Early 20th Century Aviation

Historical images of military aviators and early aircraft, focusing on aircraft operations during the World Wars.

Historic photo, First World War, air force, "German airplane anchored on a tree stump in the Polish lowlands. Both aviators bear bombs."

German aviator receiving orders

Military and flyers in front of aircraft AEG G.V, 1919 . military and flyers in front of aircraft AEG G.V at landing outside Kristianstad during delivery flight in 1919. The aircraft was on its way to the aircraft company on the ore.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron, R. N. A. S. 'The Hospital' for damaged aeroplanes. The mechanic is a Belgian called Dessessoir who before the War was Gostave Hamel's mechanic. Imbros, Gallipoli, August 1915.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Cape Helles and of the Peninsula: Gallipoli,June 1915.

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.

Forced plane of the Italians at Maria Gail to land. Moving the aircraft.

Officer Deputy Josef Seal with Combat Corer. .

An enlisted pilot takes a final check on his passenger's comfort before he takes off for a rear area hospital in his Stinson L-5. Philippine Islands.

Historic photo, First World War, air force, "German airplane anchored on a tree stump in the Polish lowlands. Both aviators bear bombs."

military Germany Bavaria airforce Royal Bavarian Flying Corps military aircraft Oberwiesenfeld Munich 1910/1911,

The US Air Force on the Western Front 1918-1919 Close-up of the pilot and observer in a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter.

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The picture shows five soldiers who are preparing holders for hand grenades that are then placed on the outside of fighter aircraft.In the foreground, a soldier with a handcart is fully founded with grenades that lasts the ones to their camera stops in the holder .. The picture shows five soldiers who are preparing holders for hand grenades that are then placed on the outside of fighter aircraft.In the foreground, a soldier with a handcart is fully founded with grenades that suffice the ones to their camera stops in holders.

German airfield, Stanislau. .

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Aviator E. B. Ely and the Flying Machine. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Photographic Print. Department of the Navy. Fourth Naval District. Philadelphia Navy Yard. 1909-9/1947. Photographs of Early Naval Flight and Gunnery Practice

A group of soldiers at the School of Military Aeronautics in Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, learning the skill of cranking. The photograph, taken by Bower Hesser S. C., captures soldiers engaging in their training on October 14, 1918. This image is part of a collection showcasing American military activities during World War One.

The general rack of the German South Army, Lieutenant Knight of inhibitor in front of a front flight, in the background may be an Albatross.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command A member of the ground crew bids good luck to the rear gunner of a No 77 Squadron Whitley as it prepares to take off for Prague to drop propaganda leaflets, 28 February 1940.

''En campagne avec les Serbes; Pendant la retraite serbe par l'Albanie; biplan francais entoure par la population masculine d'un village pres duquel il vient d'atterrir', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

German airfield, Stanislau. .

Lieut. E.W. Bagnell

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. On-board shooter of a catalina airbout leaves its position. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Cadets reviewing the instruction on aircraft controls in study rooms and laboratories at the U.S.A. School of Military Aeronautics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This photograph was taken on July 1, 1918, and was issued with the subject description number 55428. The caption is for official use only.

The picture shows the installation of aircraft wings on a German fighter aircraft.The aircraft is equipped with a masking painting. The picture shows the installation of aircraft wings on a German fighter aircraft.The aircraft is provided with a masking painting.

L-5"S Of The 160Th Liaison Squadron Were Used To Evacuate Medical Patients From Forward Areas To Nielson Field, Manila, Philippine Islands. This Patient Is Being Moved To A An Ambulance That Will Take Him To The "Holding Company" Area. L-5'S Can Handle

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 RAF fitters from London assemble a Vultee Stinson Sentinel under the supervision of their engineering officer at an RAF Maintenance Unit in the Arakan, Burma. They are, (left to right) Leading Aircraftman S Wright of Walthamstow, Flying Officer H Toogood of Enfield, Middlesex, Leading Aircraftman D Wright of Walthamstow and Corporal W Simpson of Edmonton.

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This portrait shows a German combat pilot in his cockpit .. This portrait shows a German combat pilot in his cockpit.

F.H. Burnside, Lt. Anthony Sunderland, J.D. Hill, Corp. C.T. Robbins

Photo collection First World War. The big blow to the west. Fransch plane shot at Bonchy .. 1914-1918}. Bonchi, France

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.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection General Hunter Weston inspecting a Henri Farman aeroplane of No. 3 Squadron, R. N. A. S, which had been hit by Turkish gunfire in the air. Pilot: Flight-Commander Marix on left.

