Naval Warfare and Equipment

Images depicting naval battleships and aircraft, highlighting military technology, aircraft designs, and naval gun operations from mid-20th century.

The first completely streamlined heavy bomb to be used during the war is the 12,000lb "Tallboy" bomb of the R.A.F. the bomb has great penetrative powers with tremendous blast effect. The overall length of the tail unit is 11 feet, half the length of the complete missile. The streamlined fins impart spin which adds to aiming accuracy and penetration. (British Official Radio-Picture). June 19, 1945. (Photo by Beam Wireless Picturegram).

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') is hoisted from the bomb dump to its carrier at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to be loaded into an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF for a raid on the V-weapon site at Wizernes, France. 617 Squadron were unable to bomb the target on this occasion because of low cloud cover, but were to succeed two days later.

A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 H-22. This version could carry FZG 76 (V1) flying bombs, but only a few aircraft were produced in 1944. Some were used by bomb wing KG 3.

Anefo photo collection. Transfer rocket launcher in Germany. General H. Schaper, Calmeyer at Radar. This concerns the first Nike Hercules Ant-Aircraft Guided Missile site of 1 group of guided weapons at Handheld .. October 10, 1961. Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Propeller. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

The Australian destroyer HMAS "Norman"'s 4.7 guns and the crew in action during a practice shoot in Australian waters. April 26, 1944.

Guided Missiles For Britain's Defence -- A British Guided Rocket taking off. It is being boosted up to its cruising speed by the motors attached to its sides. After a few seconds these boost motors drop off and the missile itself continues on, driven by its own sustainer motor.Likely to be the mainstay of Britain's future defences are guided missiles, travelling at well over 2,000 mph, to heights far greater than that attainable by any bomber. They will be able to jettison their rocket booster a

The first completely streamlined heavy bomb to be used during the war is the 12,000lb "Tallboy" bomb of the R.A.F. the bomb has great penetrative powers with tremendous blast effect. The overall length of the tail unit is 11 feet, half the length of the complete missile. The streamlined fins impart spin which adds to aiming accuracy and penetration. (British Official Radio-Picture). June 19, 1945. (Photo by Beam Wireless Picturegram).

S62-06175 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Closeup view of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Sigma 7 capsule being lowered to recovery ship's deck. Navy personnel remove the floatation device before opening the capsule.

A German dwarf yoot type Marder lies with a former German boat bunker in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam. These one-man diving boats were deployed by the Kriegsmarine in 1944 and 1945 against Allied ships.

Vu d'En-Dessous des Puissantes Pièces du "King George V" - Un Convol Arrive Sans Encombre au Port. 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

French gunners loading 400 mm shell into cannon in 1916.

Down from a fluffy cloud and high above the earth floats "Buddy" batzel, American ace parachute jumper. His picture was made as he performed at the recent National air carnival at Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. July 24, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Feature Photo).

This remarkable photograph was taken at Fairbanks, Alaska, during U.S. Army Air Force paratroops' manoeuvres early this month. When the parachute of Corporal C. A. Harris (lower figure) folded up as he passed close to Private R. G. Kenyon, Kenyon grasped Harris's shroud lines and Kenyon's parachute brought both men safely to earth. April 16, 1947.

Trapped On The Ocean Bed. Thrill For Orphir Driver -- Diver Jarratt descending for a second time.While he was crawling over the ocean bed 300 feet below the surface, Diver Jarratt, the man who it is hoped will be the first to see the wreck of the Lusitania, became entangled in the Orphir's anchor chain. To make his position more perilous a shark swam near him. Jarratt let go the rope which he took down with him and was hauled to the surface little the worse for his experience, for he went down again later. The S.S. Orphir is searching for the wreck of the giant Cunarder off Kinsale Head, Ireland. November 27, 1935.

Two Hawk missiles on mobile launchers. Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A right front view of a vehicle-mounted Soviet Frog-5 tactical rocket. (Substandard image). Country: Unknown

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Small Naval airship flying over No. 3 Squadron R. N. A. S. Aerodrome: Imbros, Gallipoli, August 1915.

Barrage Balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer, Office of War Information, May 1942

Hissed banner on HM's drunk, 1939 Hissed Fana on the ship HMS drivers. In the foreground, soldiers and the tail are visible on an airplane.

Singapore's big guns ready to roar. August 16, 1945. (Photo by The New York Times).

Picking Up Portable Bridge -- This is one the first pictures to be released on the British Army's new "Scissors" bridge. The bridge is being picked up and folded before being placed on the tank that carries it. It is used for bridging small rivers and gaps. This is a British official photo. June 06, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

Royal Air Force Balloon Command, 1939-1945. Leading Aircraftmen W E Rushton and R Carrick of No. 12 Balloon Centre based at Tichfield, Hampshire, 'bed down' a kite balloon following inspection, during one of the FABIUS invasion exercises conducted in the Southampton area. In the foreground is the portable winch operated by the two-man crews to raise and lower the balloon.

