Aircraft Collection (page 3)

US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress under heavy snow. Within the hour the bomber will be roaring eastwards, high in the icy sub-zero skies

Aerial view of Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and gliders of the 9th Troop Carrier Command, a unit of the Ninth US Air Force

The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III / KG 76 at Wychbold
The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III/KG 76 at Wychbold. The aircraft was damaged by Sgt Jankowiak of 307 Squadron and also hit by anti aircraft guns in the Liverpool area

The remains of 281 and 283 Hales Lane, Smethwick after Heinkel He 111 1G+KM Wk Nr 1555 of 4./KG 27 was shot down by Defiant N3387 of 151 Squadron and crashed into the houses

Bristol Beaufighters peels away from a German escort vessel which blew up after receiving cannon and rocket fire, during a combined attack on an enemy convoy south-west of Heligoland by the North

The Sunday shift at Burnley Aircraft Products factory during Second World War. 1st November 1945

Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944

"Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Command
" Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Commands last convoy escort for the Royal Navy. At one minute past midnight on 4th June 1945

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

Taken during an attack by Bostons of the Lorraine French Squadron on the Mur De Bretagne Transformer Station near Querledan Brittany

Photograph taken during the raid on the Gnome-Rhone aero-engine factory at Limoges by Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 8/9 February 1944

A gyro gunsight (G. G. S. ) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which
A gyro gunsight (G.G.S.) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which target... The first examples were developed in Britain just before the Second World War for use during aerial

Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England

Scenes at Manchester Airport. Jennifer Wainwright, 21, ground hostess with Manchester Airport Agencies. 13th June 1967

Production of the Hawker Siddeley 748 at Woodford Aerodrome, Greater Manchester. Secretary Jennifer Colling. 14th June 1967

Labour leader Neil Kinnock and his wife Glenys on the campaign plane with Alastair Campbell day before the 1992 General Election. 8th April 1992

Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Heathrow Airport for Toronto to visit her brother. She will be away five days and will pen the new Toronto United Appeal. 29th September 1970

KLM air freight service starts. The KLM "Flying Dutchman"
KLM air freight service starts. The KLM " Flying Dutchman" leaving Ringway to inaugurate the new Manchester - Amsterdam freight service, organised by the KLM Dutch Airlines. 19th April 1951

Group photograph taken at RAF Ansty aerodrome shows some of the instructors together with a number of the Volunteer Reservists. Seated in the front row are: Flying Officer E. S. Greenwood, Mr, C

Wilbur Wright seen here in flight during the Wright Brothers exhibition flights at Pau, France. Circa February 1909

BEA Vickers Vanguard G-APED seen here on final approach into London Heathrow. 12th May 1967

BOAC Steward and Stewardess serving drinks during a proving flight between Heathrow and Khartoum. 1st February 1964

Herr Karl Roesch. Chief engineer of the Graf Zeppelin, starting one of the light engines of the Lowe Wylde glider at Hanworth. December 1932

C H Lowe-Wylde in novel plane. C H Lowe-Wylde (known as glider pilot No 1) in a small plane that he has designed. This machine built during experiments to determine the cheapest

Joan Hughes, a World War II ferry pilot and one of Britains first female test pilots, pictured outside Aylesbury Crown Court, facing seven charges of flying low

Joan Hughes, MBE was a World War II ferry pilot and one of Britains first female test pilots. (Picture) Joan Hughes in aeroplane. 25th May 1953

Her Majesty Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leaving Heathrow Airport for Bahrain on the Concorde, at the start of her Middle East Tour. 12th February 1979

Mr and Mrs Frith with their 6 month old daughter Kathy on their arrival at Heathrow airport after their flight on Concorde from Bahrain. 2nd March 1976

Singer Phil Collins & wife Jill Travelman (right) at London Heathrow Airport. Phil Collins is about to board a Concorde flight to USA, in order to perform at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia

Pepsi launch its new blue can. Air France paint one of its Concordes in the new Pepsi colour as part of the launch of the new cans

Concorde World Tour. November 1986

A Spitfire Mk IXe (ML417) of the Fighter Collection seen here in the skies above Duxford, Cambridgeshire, during rehearsals for the 1998 Spitfire Airshow. 30th May 1998

The Concorde makes its first appearance at Farnborough Air Show by flying low over the spectators. 7th September 1970

Concorde 10th anniversary of London to New York route. London Airport. 22nd November 1987

The Piper Tomahawk aircraft, owned by the Cambrian Flying Club which was blown over at Cardiff Airport by the gales. 16th October 1987

Squadron Commander Christopher Draper DSC, an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges has earned him the nickname The Mad Major

Sculptor Tom Bird seen here on Flat Holm Island (Ynys Echni) in the Bristol Channel. With his sculpture which combines the islands outline with a battleship radar top

A cheery wave from Master ALM Bob Danes as the RAF helicopter from 202 Squadron at Leconfield flies a survey mission over the North Humbersides snow bound village. 19th February 1979

A Blackburn Shark seaplane bound for the Portuguese Airforce seen here on the slipway of the Blackburn works at Brough on the Humber Estuary. 1935

An Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft of the Royal Air Force zooms low over a British weather ship 550 miles out in the Atlantic ocean

Farnborough Air Show 1956 Fairey Delta 2 jet fighter which completed the world speed record in March of the same year. Picture taken: 3rd September 1956

Aerial view of Bristol Airport in 1960s

The City of Lincoln Lancaster (which now forms part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), closely followed by XL 317 Vulcan flying over Lincoln, with Lincoln Cathedral clearly visible

Westland Wallaces of 501 (City of Bristol) Squadron on morning patrol above Staple Hill, Gloucestershire in 1933

RAF Westland Whirlwind search and rescue helicopters queueing to land at the RAF Fylingdales construction site to take off personnel trapped by heavy snow falls. 15th January 1963

Jim Titford, John Berkely and Roger Smith of the Midland Aircraft Preservation Society, move a wing, damaged beyond repair, from a De Havilland Rapide

Jim Titford and Gordon Riley of the Midland Aircraft Preservation Society unload the rear fuselage section of a Miles Messenger aircraft with the help of Jacqueline Riley and Roger Smith (behind)

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