operation KERNAL BLITZ. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. Official photograph of the British western front in France - work of the Royal Airforce during the German offensive. Pilots discussing their orders while a battle plane is being prepared. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk

California National Guard plane over Mt. Whitney,” from the 115th Observation Squadron, 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, ca. 1933-35.

Machine gun mounted on a biplane, exhaust towards the top, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Lieutenant Francesco Brach Papa, who broke the altitude world record (7025 m) on a SIA FIAT aeroplane with passenger, along with his passenger Bonazzini, Italy, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 1, January 6, 1918.

A Member Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Fuses A 500 Lb Bomb Attached To The Wing Of A Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

Major R.H. Fleet attaches an aerial map to the right leg of Lieut. George L. Boyle, as they prepare for the first aerial mail service between New York City and Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1918. This detail of the equipment was crucial for successful navigation during the flight.

Patten & Lieut. Webb

03/02/1911. The aviator Maulais before the Accident flight. In front the Aviator M. Dutrieux.

Mathieu

Cpl. Palumbo is seen standing next to a Handley Page bombing plane as it lands at the Polo Field in Potomac Park, Washington D.C. The plane was inspected by the President and other officials. The photo was taken on November 14, 1918 and received on November 16, 1918. It was issued after being passed by the M.I.D. censor on November 19, 1918.

A photograph taken on May 28, 1918 at Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver, N.J depicting Lt. William Fox of the Signal Corp testing an aerial on an aero radio apparatus before a flight. The photograph is part of the collection "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One."

Frey

Plane rescues survivors of USS ORION. This image depicts a Coast Guard plane rescuing the survivors of the USS ORION.

Lagagneux

The contact patrol aeroplane at work-attacking the German's reinforcements from the air. Here is a biplane getting right down to within a few hundred feet of the ground and firing upon the enermy's trenches or reinforcements. 1917

Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection

An SCS-51 glide path installation of the 2nd Army Airways Communication Wing at an airfield somewhere in the Mediterranean Area.

WW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917) was a top fighter ace for France during World War I, and promoted to 'Lieutenant'. He was a French national hero at the time of his death. This photographic tryptych shows Guynemer with his aircraft in preparation before going into action. Date: 1917

Aviator Stinson at Langley Field, Hampton, VA. The photograph, captured by an unknown photographer, is assigned the identification number 111-SC-1469. The image features Aviator Stinson in Langley Field, Hampton, VA. It was received on December 18, 1917, and released to C. P. I. It is subject to the approval of Signal Corps.

Bomber in Action Over Pacific Atoll. This image depicts artwork of a Douglas Dauntless bomber roaring over a South Pacific atoll during a bomb run. Artwork by Hunter Wood.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A Supermarine Walrus of No. 283 Squadron RAF unit taxies across a landing ground in Tunisia.

Portrait and aircraft Portrait of Lieutenant at 12 in front of aircraft Albatros Biia.

Circa 1943 - Kellogg, Ray, Lt. USNR - Lt. Kellogg at work photographing wreckage of German plane shot down near Bizerte. Lt. was in charge of OSS operations in North Africa.

Seyss-Inquart as a prisoner of the Canadian army. Seyss-Inquart is taken to the Netherlands as a prisoner of the Canadians by plane. He stands with stick for the plane surrounded by five soldiers.

Anefo photo collection. Glugerscentrum Terlet at Arnhem. April 4, 1950. Arnhem, Terlet

Lyttleton in Malaya Plane Crash Mr. Oliver Lyttelton Britain's Colonial ***** (centre string *****) standing in front of the Royal Air force Valetta plane in which he crash-landed at Penang airfield during a flight from Ipah in his present Malaya tour. Mr. Lyttelton and the 12 other members of the party escaped injury. The plane's left tyre burst on landing, spinning the aircraft around on the left wing. December 06, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Beijing, China Nanyuan ("South Imperial Garden") , 1913 - China - Stéphane Passet (French - Pékin , Chine Nanyuan ( « jardin Impérial du Sud » )). Costume, foreign presence, exists in high definition, group portrait, aerodrome, plane, air transport, hairstyle , headgear, innovation , progress, men, Clothing, international relations, HD, human beings, transport, sciences , techniques

