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World War II Aircraft Maintenance

Images of Royal Air Force ground crews inspecting and maintaining various military aircraft during WWII, depicting teamwork and historical aviation.

Mechanics Of The 41St Fighter Group Checking North American P-51 "Mustang" For Mission Over Enemy Territory. Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. July 1945

The Royal Air Force during the Second World War A pilot climbs into the cockpit of his Brewster Buffalo aircraft. This aircraft subsequently served with the Fleet Air Arm.

T-34C Mentor aircraft line the airfield after they were flown to the base to avoid the possibility of being damaged by Hurricane Gilbert. The planes are U.S. Navy aircraft from Training Wing 4, based at Corpus Christi, Texas. Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. Low aerial oblique showing GAL Hotspur training gliders lined up in front of their towing aircraft (left), a Hawker Audax and an Avro Anson, at No. 2 Glider Training Unit, Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. In the foreground an RAF Film Unit team prepare to shoot the scene.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Gading and Plajen, action by mountain field. Action in the direction of Gading, Plajen and Wonosari. The infantry raised at night to close the area, which gangs were signaled, the purification started in the morning. The airport at Gading on Middle Java was barred by Drek's digiples crossed across the stamps. After a few days of hard work, aircraft could be landed again, albeit half cargo. Dakotas are released, the load is transferred to grobaks, which ensure further transport. March 9, 1943. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

U.S. Major John Chennault and Curtis P-40 "Warhawk" Fighter Plane, "Flying Tiger", Ready for Take-Off, Alaska, Office of War Information, 1940's

Persian Airmen Train in Britain, 1944 Three Persian airmen chat to a member of the Royal Air Force beside an aircraft. The Persian men are Lieutenant Mohamad Khatami from Rasht, Lieutenant Ahmed-Ali Jahanbin from Tehran and Lieutenant Nasrollah Shahrokay, also from Tehran. According to the original caption, Lt Shahrokay's father is Iranian Minister in Moscow.

The Battle of Britain 1940 British Personalities: Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck DSO DFC CO of 257 Squadron, Royal Air Force seated in his Hawker Hurricane at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk.

RAF Fighter Command 1940 Blenheim Mk IF of No. 25 Squadron taxying at Martlesham Heath, watched by air- and ground crews, 25 July 1940. The squadron was used for night fighter operations.

05/08/1919. Madrid. At the Cuatro Vientos airfield. English Colonel Beatty (1) and Lieutenant Jeffrey (2) yesterday afternoon dismounting from the airplane in which they made the flight from England.

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, line up for takeoff as they prepare for strikes over Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam, during Operation LINEBACKER. Subject Operation/Series: LINEBACKER Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Commemoration of the cases of the 18th Squadron. After authorities, family members and relationships of the cases have been brought a final greeting, The Last Post is blown. April 29, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tjililitan

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Hoisting in the Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher on board HMS PEGASUS during catapult training for Fleet Air Arm pilots at Lamlash, Scotland.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. Palembang. Y-brigade At the airport, General Curls is greeted by Lieutenant Colonel J. Mollinger, Commander Y-Brigade. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

WW1 - A Russian airfield covered in snow with Russian sky-pilots seated in their aircraft. Surrounded by their fellow airmen, they prepare for take-off from their military base to set out on a reconnaissance. Date: 1915

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 Airmen of No. 2598 LAA Squadron RAF Regiment board a Douglas Dakota for deployment to a newly-captured airfield.

The Royal Canadian Air Force in Tunisia, April 1943 Flight Lieutenant W H Pentland, of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, awaiting start up in his Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, BR195 'AR-T', at Goubrine, Tunisia.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit by army commander D.C. Buurman van Vreeden to Padang. The Army Commander, Lieutendan-General DC Buurman of Vreeden, visited Padang and the surrounding area on 21 September, which was accompanied by a chairman of the Dutch military committee at the Central Joint Committee on the implementation of the "CEASE-FIRE", Colonel Jhr. Van Der Wijck. Upon his arrival at the Padang, Tabing airport, the army commander greeted the numerous authorities, which were present for weddings. Below is the commander of the "U" brigade, Colonel J.C.C. from Erp, the resident Dr. L.B. Van Straaten and the mayor of Padang, Dr. A.K. Hakim .. September 21, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

