Historic Military Aviation Art

Artistic representations of historical military aircraft in action, featuring dogfights and bombing missions, illustrating aerial combat and wartime tactics.

How German FW190 pilots manoeuvre against Flying Fortresses during the Second World War. The Fortress grouping presents a tremendous concentration of firepower to fighters attacking from any direction. Date: 1943

DF-SC-88-02485. Country: Unknown

***** The aircraft is put into a full ***** climb. When speed has fallen to the correct level, the pilot shuts down one engine, starting the ***** after three-quarters of a turn, the remaining engine is shut down. The Meteor continues to cartwheel until one-and-a-half turns have been made. Than nose down, the machine begins to spin. Normal recovery action is taken so that within self a turn the Meteor is completely under control again. According to Squadron-Leader Zurakowski, his Cartwheel 'is q

Artwork: "The Bridge Busters - 397th BG". Artist: Green. U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Painting of French Air Force fighter plane destroying German plane

How German FW190 pilots manoeuvre against Flying Fortresses during the Second World War. The Fortress grouping presents a tremendous concentration of firepower to fighters attacking from any direction. Date: 1943

A German Heinkel He 111 bomber under attack from RAF Supermarine Spitfire.

German Messerschmitt 262 jetfighters attacking an American B-17 Flying Fortress.

American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber planes flying through Nazi German flak.

Structural details of the German Focke-Wulf FW190 fighter plane, in use during the Second World War. Date: 1942

1910s COVER OF MAGAZINE JULY 1917 BY HARRY GRANT DART SHOW A MID AIR BATTLE DOGFIGHT GERMAN TAUBE PLANE & AMERICAN F5L AIRCRAFT

A Raid by "Hudsons" of the Coastal Command on German Shipping at Aalesund, Norway, in which Eleven Ships were Hit - Back Them Up!. Country: England Artist: Charles E. Turner Printed By: Chromoworks, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

German Heinkel He 111 bombers under attack from Royal Air Force Spitfires.

Artists' renderings of Bell XV-15 Army Configurations Combat, Rescue and JVX

DF-SC-89-11170. Base: Unknown

Artwork: "A Wurtsmith Wolverine" Artist: Steve McElroy, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Squadron Of German Heinkel Bombers

British Lockheed 'Hudson' bombers of Coastal Command attacking German shipping in the port of Aalesund, Norway, 1941. This was a highly successful attack, sinking four enemy supply ships and damaging several others. Date: 1941

DF-SC-89-11486. Country: Unknown

World War Two: French postcard depicting a British RAF Hawker Hurricane aircraft. During the 11 days of fighting in France and over Dunkirk on 1021 May 1940, Hurricane pilots claimed 499 kills and 123 probable. Contemporary German records, examined post-war, attribute 299 Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed and 65 seriously damaged by RAF fighters.[37 When the last Hurricanes left France, on 21 June, of the 452 Hawker fighters engaged during the Blitzkrieg, only 66 came back to Great Britain[38 with 178 abandoned at the airfields of Merville, Abbeville, Lille/Seclin and other bases.[36

German Heinkel bombers being buzzed by a UFO. Such objects were known by aircrews as foo fighters.

Martin Mariner destroying Nazi Submarine.

A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane shot down by German Bf 109's.

The might of the Royal Air Force, showing the latest types of British fighters and bombers in service at the start of the Second World War. Included are the Spitfire, and the Vickers Wellington bomber. Date: 1939

DF-SC-88-02253. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "Air Force Field at Debden England - April 1945". Artist: John McCoy, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Illustration of a Curtiss P40-C Warhawk of the Flying Tigers.

To the Death! - A Glorious Incident of Aerial Warfare on the Western Front, showing a British biplane crashing into a German plane in a dogfight during the First World War 1918

'Coast Defence: the Raiders' Fate', c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway.

Hitler's secret weapon Magnetic or non-contact mines, laid by plane and U-boat. How magnetic or non-contact mines sink ships, by causing terrific underwater pressure, and (top left) the anti-mine paravane explained. Date: 1939

XV-15 prototypes Multi-Mission BAT-LHX design, Search & Rescue, Marine assault

DF-ST-87-12787. Country: Unknown

DF-SC-88-02403. Country: Unknown

Robot guns for British aircraft: remotely-controlled turrets. Enabling one gunner to direct fire from numerous different positions: three new British inventions for remotely-controlled gun-turrets in aircraft during the Second World War. Date: 1940

A German Heinkel He 111 bomber under attack from RAF Supermarine Spitfire.

DF-SC-83-09971. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "GUNNERY Practice at Koolawe". Artist: Arthur Magee. U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encounter German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter planes over Nazi occupied Europe & Germany

Aircraft of the R.A.F. . Country: England Printed By: Fosh & Cross Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

DF-SN-86-07112. Country: Unknown

A Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire attacking German Heinkel He 111 bombers during the Battle of Britain.

