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Historical Aircraft Cockpits

Pilots in vintage aircraft cockpits from various eras, showcasing aviation history and advancements in military aviation.

Aviates Hanna Reisch 1st Woman to gain an appt. on Captain of the German Air Force. July 21, 1937. (Photo by ORBS Photo).

Photograph of Coast Guard Combat Photographer Edgar K. Jaffe. Hunts Saipan Japs with Gun and Camera. With his gun strapped to his side and his camera in hand, Coast Guard Combat Photographer Edgar K. Jaffe, of 697 West End Avenue, New York, N.Y. site on an Allied amphibious monster during a lull in the fighting on Saipan Island, in the Marianas. The photographer's mate first class came ashore with a Coast Guard beach party to "shoot" Japs with both gun and camera as the Allied forces moved up the island. Jaffe formerly lived at 989 Iranistan Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn., where he was employed in the display department of the Rowland Dry Goods Company from 1940 to June, 1942, when he enlisted in the Coast Guard. Earlier, in 1940, he worked in the display department of Gonung's, Inc., Danbury, Conn.

Mystere IV - American Air Force Team Visit Dassault Co. Testing Grounds. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Pilots gone wild (EV003005_H)

021206-M-3031H-097. Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

2Nd Lt. William E. Dougherty Of The 9Th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron Poses In The Cockpit Of His Lockheed F-5 At An Air Base Somewhere In India.

Two crewmen stand by in a flight deck tow tractor aboard the light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05) during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Caribbean Sea

Ames Pilot George Cooper (l) and Ames Director Smith DeFrance discuss F-86 flight test

Photograph of Major General Nicholas I. Petrov of the Russian Air Force, bound from Moscow to Washington, stepping from a C-47. Skytrain bearing the red star of Russia at the base of the Alaska wing, Air Transport Command. Dated 1944

With MAAF in Russia, S/Sgt. G.S. McCall, 926 Telefair Street, Augusta, Ga., crew chief of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, shows plane to Russian soldiers.

In the clouds at 1200 metres, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Primer Mc Kell at the Controls of the Police Arson at Mascot. July 22, 1946. (Photo by Bob (Robert) Rice/Fairfax Media).

Photograph of Francis S. Gabreski. Photograph of Francis S. Gabreski. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski, fighter ace

Sailor uniforms (1990). On the left a entertainment uniform for a male sailor (bath, to purchase at your own expense) and to the right of the daily out for a female sailor.

WASPs around a Curtiss A-25A making last minute check-ups before taking off. Army Air Field Camp Davis, NC. Circa 1944.

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

1940S Fighter Airplane Pilot On Us World War Ii Bond Promotion Tour

Radio Operator, S/Sgt. Stanley V. Sienkiewicz Of Chicaho, Illinois, At Hisposition In The Boeing B-29 'Eddie Allen'. China.

Kantner at Start

Lt. Col. Francis S. Gabreski, Leading Ace Of The 8Th Air Force. P-47 Pilot. England.

Photograph of Commander Max K. Horton, the submarine officer who torpedoed three German war-ships, the 'Pommern', the 'Hela' and 'S.116'. Date: August 14th 1915

World War II 1939-1945: Slovakian pilot serving with the German air force. From Signal, August 1942, German propaganda magazine produced by the Wehrmacht.

Alessandro guidoni and guido mattioli

A mechanic works on an engine of a Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 64 (VP-64) P-3 Orion aircraft during active duty training. Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Intermediate stop in Cairo on the way to Jakarta: Max van Poll (right), chairman of the PARLEMETARY MAKE COMMITTEE) and Willem van Veenendaal, KLM kite. February 1946. Cairo, Egypt

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit from the American consular mission to Palembang. Palembang: When visiting the area of the "stutters", American military observers made a journey on the Metsi. Col. Collin S. Myers aboard a Higgens boat from the Corps Water Transport Services. 17 October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Three of eight reconnaissance pilots, sent aloft in pairs to observe and not to fight, scored 17 kills in 24 hours recently on the western front when, outnumbered by the Luftwaffe, they were forced to fight their way home on two occasions. All

He Commodore commanding the Australian Squadron (Commodore Collins) ***** ashore from the cruiser Shropshire which arrived in Brisbane ***** the destroyer Bataan on the way to the first R.A.N. practice since 1939. March 13, 1946.