Photograph of Coast Guardsman Checking a Light.

Franco American Flying Corps Ready to Start

Gunnery Instruction In The 401St Bomb Group Was Constant And Careful. Here, Gunners Improve Their Skill In The Operation Of The 50 Cal. Machine Gun. England, 4 May 1944.

05/25/1911. Vedrines Upon Arrival In Getafe.

Operation 'Alert' 1957 , Hoses, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Busy Ground Crewmen Will Have A New Engine Installed In Reocrd Time And The Sturdy B-25 Mitchell Will Be Ready Once More To Attack The Heavily Defended Brenner Pass Line. 12Th Aaf.

Damaged Plane On The Graf Spee -- One of the shell-Raked seaplanes of he German pocket battleship the Admiral Graf Spee, which was forced into this port Dec. 13 after an all-day running fight with the British cruisers Exeter, Achilles and Ajax. The plane's engine and tail were shot away. The other place of the raider was also damaged. December 15, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Radiophoto).

F.VIIsM-CPPA aircraft of the republican force during the Spanish Civil War

Mechanics with Airplane, Inauguration of Air Mail Service, Polo Field, Washington DC, USA, circa 1918

White May have dodged political kites, but he got mixed up with some strange flying contraptions in World War I. May 23, 1951.

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.

Cadet's overalls caught in control pulleys, preventing movement of the aircraft's stick. The instructor attempted to regain control but was unsuccessful, resulting in a crash at Kelly Field, San Antonio. The incident occurred on October 9, 1918 and involved ship number 33930. This photograph was taken on November 5, 1918. Note: Not for publication, for official use only.

A Gi Points Out The Interesting Features Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Tail Turret To English People Who Are Visiting An 8Th Air Force Base On Air Force Day, 1 August 1945.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Personnel of No. 284 Squadron RAF, an air/sea rescue unit, standing in front of one of their aircraft, Supermarine Walrus, X9506 'C', at Cassibile, Sicily. Aircrew in the front row are (left to right); Sergeant J D Lunn (pilot), Sergeant C S Taylor (wireless operator/air gunner), Warrant Officer N Pickles (w.op/ag), Flying Officer R Eccles (pilot), Flight Sergeant J W Bradley (w.op/ag) and Flight Sergeant E J Holmes (pilot): ground crew in the back row are (left to right); AC1 Radford, Flight Sergeant R C Glew, Corporal J Warrington, Leading Aircraftmen S Waight, J Price, J H Crowther and H Walker, and Corporal J E Newall.

Royal Air Force Technical Training Command, 1940-1945. Trainees receiving instruction on flight rigging at No. 5 School of Technical Training, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Field knob black Wenzel.

Operation 'Alert' 1957 , Hoses, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Marines going aboard Prairie

L-5 Brought This Wounded Solider From A Battle Area West Of Cebu City In The Philippine Islands. 15 April 1945.

The picture shows how several men in uniform loads postal aboard an airplane.Original text: "The letter bags are taken aboard the flying machine."The picture shows how several men in uniform loads postal aboard an aircraft. Dooriginal text: "The letter bags are taken aboard the aircraft machine.

Forced plane of the Italians at Maria Gail to land. .

Bomb Damage Salaumau - War File. February 27, 1942.

aeronautica, ritratto dell'aviatore jeanne herven, 1910

Watching The Troops Pass In Review After The Secretary Of War Presented The Congressional Medal Of Honor To S/Sgt. Maynard H. Smith, A Boeing B-17 Gunner From Caro, Michigan, Are, Front Row, Left To Right: Secretary Of War Henry L. Stimson, Sgt. Smith And

French aviator âmile Dubonnet.

Shipping a torpedo on board the French submarine Xiphia.

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.

04/03/1913. The Distractions of Camp. The dog that accompanies one of the "Mine" Rifeñas showing off their skills in the camp.

The picture shows a combat pilot that aims with a machine gun in the direction of the photographer. The picture shows a combat pilot that aims with a machine gun in the direction of the photographer.