XV-15 prototypes Multi-Mission BAT-LHX design, Search & Rescue, Marine assault

Temper Dash with Discretion. Country: UK Artist: Leslie Carr Printed By: Greycaine, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

First World War (1914-1918). French squad of machine-gunning German positions (July 1918). Picture by Maurice Busset. Drawing.

A formation of British Air Force Lancaster bomber planes.

DF-SC-88-02400. Country: Unknown

Latest Navy aircrafts. Seaplanes in there present stage of development of 1918 for World War One purposes may be roughly divided into three classes. Small fighting machines of scout, an aerial fire-eater, of which two fine examples are given, capable of being carried on almost any ship. The general purpose plane, to which nothing comes amiss, whether it be reconnaissance, bombing, gun-spotting, or torpedp-carrying the short is the best-known Briton of this type taken to sea in a special seapl

War in the stratosphere: some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth during the Second World War. The immediate and vital concern of flying experts all over the world. Date: 1941

DF-SC-85-09628. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "Impressions at Eglin 1-15" Artist: Maurice Silber. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "C-130 (Hercules)" Artist: Charles Carroll. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "Pony Tail" Artist: David Stone, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

A new instrument of total war: British and German troop carriers. Invasion by parachute armies: Germans improve on a Soviet device. Date: 1940

Artwork: "Rolling a Bomber From a Hangar" Artist: H. Recksiegel. Country: Unknown

British Bombers Have Carried Out Over 1,600 Raids on Germany - Up to May, 1941. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

The flying bomb: Germany's latest weapon used against England during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings of the flying robot launched across the Channel to southern England. Date: 1944

DF-SC-85-08449. Country: Unknown

American Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Artwork: "Checking It Out" Artist: Roger Bechtold, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

A UFO buzzing a group of B-29 Superfortress aircraft over the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Drawing showing an air-battle between Royal Air Force Hawker 'Hurricane' fighters and German Junkers and Dorniers bombers and Messerschmitt fighters over France in May 1940. Date: 1940

British heavy bombers of World War II

Artwork: "AWACS Refueling from KC-135" Artist: Hal Rozema. Country: Unknown

The Royal Air Force in the west. Types of machines which have been fighting and bombing during the great assault, First World War. Date: 1918

Artwork: "When the Air Corps Carried the Mail" Artist: Nixon Galloway, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

DF-SC-85-07647. Country: Unknown

DF-SC-88-02278. Country: Unknown

A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, illustration

DF-SC-88-02365. Country: Unknown

Sketches and Drawings of WW I - 'Strafing' Our Balloons, Dickebusch

A British "Spitfire" on Patrol. Country: England. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

F4U Corsair Fighter aircraft of World War II.

Illustration of Japanese imperialism. Japanese flag. Japanese Navy in World War II.

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). Plane, air transport, front, bombing, weapon, aviator, man, Transport, First World War, human beings, France, bombing plane

DF-SC-85-07646. Country: Unknown

V1 Flying Bomb A cut-away and annotated drawing of the Fiesler Fi 103 flying bomb, (also known as FZG 76 or V1 weapon).

Last Word in Fighting Ships - Grumman Xf5F-1, Fighting Aircraft

Military Drone, 3D rendering Military Drone, 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 21227835

DA-SC-85-00944. Country: Unknown

Three Avro Lancaster B Mark Is of No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force based at Waddington, Lincolnshire

''Combat Aerien; Retree d'Spad qui a atterri loin des hangars, a l'autre extremite du terrain couvert de neige', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Formation of P-47 Thunderbolts flying over Chino, California.

Germany Flies Again!, Fighting Aircraft

Tribute to You - Beaufighter Bulletin No. 14. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Military Drone, top view. 3D rendering Military Drone, top view. 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 21223867

Formation of P-47 Thunderbolts flying over Chino, California.

Mobile SA-10 SAM. Country: Unknown

WW1 - Air force and mechanics at sea-shore preparing a British sea-plane, 'The Night Hawk', for flight. Date: 1917

Greetings from Camp Lee, Va. Motorized Balloon & Rigging Crew. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Radio Craft: Electronic Gun Director, Electronics - Radio & Wireless

Barrage Balloon ascends at Camp Davis, N. C. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

New York City, NY, USA. WWII era photo shoot. Woman in pin up saluting. (MR)

HELLCATS OF THE NAVY (1957).

The sighting of this striking UFO by military personnel at Ciampino, one of Rome's airports, is confirmed by radar. Date: 17th September 1954

000707-M-6002M-001. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS Cherry Point

Bombing at Cherbourg, Fighting Aircraft

Dare-Devil Aces: The Dead Will Fly Again, Commercial Aviation

Operation 'Alert' - Boston Regional Office - 1954 , Helicopters, Temporary buildings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

An F-86 fighter pilot with the United States Air Force fires on a domed disc, though with no effect; the case is reported to Project Blue Book but never resolved. Date: Summer 1952

Tribute to You - Halifax Bulletin No. 13. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Britain Has Sent to RussiaOur Products Fight on Russian Fronts. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

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