Two airmen in a French aeroplane, with hand bombs ready to be dropped over enemy territory during the First World War. Date: August 1914

Capt. U. D'Annunzio, Mary Garden

Poll photo collection. Reproduction photography. Maastricht, Monday September 18, 1944. After his landing on the Bilserbaan, Prince Bernhard is greeted by Willem Baron Michiels van Kessenich, the mayor of Maastricht. September 18, 1944. Maastricht

Eugene Ely

***** Senor de la Cierva (left) ***** M.Baschet, standing ***** prior to the flight. December 13, 1946.

Mural, Fortress Monroe, Virginia , Soldiers, Artillery Weaponry, Military facilities. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Tetouan. September 1919. From Madrid to Tetouan by airplane. Pilot captain D. Fernando Díaz Sandino (1) and mechanic Andrés Contreras (2), upon arrival at the Tetuán airfield.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,EQUIPMENT War

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A Farman pusher biplane on the ground with a group of civilian and army onlookers.

''Des Braves; Le sous-lieutenant Marchal qui traversa l'Allemagne et survola Berlin', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Female workers covering RE 5 wings inside the balloon shed Q 3.

1908 - Bystanders help extricate the mortally wounded US Army (USA) Lieutenant (LT) Thomas Selfridge from the wreck of the Wright Brothers Flyer after its crash at Fort Myer, Virginia (VA). At right, several men attend the injuries of Orville Wright, who lies on the ground at their feet.

Water crossing of a Honest John rocket thrower of an artillery unit using a sailing bridge.

French aviator âmile Aubrun.

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. English A. Wavell. 1940. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Tony Jannus & Albert Berry

DF-SC-89-11193. Base: Unknown

Smokejumpers: In Action - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

John Moisant

Coronation Naval Review at Spithead, 15th June 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on the Royal Yacht 'Surprise'. Date: 1953

Soldiers train with the Loughead hydro airplane at Rockwell Field, San Diego in 1918 during World War One. The photograph, taken by Photographer P.N. 1618, depicts a military activity during the war. This image is marked with the official use only note.

The Prince of Wales arrives at Hendon Aerodrome. February 01, 1937.

Swedish Aviator, Einor Lundborg with survivors of the crash of the airship ITALIA. Lundborg (closest to camera) rescued expedition leader, Nobile, from a drafting ice flow. He subsequently crashed his plane to become stranded with the Italian survivors. L-R: to right) Francesco Behounek, Giuseppe Biagi, Natale Cecioni, near crash site in the Arctic, 1928 (BSLOC_2016_10_137)

World War I air battle with Canadian Bristol biplane piloted by Andrew E. McKeever downing a German Rumpler C-5 biplane, painting by Charles H. Hubbell, ca. 1917

THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR, THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE REV. G.A. SHAW, 1883: MR. SHAW'S DAILY PROMENADE OF AN HOUR ON THE DECK OF THE "FLORE"

Thousands Of Loyal Abyssinians Rally To The Protection Of Their Empire - One of the supply of planes which have been supplied by Germany for Abyssinia. These planes are being paid for by Abyssinia by ***** mostly coffee, over period of nine years. Thousands of Abyssinians, Reserves and Conscripts are now flocking to Addis Ababa where they are being fitted out with uniforms and despatched to corners of the Ethiopian Empire to guard the Empire's peace against the threatened invasion of Italy. The Emperor has recently returned from a tour of these frontier stations. Crates containing machine guns are arriving in a steady stream in Addis Ababa and are alleged to have come from Germany, although the packing cases are married "Czechoslovakia". July 22, 1935. (Photo by Keystone).

Royal Airforce Delivery plane swoops down during a practice flight in the Egyptian desert.

R.A.F., Royal Air Force, activities against Arab rebellion. Group of R.A.F. staff at Ramleh with wing commander A.H. Flower and sq. leader Singer in centre. 1934, Israel, Ramlah

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