C-124 Globemaster to Participate in "Operation Handclasp" A C-124 Globemaster of the 315th Air Division stands by on a flight line in Japan as United Nations soldiers are given a pre-flight briefing. Two of the giant C-124s will participate in -Operation Handclasp II", a goodwill and training flight from Japan to Australia. The C-124s will be used to airlift maintenance equipment and support personnel and will be placed on static display at several Australian airbases. February 23, 1955. (Photo

Dropping With A Kit-Bag - Two out and two on the way, and -framed in the doorway of the hastings bomber, the R. A. F. dispatcher.At the Royal Air Force parachute training school at Abingdon, Berkshire, volunteers are being trained for the parachute regiments. The training is in the hands of the R.A.F. who are responsible for the ground training and the dropping from the air.These pictures, taken from a height of 700 ft. show parachutists taking part in a training flight yesterday. August 24, 1951.

North American F-51D Mustang fighters of No. 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force in Korea, on 1 May 1951.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. The machine guns of Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P2627, of No. 274 Squadron RAF, are tested in front of the butts at Amriya, Egypt.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A Gloster Meteor F Mark III of No. 616 Squadron RAF Detachment, takes off from B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, shortly after joining No. 84 Group of 2nd TAF for air defence purposes. In the foreground a mobile Chance light stands parked by the main runway.

Jorney's End For The Mollisons - The plane of Capt. and Mrs. J.A. Molllison Wrecked in the swamp at the edge of the Bridgeport , Conn. Municipal Airport, the morning after the British couple crashed after making a forced landing. Their plane overshot the filed and capsized in the Mire. Capt. Mollison and his wife were both injured but neither seriously. September 11, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

1940S FOUR U.S. NAVY PILOTS WALKING TOGETHER ON TARMAC RETURNING FROM AIR MANEUVERS AT THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD PA USA

Indian Springs, Nevada , Nuclear weapons testing, Airplanes, Measuring, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

The Royal Navy during the Second World War An American built Chance-Vought Corsair taxi-ing away from the deck landing area of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS.

Maywood, Illinois: July 20, 1925 Army pilots check their maps during their transcontinental flight between Selfridge Airfiled in Harrison, Michigan and San Francisco, California. Behind them is one of the 5 Curtis P-! Hawks open cockpit biplane fighter aircrafts that they are flying.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Award Lieutenant Colonel Jessurun. Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Jessurun receives in Tjililitan from Consul-General Dr.Walter C. Foote two US awards, namely the Air Medal and the Medal of Freedom. Five officers, including General Kengen of military aviation and Major P.t. Six stopped. August 7, 1946. Indonesia, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Flight mechanics carry empty long-range fuel tanks to waiting North American Mustang Mark IIIs of No. 65 Squadron RAF at B60/Grimbergen, Belgium.

Anefo photo collection. Nurse goes to Indie. January 10, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A North American P-51 (A/C 44-14254) Of The 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing, Returned To Its 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England, With A Damaged Tail Section Resulting From Enemy Action. 24 October 1944

American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945- North American Na 73 and Na 102 Mustang. Mustang Mark Is, AG550 XV-U and AM112 XV-X, of No. 2 Squadron RAF based at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, in flight over Cambridgeshire. AG550 is being flown by Wing Commander A J W Geddes, the squadron commander.

NATO Airbase in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Indian Springs, Nevada , Nuclear weapons testing, Airplanes, Measuring, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

India, June 17, 1944 Indian women work at enlarging the local airport as a US Army B-29 is being tuned up before heading on a bombing run to Japan.

Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service re-arm a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton, Somerset (UK).

Royal Air Force Army Co-operation Command, 1940-1943. Photographic staff transfer the film magazine of an Type F.24 aerial camera, mounted in the oblique position in a North American Mustang of No. 2 Squadron RAF, to its carrying case for rapid development by the Photographic Section, following a tactical reconnaissance training sortie, at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.

Anefo photo collection. Award ceremony at the airbase hopeful. Lieutenant J. Pennings, Colonel P. Archambeaud and Lieutenant A. van Blokland. 28 June 1963

War album 106, picture 32567.

Building Mosquito Aircraft at the De Havilland Factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1943 Test pilot John de Havilland checks his flight log with fitters at Hatfield after a test flight in a Mosquito.