DF-SN-86-11355. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Capt. Charles E. Yeager Postcard. ca. 1950, Capt. Charles E. Yeager Postcard

Hydraulic lift for hooking guns to pintle of trucktractor , Tractors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Landing in Djambi; Before the departure of Palembang. A parachutist of the special troops. December 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Crown Prince Olav of Norway visits Trondheim after the liberation of Norway after World War Two

Pilots - (Including Jet Pilots) - U.S.A.F.. December 28, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).;Pilots - (Including Jet Pilots) - U.S.A.F..

Test Pilots Capt. Charles E. Yeager, Major Gus Lundquist, and Capt. James Fitzgerald. They flew the supersonic Bell XS-1 rocket plane named 'Glamorous Glennis'. Edwards Air Force Base ca. 1947-48. - (BSLOC_2015_1_37)

World War II: Paul Tibbets standing in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on 5 August 1945. Warfare Aerial Nuclear

Portrait of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford of the Royal Navy Air Service. Warneford became the first airman to destroy a Zeppelin in the air, by dropping bombs on LZ-37 over Bruges on the 7th June 1915, an act for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Warneford is pictured wearing his flying 'gear' - helmet, goggles, jacket and gauntlets. Date: 1915

Fairbanks Junior's first major film success "Dawn Patrol." He is shown here with the star Richard Barthelmess and between then one of the professional pilots who took part in the flying sequences. February 1, 1955.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Unknown Dutch lady gets out of the plane she turns out to be an upcoming bride. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

R.A.F. Prepare For Trans-World Air Force -- R.A.F. is entering three Canberras, as well as a ***** for the London to New Zealand air race that begins on October 8. The Air race Flight is in training under the command of wing commander L.M.Hodges, DSO, DFC. at Myton RAF station, near Huntingdon. October 13, 1953.

World War II: Paul Tibbets stands in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and from which he dropped the world's first atomic bomb on 5 August 1945. Air war, nuclear war

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command On board a No 240 Squadron Catalina at Stranraer, March 1941. A WOp/AG (wireless operator/air gunner) poses with his twin Vickers 'K' guns at the starboard blister hatch, while being serenaded by the banjulele-playing navigator!

Coast Guard Commandant Visits Cherbourg's Blasted Waterfront. Concerned with the free flow of war supplies to the battlefronts of France, Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, obtains first hand information on the battered port facilities of Cherbourg during recent tour of the European Theatre of Operations. Accompanying Vice Admiral Waesche is Captain W. H. Barton, of Ketchikan, Alaska, Coast Guard officer in charge of merchant shipping through the Port of Cherbourg.

Lt. Irving Fox Of Cincinnati, Ohio, Brought Back This Pair Of German Binoculars From Rumania When He Was Evacuated From This Fallen Balkan Country, By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 15Th Air Force Based In Italy. Many Of The 1,000 Evacuees Brought

Portrait of Air Vice Marshal Keith Rodney Park (1892 - 1975), Commander in Chief of Group 11, Air Command during World War II and mastermind of the Battle of Britain of 1940. Denied the German Luftwaffe air superiority and arguably prevented the Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). Later commanded air defence in Malta and was appointed Allied Air Commander in South East Asia. Credited as "The Defender of Britain". Pictured here in Malta about to fly a Spitfire. Park frequ

England....Captain Don S. Gentile (Right) And His Wingman First Lieutenant Godfrey, Stand Beside The Nose Of A P-51 Mustang.

Dr. Fenton. November 1, 1937.

Graham White (left) and RT Gates, British pioneer aviators. Photograph.