Algiers, Algeria-Reclamation drum for the cleaning and salvaging of small parts such as nuts and bolts, washers, etc. April 1943.

AOG-3 Rio Grande , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Riddled Jap Bomber - Two American Marines inspect a twin engine Jap bomber riddled by machine gun fire during assault on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshalls. A coast Guard cameraman who took this picture reported that eight big ones, like this, were demolished on the Atoll's runway. March 14, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo).

No Strings Attached -- The pilot prepares to take off in the one-man helicopter. The U.S. Air Force recently completed successful tests on a one-man helicopter designed for rescue and communication work. A similar machine was recently completed by a Salford England, motor mechanic, but its designer has been refused a licence enabling to test it properly. Regulations allow him to fly his helicopter to a height of 10 feet only - and the machine must by tethered to the ground. Unlike the unfortunate English designer, the American who built a one-man helicopter can see his invention properly tested. July 12, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Deceleration Subsystem, after a parachute drop test at the National Parachute Test Range. Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SN-85-01840. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pearl Harbour nearly, made this Jap a national god! July 26, 1942.

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

DM-SN-84-08642. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage Photograph. U.S Army "Redstone" the giant surface to surface missile armed with an atomic or conventional warhead will be employed to increase the firepower and extend the range of the artillery cannon.

Britain's Merchant Navy Carries On A Trip With A British Convoy - The constant watch. A Navy gunner scans the skies for raiding aircraft while on duty at his A.A. gun.In a confident, fighting speech, Mr. Winston Churchill tells us that while German ships lie idly rusting in harbor, Britain's world-wide trade is being carried on by some 4,000 vessels, 2,500 of which are constantly at sea. These pictures, taken by special permission, show how the Navy is making this possible despite the nebace of U-Boat and air attack. The photographer accompanied a Navy-protected convoy on a Northward bound journey. November 16, 1939. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

05/31/1923. Melilla. Aviation in the Campaign. Position in which, upon violent landing, the aircraft in which Lieutenant Colonel Kindelan flew over the enemy, who was seriously injured by a bullet to the neck. (Zarco photo).

Vintage Photograph. The "Nike-Hercules," the U.S. Army's new surface to air guided missile on launcher.

Egypt's Modern Army.The Egyptian Army of today is well-trained highly-efficient and equipped with modern weapons, and has mechanised units, and the latest anti-aircraft defences. The picture shows the latest type of searchlight, with miniature caterpillar carriage for desert work, in action. June 12, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Marinierskamp Doorn exercises and flame throwers. December 2, 1949. Doorn

Artillerie: Kanonen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert und früher, Krupps 21 cm Belagerungs- und Festungsmörser, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Original...

A QF-4B Phantom II remotely piloted drone aircraft is transported from the center's sea test range by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466). Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A bow view of a tank landing ship at Tok Sok Ri Beach during exercise Team Spirit '82. Note the open bulwarks for the lowering of the bow ramp. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Pohang Country: Korea

Drive load of a 2 inch mortar granate. The abbreviation i.c.i on the side is the manufacturer's name: Imperial Chemical Industries

MINECT.paravane.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron, R. N. A. S. A large incendiary bomb made by the squadron for the purpose of setting fire to a wood. It failed to burst and then dropped. Tenedos, Gallipoli, July 1915.

Historic photograph, military airships, around 1916

DN-SN-85-06299. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

A view of damage caused to the port side of the deck edge optical landing system platform of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) when it collided with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Dropping stocks per parachute. November 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Painting the ship's funnel is one of the jobs to be done by a working party while the ship, a corvette, is in harbour at Liverpool.

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. The "Jeff Davis" gun. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Recording The Solar Eclipse - The Astrograph camera which was used in the German camp for testing the Einstein theory.One of the remarkable cameras which were employed by the astronomers who watched the recent solar eclipse from stations at Bencoolen, in South Sumatra. The party included British, American, German, Dutch, and Australian members.Remarkable camera used by astronomers to record solar eclipses. June 22, 1955.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification campaign in the mountains of Tasikmalaja by 3rd battalion 1st Cie. Paras and commands k.s.t .. Reconnightening plane flies over. 17 May 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Tasikmalaya

Photograph of People Climbing Scaffolding to Inspect Military Airplane Display.

Vintage Photograph. Nike "Ajax" Missile blasting off from launching pad.

Moscow, Russia September, 1939Closely approaching the popular conception of a warrior from Mars is this Soviet aerial machine gunner warrior of a red star that is not mars. The mighty Red Army claims to have thousands of trained gunners like this man, who is using an ultra modern twin weapon, today gunners like him may be plying their grim profession in Poland where the Red Army is said to have penetrated to a depth of 50 miles.

Petroleum Weapons Against Invasion -- Vertical flame-thrower developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department for use on ships to scare away or destroy low-flying German aircraft attacking our ships in their passage down the East Coast and the English Channel.More details are released to-day. (3.6.45.,) about Britains secret weapons against invasion. Pictures in this series show weapons developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department. July 30, 1945. (Photo by L.N.A.).