Photo collection First World War. Two pilots of the German Air Force posing for their plane. 1914-1918}

Life in a US Army Base: Evreux. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

Artwork: "Fighter Pilots Near Their Planes" Artist: J. Thiel. Country: Unknown

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Winston Churchill, in the uniform of an Air Commodore, with Dr H V Evatt (Australian Minister for External Affairs), Clement Attlee (Deputy Prime Minister) and Air Vice-Marshal C R Carr (AOC No 4 Group) during a visit to a Yorkshire-based Halifax squadron on 15 May 1942.

The Battle of Britain Soldiers collecting for the Spitfire Fund use the fuselage of a Heinkel He 111 as a focus of interest for locals in a street 'somewhere in south east England', 10 October 1940.

A Supermarine Seafire Mark IIc of 885 Naval Air Squadron warming up its engine for take off in bright sunshine on the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean, 1942

Anefo photo collection. Flying party at Soesterberg T.G.V. The 45th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the flying flies of different aircraft. July 5, 1958. Soesterberg, Utrecht

Tetuan (Morocco), 08/06/1921. Moroccan War. The photograph shows the components of the squadron based in Tetouan. With them their boss, the commander of the General Staff Aymat.

Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Wing Commander I R 'Widge' Gleed sitting in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, AA742 'R-G', at Ibsley, Hampshire, when leading the Ibsley Wing. Note Gleed's personal emblem, depicting 'Figaro' the cat swatting a swastika, beneath the cockpit.

The Visit of Hm King George Vi To No 617 Squadron (the Dambusters), Royal Air Force, Scampton, Lincolnshire, 27 May 1943 The King inspects ground crewmen lined up beneath the nose of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, ED989, DX-F, 'Frederick III', which bears a motif derived from a caricature of Wing Commander Campbell Hopcroft, the Commanding Officer of No 57 Squadron which shared Scampton with No 617 Squadron at this time.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. After the intermediate landing on Cairo, the leader of the parliamentary committee, Max van Poll, is on board the government plane. March 1946. Cairo, Egypt

Chinese-American Composite Wing - Lieut. G. Lee, of the Chinese-American Composite Wing, of the 14th U.S. Air Force, stands in front of his P-40 before taking off for an early morning flight from his base, "somewhere in the Far East". The composite wing is among the Allied units daily attacking Japanese Installations, shipping and supply lines, in Burma and Occupied China. Many of the Chinese personnel were in the Chinese Array from four to six years, before transferring to the Air Force. May 30, 1944. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Aircraft, Burma, India &CREWS,FIGHTER War

The Bundeswehr weapons show, here in Dortmund-Luettgendortmund in 1966, attracted the interest of children and young people Opponents of war protested against di Opponents of war protested against the show, Germany, Europe

Captain Paul Daum in the cockpit of an aeroplane, Terrain du Rumont, near Bar-le-Duc. Captain Daum commanded the 28th French Escadrille attached to the 79th Division. The gun shown is a double Lewis gun.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC LOOK ALOOG Northern Padang / Visit American military mission to Padang / Mountain Red Cross Aircraft from Singapore in Padang / DS. Steinhart in Pasar Oesan. Tasseling red cross plane from Singapore in Padang. October 25, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Artwork: "Aces of the 23rd Fighter Group" Artist: George Guzzi. Country: Unknown

***** First Canadian Bomber Squadron -- A "Maple Leafe" mascot is painted on ***** of one of the Squadron's aircraft.The First Canadian Bomber squadron has been formed in his country and is led by a Wing Commander, D.F.C. ***** Saskatchewan, who learned to fly in his spare time ***** joing the R.A.F. six years ago. The Squadron is ***** by Canadian members of the R.A.F. and others ***** to the Royal Canadian Air Force who have ***** trained under the Empire training Scheme. July 30, 1941. (Photo by Fox Photo).

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. The aircrew of a Lockheed Hudson of No. 117 Squadron RAF unload boxes of ammunition for armoured units at a forward landing ground in Libya. The resupply of advanced Army units in the desert was undertaken by the Mobile Operations Force of No. 216 Group RAF.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.16e as a Gate Guard at the RAF flight basis Northolt.

A Lockheed Neptune SP-2H maritime patrol goal at MarineLiegkamp Valkenburg,

Illustration of a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero assigned to 201st Kokuta, Tobera Airfield, Keravat, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 1944.

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