Historic Military Aviation

A collection of vintage scenes featuring military aircraft, naval operations, and personnel, showcasing historical moments from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Relics Of The Lutine -- The sifter on board the Karimata, in which a water-gun separates relics of the Lutine from sand and shells.The Karimata, one of the biggest dredgers yet built, with which another attempt is being made to salve the gold and silver locked in the hold of the British frigate Lutine, which sank in the Zuider Zee in 1799. August 22, 1938.

First World War (1917). Fall of a Zeppelin at 6:00 PM (24th March 1917).

Army shops. An Oto Melara in the artillery hall for maintenance.

Cape Canaveral, Florida: April 21, 1962. The new version of the U.S. Army's Pershing ballistic missile is ready for firing at Cape Canaveral, Florida. As deployed in Germany, it will have nuclear capabilities, but will remain under the control of the U.S, Army command, due to restrictions under the German constitution regarding control of nuclear weapons.

Explosion in water , Bodies of water, Explosions Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

A Battle above the clouds - The eagle swoop of this pursuing battleplane on its prey, whose scurrying flight can be felt in every line, vividly illustrates the terror of aerial warfare. WWI Dogfight

United States: c. 1919 U.S. Navy sailors cleaning the stacks on the super-dreadnaught battleship, the USS Pennsylvania.

DN-ST-88-02047. Base: Naval Station, Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy 'Baby Crossroads' Blast -- This giant mushroom of mud and water was tossed up from San Diego Bay in the largest of scale model TNT underwater explosions set off by the Navy electronics laboratory to test the probable results of today's Bikini atomic blast. A 1,000 foot plume was sent up by 2,040 pounds of explosive, toughed off in seven feet of water. July 24, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Balloon accident, the explosion of an airship, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, circa 1918-1921.

Anefo photo collection. Perse excursion Shooting exercise on the "Argis" Den Helder. May 2, 1949. Navy base Den Helder

ATC-CCB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The airship M. 10 leaves for a bombing raid. Circa 1917.

World War I, German observation balloon in snow with soldiers, circa 1914-1918.

Detail image of Gengasaggat.

Aviation 932B - Australia Paratroops (See Also: Australian Army File; Special Air Service Commandos). July 31, 1945.

High angle view of an atomic bomb explosion, Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945

A complete 20 mm grenade with a cross-sectional view of the pushing and explosive charge. Ammo for aerlikon and polish (air goal).

Aerial photo of a Serbian communication mass before a NATO attack during the Deliberate Force operation.

WAAF (Women's' auxiliary Air Force) technician at work on an aircraft propeller. World War Two. 1942

Practice Jump: Men of 187th A/B BCT make a practice jump from ***** Korea. March 07, 1951. (Photo by Cpl. R.T. Turner, US Army Photo).

The shattered aviator of the letharters dignified on 8.6.1917 flyers of plenner of the aviator companie 15, in front of the artillery boxes in Brixen. In addition to the wreck, the co-collected observer Oberleutnant Hunter, who came away with some abrasions. .

The Auxiliary Territorial Service at An Anti-aircraft Gun Site in Britain, December 1942 ATS girls working the Kine-Theodolite, which photographs the shell bursts, thereby checking the results of the Predictor crews.

Diagram showing mining used in attack and defence of a fortress during World War One. From The Illustrated War News 1915.

DF-SC-84-11662. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Ten army men jump from same plane with parachutes, breaking previous jumping record - This official U.S. Army photo, supplied by InternationalNewsreel, shows the ten parachutes of the ten men of the U.S. Army who jumped from the same sixteen passenger plane over Chanute field recently. The former record made by nine marines at Quantico, Va., it took the ten army men eight and 2 fifth seconds to leave the plane which was traveling ninety miles an hour. April 18, 1928. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

A balloon flighing over Arras, France Images from Canadian Forces in First World War France 1918

Photograph of Italian Fascist Youths of the Balillas wearing gas masks. Dated 20th Century

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Huntsville Alabama, Redstone Army Airfield and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 9:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (right, facing away) views Saturn engine displays, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (partially hidden, with arm raised), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Paul Nitze; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, Dr. James E. Webb; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Representative George P. Miller (California). The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.

Soviet Stratosphere Balloon Breaks Piccard's Record -- The Soviet stratosphere Balloon USSR ready for its ascent. On right is the commander (in uniform).The Soviet stratosphere balloon USSR, making an ascent from Moscow, has broken the record set up by Professor Piccard, the Belgian scientist, and is reported to be still flying. September 30, 1933.

Vintage Photograph. US Air Force Thor Missile launching from pad. Frame 2

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Huntsville Alabama, Redstone Army Airfield and George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 9:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (lower right, with back to camera) views Saturn rocket displays, during a tour of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; Director of the MSFC, Dr. Wernher von Braun (lower right), briefs President Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman. Photographers and members of the press observe at left. The President visited the MSFC as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.

After the launch, Savoy's dining was turned into an aquarium under the supervision of the editor Anders stone.1954-12-11.After the launch, Savoy's dining was turned into an aquarium under the supervision of the editor Anders stone.1954-12-11 Malmö Shipyard historical association has received the album of a son of Nils Holmström.Peter Skanze from the association has in contacts with the Historical Museum's manager Hans-Lennart Ohlsson expressed that the gift is aimed at the Maritime History Museum, while in the donation letter a "desire to the album ends up at any museum with a focus on our marine heritage".At sea-historical, there is already an extensive collection of photographs from Kockum's MV.Since the images show the warships fit the album better in Marine Museum Karlskrona's gathering area and was therefore added to Marine Museum's collections.

Painting depicting Sir Frank Whittle by Roderick Lovesey. Frank Whittle (1907-1996) an English Royal Air Force engineer air officer

DN-ST-85-08904. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- At Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, the crew for Gemini 12 arrives at Launch Complex 19. Command pilot James A. Lovell is followed by pilot Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr. The signs on their backs note that this mission is the final flight of the Gemini Program.

DF-SC-89-11326. Base: Unknown

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex. January 1942.

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Pearl Harbor Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii. Polaris Submarine missiles A-1 and A-3

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