Weather service at F 2, Exercise, 1939 Weather service at F 2 Roslagens flying fleet. Exercise.

Vintage Photograph. Smoke jumpers in air.

Lieut.-Col. A.H. Godfrey, of the 2/6 Battalion A.I.F., using the Bren gun as an anti-aircraft weapon on Anzac Range, Seymour. He fired the first shot from the battalion's new gun at a practice shoot. March 4, 1940.

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Air observer receiving bombing training, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Low angle view of a smoke jumper parachuting to battle forest fire

The camp is broken. To the right Andrée and Fraenkel at the up-and down the boat. Freankel was the strongest of the three and he also pulled the heaviest burden. Later, because of the footbell, he became unable to drag his sledge. Production of the pictures was made by Associate Professor John Hertzberg in 1930 in photography, Technical College.

A Hythe gun camera, Issoudun Aerodrome American

Polyester Sonar Dôme from the oceanographic research vessel Hr.Ms. Tydeman (A 906) from the polyesterwerkplaats on the Rijkswerf (RW) in 1975. On the background a few landing vessels of the LCA model (Landing Craft Auxiliary) type MK I - polyester of the Marine Corps, including the L 9520 (1964).

Kite balloons of No. 1 Balloon Training Unit at Cardington, October 1940. Kite balloons tethered to mobile winches, and attendant handlers of No. 1 Balloon Training Unit, proceed out of No. 1 Airship Shed at Cardington, Bedfordshire, for a morning's training on the airfield.

A Honest-John rocket of 109 field artillery department is tagged with a hoist car on an International M139D truck with launch rail. With the help of ropes, four soldiers guide the rocket.

Vintage Photograph. An Air Force Thor, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile lifts from its launching pad at Air Force Missile Test Range.

'La "Saucisse"; Observateur dans sa nacelle', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

On The U.S.-Soviet Border In Germany.The Bavarian peasant's ox-drawn cart is stopped by the American frontier guard and his German assistant; found in orders the barrier is raised and the peasant proceeds over the authorized crossing point. August 1, 1953. (Photo by Eugene Kammerman, Camera Press).

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). 200 pdr. Parrott rifle gun in Battery Rodgers | Library of Congress

A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon. Such balloons were tethered to the ground and used by artillery batteries to observe the surrounding terrain and find targets for their fire. Date: 1916

Missile Unit, part of the combined arms warfare. Country: Unknown

Soldiers operating a mock radar station on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides during World War One. This image shows the effort made by American forces to deceive and mislead enemy forces. The fake radar was used as a tactical strategy to confuse enemy surveillance and protect the island from potential attacks.

Photograph showing British and American soldiers examining some German gun barrels, each 28 yards long, captured in Essen, Germany, 1945. These barrels, 11-inchs in calibre, were designed for shelling an extremely distant target. Date: 16/06/1945

A complete 57 mm of grenade (explosive and pushing load). Ammo for the Drawn 6-Ponder Anti-Tank Geacht. This concerns an armored grenade. The abbreviation HV on the sleeve means: high-velocity (high initial speed)

Duchess of Kent Visits The Wrns In The Dover Command -- The Duchess of Kent on the Admiral's balcony in Dover Castle Scans the French coast through binoculars that were taken from the Italian battleship "Littorio"."Dover would be the first battle honour if the WRNS carried colours" the Duchess of Kent who is the Commandant of the Wrens told them yesterday after inspecting their establishments in the Dover Command. One of the buildings she visited was the workshop of the Torpedo Wrans - The pluckiast girls in Britain - under shell and bomb fire they continued on their job day after day, checking, overhauling and cleaning torpedocs for light coastal craft which were keeping the Straits open. October 12, 1944.

Model Aircraft Rally at Radlett...A line up of jet planes. August 28, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mail Contrast Picture).

Royal Air Force Balloon Command, 1939-1945. WAAF trainee balloon operators learning their first lesson in tethering a kite balloon with a model at No. 1 Balloon Training Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire.

Army Medical Helicopter Sport & General Press Agency Limited. July 15, 1953. (Photo by Public Relations H.Q. BCFK Rankin).

An observation balloon Type AP, World War I, Italy, 20th century.

05/31/1940. The re-embarkation of the English Expeditionary Force in Northern France, swimming from Dunkirk beach to the ships.

Clouds and carrier-borne planes of the Pacific Fleet silhouetted against a sunset in the Central Pacific. March 30, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).;Clouds and carrier-borne planes of the Pacific Fleet silhouetted against a sunset in the Central Pacific.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Personnel of 'K' Balloon Unit haul down one of their kite balloons for attention on a landing beach near Salerno, Italy, using a motorised winch in the back of a Bedford QL lorry.

Anefo photo collection. New KNMI De Bild Weather. April 26, 1947

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