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Historic Military Aircraft Operations

A collection of vintage footage showcasing military planes from different eras, including aircraft lineups, takeoffs, and logistical support activities.

LAS VEGAS - 1958 - USAF pilots board B-25s and taxi for a Doolittle Raid reunion.

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. WAAF ground crew at work on an Airspeed Horsa of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley glider tugs are dispersed on the airfield in the background.

Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith, Roscoe C. Brown, photo by Toni Frissell, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945.

Air commodore Jim Flemming officer commanding RAAF Williamtown at the controls of his Mirage jet fighter A3 - 40 makes has farewell flight over Newcastle. April 06, 1951.

Front view of the left wing of a North American Mustang Mk. IVA 'Miss Marunouchi' (s/n KM361) bearing the markings of the South African Air Force, somewhere in Korea. Two men work underneath the left wing securing a drop tank. Two more men stand in front of the wing, while two other men walk toward aircraft from behind. Another man is visible standing on top of the wing.

Image of some American B-17 aircraft above the city of Utrecht, on the road to throw food packages above the site at the Lageweide (Stapel site of the Dutch Railways) in Utrecht in the context of the Chowhound operation.

Three-quarter left front view of a North American RF-51D Mustang 'Mike and Cindy' (s/n 44-84851; c/n 44707) parked in a nose hangar, somewhere in Korea. Six men stand in front of the left wing, one sits on the wing, one is in the cockpit, and other works on the right wheel. Various equipment can be seen around the aircraft. In the background, other RF-51D Mustangs are visible, along with some hangars.

World War II: Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation, Ramitelli, Italy, photograph by Toni Frissell, March, 1945.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda landing-on while the batsman makes the appropriate signals on board HMS RAVAGER.

Two Flares Dropped By B-17 Returning From A Mission Indicate Wounded Aboard. Two Medical Crews Wait To Give First Aid To The Men. England.

Anti-Aircraft Gun Damage to Fuselage

Ambulance From A Hospital In England Unload Wounded Troops Into An Atc C-54 Skymaster To Be Flown To America. These Troops Will Be Flown Back To Hospitals Near Their Home To Stay Until They Are Fully Recovered.

The Royal Air Force in Britain, May 1942 Flight Lieutenant Laurie of No 222 Squadron, Royal Air Force starting up Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BM202 'ZD-H' 'Flying Scotsman', at North Weald, Essex. The aircraft was the second bearing this name to be paid for from donations made by LNER personnel.

Heavy fog covers the flight line as a Navy Fighter Weapons School A-4 Skyhawk adversary aircraft is prepared for an early morning mission. Referred to as "Top Gun," the school provides air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Navy and Marine Corps pilots. The A-4 is painted in a Soviet-bloc air force camouflage pattern. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rescue of Downed Plane. This image depicts a crashed plane in Louisiana whose crew was evacuated by a Navy helicopter as seen from a Coast Guard plane.

Visit - Tempelhof - Goering. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A pilot of No. 152 Squadron RAF climbs into the cockpit of Supermarine Spitfire Mark VC, JG871 L-E, shortly after the unit re-equipped with the type, at Souk-el-Khemis ('Paddington'), Tunisia.

Left sideview of the rear fuselage and tail of a Douglas C-47B Skytrain (s/n 43-48957; c/n 1476826218) somewhere in Korea. Personnel are shown removing some unidentified containers. On the ground next to the aircraft are some litter pods and other equipment.

Lt. William Groseclose Of Pierre, South Dakota, Pilot Standing On The Wing Of His P-51 Mustang, Ready To Get Into The Cockpit. His Crew Chief, Ssgt. Harry E. East, Of Omaha, Nebraska Stands By.

LTC Andrews, pilot, briefs COL Chase, commander, 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, on cockpit procedures aboard an F-15 Eagle aircraft. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Evacuation Of Wounded From A Consolidated B-24 At A Base In England.

VC Book Wing Commander H I Edwards, RAF aircraft in bombing raid Artist Reginald Mount Catalogue reference: INF 3/432 DRAWINGS FOR BOOKS AND BOOKLETS: VC Book: Untitled. (Wing Commander H I Edwards, RAF: aircraft in bombing raid (p29)). Artist: Reginald Mount (signed). Media/Technique: Charcoal drawing with black fabricated chalk and a black waxy medium with white gouache highlights and graphite under-drawing. The artist's signature is written in black carbon ink. art, airplane, aircraft, aviation, coal, airforce, blenheim, bomber, raf, militaryaviation, secondworldwar, veday, royalairforce, blenheimbomber, bristolblenheim, artarchitectureanddesign

Mascot Meets Master. The English Bull 'Yank', Mascot Of The Us 8Th Af Base, Meets His Master, Capt. James Duffy Of Mt. Clair, N. J., Upon The Pilot'S Return From A Mission.

Minbomb 500 kg m/41

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

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