Tea for the Netherlands, 1940 - 1959 photograph A pilot from Raf with a leaf full of tea bags. During a flight, these bags were cast out by the RAF to Germany over the Netherlands as a greeting from the then free Dutch East Indies. England photographic support England

Inter-tank communications were tested by Army Minister Francis when he inspected the 1st Armored Regiment at Puckapunyal (Vic.) yesterday. With him in the Centurion tank is Major E. Hardcastle. January 01, 1953.

Eternal Vigilance. This image depicts a Coast Guardsman on watch on the ship's flying bridge.

Soviet Woman Air ACE Now Fighting At Front - Valentina Grizxodubova, holder with Polina Ossipenko of the long-distance international record, is now fighting at the front, according to a statement by Moscow radio. She was among the first of thousands of Moscow women who volunteered as soon as Moscow was threatened. October 26, 1941.

S82-28704 (20 March 1982) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, STS-3 commander, seems to be saying, see you guys down there, prior to boarding a T-38 jet trainer and heading for KSC in Florida. Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, left, STS-3 pilot, will man the front seat of another T-38, with astronaut Brewster H. Shaw, center, as rear sat passenger. The STS-3 crew has just bade farewell to news media representatives and members of the general public on hand for the departure.

Photograph of Lt. Louis Zamperini, Former NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association Miler and Olympic Team Member, Bombardier, on Lt. Russel A. Phillips' Plane, Examining 20 mm Japanese Explosive Shell Hole in the Side of Fuselage. Photograph of Lt. Louis Zamperini, Former NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association Miler and Olympic Team Member, Bombardier, on Lt. Russel A. Phillips' Plane, Examining 20 mm Japanese Explosive Shell Hole in the Side of Fuselage. War Theatre #23 (Funafuti, Ellice Island) Airplanes, Battle Damage.. 1943-01-01T00:00:00.

Japan: 1941. A Japanese pilot looking through a gun sight.

Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Premier of South Africa and Supreme Commander of the Union Defences Field Marshal Smuts standing in front of the aircraft in which he made his flying visits. It was an ex-South African Airways Lockheed Lodestar, which retained its natural metal finish when it became No 234 of the South African Air Force.

February is African-American History Month Airman Magazine Posters

R.A.A.F In Korean War: Ace-Shot Adams Goes Into Battle -- Flight Lieutenant John Adams of Melbourne gets his flight gear from Lance Corporal Bob Bell of Norwood, South Australia, as he is about to take off from a far East air field on a combat mission against the North Korean forces invading South Korea. Adams last November won individual honors in fighter gunnery meet. L/Corp. Bell is crew chief of Adams' Royal Australian Air Force mustang fighter. July 10, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).;R.A.A.F

Mystere IV - American Air Force Team Visit Dassault Co. Testing Grounds. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. Flying Officers N 'Fanny' Orton and E J 'Cobber' Kain of No. 73 Squadron RAF, standing by a Hawker Hurricane Mark I, between sorties, at Reims-Champagne. Orton left France with at least fifteen victories and Kain with seventeen.

Artwork: "COL Ivan W. McElroy" Artist: Robert Hallock. Country: Unknown

Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan is greeted as he arrives aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) for a visit. Base: USS America (CV 66) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Wilmington Coast Guardsman "Covers" Okinawa Landings. Serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST which landed supplies and equipment early during the assaults on Okinawa, Coast Guard combat correspondent Francis J. Farrell, Specialist Second Class, of 24 Lowell Street, Wilmington, Mass., wrote news and feature articles depicting the Coast Guard's role in the smash at the Ryukyu stronghold. Coast Guardsman Farrell is a former Boston newspaper.

Portrait of Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan, Commander of Great Britain's First Fleet in 1914. With war clouds gathering in Europe, the Admiralty announced, 'Orders have been given to the First Fleet, which is concentrated at Portland, not to disperse for manouevre leave for the present'. Date: August 8th 1914

Man in pilot gear with clouds in background

Some Of The Men Who Bombed The German Dams - "I have great news to-day, Bomber command struck a heavy blow of a new kind at the forces of the German war power last night" said the Secretary of State for Air (Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair) in London, describing the daring R.A.F. raid on Germany's greatest dams the *****. Wing Commander G.P. Gibson, D.S.C. and Bar, D.F.C. and Bar (right) who led the attack, being helped with his parachute harness by a member of his crew before the take-off. May 01, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

Vladimir Ivashov, Yevgeni Urbansky, on-set of the Soviet Film, "Ballad of a Soldier", Russian: "Ballada o soldate", Mosfilm, 1959, U.S. Release: Kingsley International, 1960

Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt. William Kresge, San Bernadino, Calif., Stands On Wing Beside .50 Cal. Gun. England.