The Tronquoy, Somme, France bombing plane , 1916 - Regions at war Meuse, Haute -Marne, Oise, Somme - Stéphane Passet - (February -30 July) (French - Le Tronquoy , Somme , France Avion de bombardement). Available in high definition, plane, air transport, front, bombardment, weapon, aviator, man, HD, transport, First World War, human beings, France, bombing plane

World War I, a captured German Gotha bomber with French insignia, ca. 1917

Rear view of police and soldiers surrounding an airplane, Spirit of St. Louis, Paris, France, May 31, 1927

Anefo photo collection. Deltavliegeren in Czechoslovakia. November 8, 1977. Czechoslovakia

Royal Air Force- British Flying Training in the United States, 1941-1945. RAF cadets and their American instructors discuss the day's flying training by Boeing Stearman PT-17s drawn up in front of the Riddle Aeronautical Institute's hangars at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida.

An American biplane has crash-landed on its nose behind the American lines northwest of Montfaucon in the Argonne during the American advance in November 1918. The plane was brought down by American machine gunners. This photograph was released by the A.E.F. censor on November 8, 1918.

Historic photograph, soldiers in a cardboard aeroplane, around 1916

The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Red Army soldier guarding a Polish PWS-26 trainer aircraft shot down near the city of Równe (Rivne) in the Soviet occupied part of Poland.

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Paulhan army biplane (numbered F 2) on the ground with two mounted cavalry men looking on.

01/31/1923. Madrid. Aviation accident in Cuatro Vientos. The device of the Italian aviator Captain Francisco Ferrarini Shortly after falling to the ground due to having collided with the Observation tower that can be seen on the right, in Medallon, the aviator Ferrarini.

The fuse is set as Chief Petty Officer leads a crew of four in loading a Y-Gun with Mark-3 anti-submarine depth charges, circa 1917

Aviette Contest - France

Ground crew mechanics of a 2nd Bombardment Division, North American P-51 Mustang fighter station in England, work long hours keeping their fighters in perfect condition for the heavy bomber escort strafing and divebombing missions over aerial

The chivalry of the air: the courtesy of foe to foe. Showing a British pilot dropping a wreath for a comrade's grave in the German lines during the First World War. The wreath was retrieved by the Germans on the ground, who placed it on the British aviator's grave. Date: 1915

France - Lt. Col George "Iron Man" Lee Of Norwood, Mass., A 1St Tac Air Force Fighter-Bomber Pilot, Flew His 250Th Mission March 26, 1945 As He Took His Snub-Nosed Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Over Germany To Bomb And Strafe Bensheim And The Marshalling Yard

Sgt. Knauff And Ground Crew Of The 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Repair Engine Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 31 Dec. 1944.

First World War (1918). French air patrol. Illustration by Franois Flameng. Drawing.

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Ametralladora montada en un biplano. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

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 Spaarnestad topics. Air war English (and Allies) above the Netherlands. The Fokker D-XXI 0222 with Lt. Vl. P.j.b. Ruys De Perez of the 1 -2 -1 LVR was also shot on 10 May 1940 by the Luftwaffe and ended up on the back in the sample.. May 1940. Monster

Air battles on the Western Front, 1st World War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Army airship Beta on the ground, most of the gondola is obscured by a large group of soldiers.

1918 WORLD WAR ONE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES US ARMY BALLOONISTS WITH CAQUOT WICKER BASKET BALLOON IN BOIS DE BELLEAU FRANCE

The men behind the fighter pilots: how the ground crews keep their aircraft fighting fit. RAF teamwork during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Photo collection First World War. One of the Wrecked Zeppelins. One of the side propellers. 1914-1918}. Britain

French aviator Georges Legagneux.

Anefo photo collection. Aviation camp in Ermelo KNVL. August 13, 1950. Ermelo

C.M. Vought

Assembling "AMERICA"

Italy, The flight of Leo Delagrange, La Domenica del Corriere

Gunnery Instruction In The 401St Bomb Group Was Constant And Careful. Here, Gunners Improve Their Skill In The Operation Of The 50 Cal. Machine Gun. England, 4 May 1944.

05/17/1911. Beaumont who came out first.

Military airship parade ground during a demonstration against the death sentence of Spanish anarchist Francisco Ferrer, Rome, 13 October 1909, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 42, October 17, 1909.

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War The army airship Gamma on the ground outside the airship shed with a group of handlers. Image virtually identical to RAE-O 727.

Art.Sect shooting field.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

"Strafed", circa 1918, Spain, maker unknown.

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