Ub.Abbrice .. Kockums AB (depicted name), U 5 (depicted name)

Artwork: "Great American Heroes" Artist: Joe Valentino. Country: Unknown

08/31/1936. The Anti-Aircraft Artillery adopted as a mascot a figure of a target that they painted on war material.

With his full kit having been issued at the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge, new recruit Michael Suthers is ready for posting to an Initial Training Wing, November 1940.

F.P. Raynham

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); after the collapse of the Dutch Indies, Dutch Americans prepare for combat; a Dutch transport plane carrying the name of Princess Margaret, third daughter of Princess Juliana.

021206-M-3031H-043. Base: Vella Lavella Country: Solomon Islands (SLB)

Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) Saluting, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

1930S Boy In Leather Aviator Cap With Goggles Sitting On Rock Holding Model Plane

Photograph of Coast Guard Ensign H. D. Ronne, Skipper of Boat No. 13. 13 is Ensign's Lucky Number. Coast Guard Ensign H. D. Ronne, skipper of Boat No. 13 carrying a crew of 13 Coast Guardsmen, sailed for the invasion of Normandy in a convoy of 13 LSTs. Ensign Ronne was born on Friday the 13th. His ship is called the "Lucky 13." Ensign Ronne's home is at 11870 Powell Boulevard S. E., Portland, Oregon.

Jerrie Cobb, in U.S. Air Force flight gear in 1960. In spite of gender discrimination she worked in aviation throughout her varied career as a pilot, aviation executive, and even entered NASA astronaut training during the Mercury Program. 1960.

Soviet fighter aces from the Russian 586th Women's Fighter Regiment: Lilya Litvyak, Yekaterina Budanova, and Mariya Kuznetsova.

DF-SC-85-09651. Country: Unknown

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Seaman Jock MacGreor of HMCS HAIDA holds 'Muncher' the ship's pet rabbit by the Oerlikon 20 mm gun Platform.

Worker Education Team of ECA Technical Assistance Program Returning to France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Another Polar Advance Party Prepares -- Lt. - Commander Dalgleish R.N. aboard mvTottan.Following hard upon the recent departure of the advance party of the Commonwealth Trans-antarotic expedition in the my Theron, another ship, the my Tottan (540 tons) is now loading stores preparatory to sailing from Southampton with the advance party of the Royal Society's International Geophysical year Antarctic expedition, under the command of Surgeon Lt.Cdr. David Dalgloish, Rn. Today's picture from the port shows. November 21, 1955.

S62-04057 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier USS Intrepid. Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the Intrepid after a four-hour and 56-minute mission in space.

Late "Paddy" Finucane against a background of planes flying to meet the Nazis. October 31, 1942.

Lady Mountbatten ***** Africa - Countess Mountbatten boarding her aircraft for Accra at London Airport today.Countess Mountbatten Superintendent-in-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, left London airport aboard a B.C.A.C. aircraft bound for Accra today (Thursday). She is on the first stage of a five-week tour of East and West Africa to see at first hand the work being done ***** by the Brigade, and to discuss proposals for expansion. She will also be undertaking the trip in her capacity as chairman of the St. John and British Red Cross Services Hospitals Welfare Committee. She was seen off by her husband, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and her daughter Pamela. January 25, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, all of whom were killed in a fire at Cape Canaveral. L-R: Edward H. White II, Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee, 1967.

Artwork: "Mom's Special Hero, 2nd LT. Joe Sara" Artist: Ralph Harris, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Portrait of Furir Gottfrid Lundberg, 1929 . Portrait of Furir Gottfrid Lundberg, military flight drivers.

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