Vintage
Photographs - Aviation
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006
This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war. Specifically this sub-section contains photos of aircraft and aviators.
Click here to read introductory notes relating to this section, including information on photograph sources. Use the sidebar to the right to select other categories of photos available within this section.
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 Transporting
a Taube to France
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 Captured
German Taube displayed
(CNP) |
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 German
aeroplane masquering as an Ally
(CNP) |
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 German
aeroplane squadron
(CNP) |
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 Aviators
over the Alps
(CNP) |
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 Aeroplane
that crashed through a roof
(CNP) |
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 Observation
balloon on the Canadian front
(CNP) |
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 French
monoplabe Morane Parasol
(CNP) |
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 French
bombing aircraft of the Caudron type
(CNP) |
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 Balloon
telephone service
(CNP) |
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 Caproni
in flight at Norfolk, Va.
(CNP) |
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 British
Tommies bringing up a 'Nurse' balloon
(CNP) |
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 Aviator
Raoul Lufbery in his aeroplane
(CNP) |
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 Guns
on a Nieuport pursuit machine
(CNP) |
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 British
observation balloon
(CNP) |
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 Spad,
a French pursuit aircraft
(CNP) |
 American
airmen receiving their mail from home
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of Nieuport flying over Chaulnes
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of fighting after the pilot is wounded
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of aircraft dropping bombs on a submarine
(CNP) |
 Cross
and car on the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 One
of the lateral Nacelles on the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Machine
gun in the commander's post of Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Motor
and framework of Nacelle in Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Framework
of a Zeppelin wrecked in England
(CNP) |
 Flag
of the Zeppelin L-49
(CNP) |
 Captain
Georges Guynemer
(CNP) |
 Aviator's
view of Rheims
(CNP) |
 Gebevillier
from an aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Zeppelin
L-49 lying where it landed at Bourbonne-les-Bains
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of aircraft battling Dunkirk
(CNP) |
 Sketch
of duel over clouds and ocean
(CNP) |
 Torpedo
that just missed a transport
(CNP) |
 Sighting
a dirigible near the coast of France
(CNP) |
 Caproni
over the Woolworth building, New York City
(CNP) |
 British
fighter aircraft rising
(CNP) |
 British
hydroaeroplane ready to start
(CNP) |
 British
seaplane on the coast of German East Africa
(CNP) |
 Gas
attack seen from an aeroplane
(CNP) |
 Raising
a balloon from an Italian warship
(CPE) |
 German
balloon leaving its hangar
(CPE) |
 British
aircraft ready for flight at Boulogne
(CPE) |
 Taking
the sky pilot aboard a British ship
(CPE) |
 A
French balloon ascension
(CPE) |
 Aircraft
flying in the twilight in the Low Countries
(CPE) |
 A
French dirigible
(CPE) |
 An
observation balloon
(CPE) |
 Aeroplane
machine gun, loaded by French pilot Vedrines
(CPE) |
 Types
of Zeppelin bombs displayed in Paris
(CPE) |
 An
Italian monoplane
(CPE) |
 An
American scout aeroplane
(CPE) |
 A
German biplane
(CPE) |
 A
speedy French monoplane
(CPE) |
 A
Curtiss flying boat built by the Italians
(CPE) |
 A
Zeppelin caught by searchlight over London, October 1915
(CPE) |
 Zeppelin
bombs and a Zeppelin's framework
(CPE) |
 The
Zeppelin L-15 sinking near the English coast, 31 March 1916
(CPE) |
 German
postcard from mid-1915 celebrating the Fokker aircraft
(SR) |
 French
Spad S.VII aircraft
(SR) |
 British
observer uses parachute after being attacked by aeroplane
(WW) |
 Aviator's
photo of St Quentin in German hands in 1918
(WW) |
 Aerial
view of Fort Troyon
(WW) |
 Aerial
view of Rheims in flames
(WW) |
 German
Navy Zeppelin
(WW) |
 British
naval pilot releasing a carrier pigeon
(WW) |
 German
Zeppelin returning to its harbour
(WW) |
 Zeppelin
L-44 brought down by the French
(WW) |
 German
dirigible 'Hansa' arriving at Potsdam harbour
(WW) |
 Zeppelin
captured by the French after being downed by airmen
(WW) |
 Sausage
balloons
(WW) |
 Raider
dropping a bomb from the air
(WW) |
 British
airmen prepare to take a photograph of the enemy lines
(WW) |
 British
air scouts
(WW) |
 British
pilot and observer consulting a map
(WW) |
 Giant
dirigibles guarding the English coast
(WW) |
 Attaching
bombs to a British aircraft
(WW) |
 Sixteen
U.S. aircraft in battle formation at Rockwell Field, CA
(WW) |
 British
observation aircraft flying over German lines
(WW) |
 Giant
British bombing aircraft (left)
(WW) |
 Handley-Page
aircraft loading with aerial torpedoes on the Aisne
(WW) |
 Handley-Page
aircraft Langley, prepared for launching in New Jersey
(WW) |
 British
airplane after crashing into a tree; the pilot was unhurt
(WW) |
 Wreckage
of German Gotha aircraft brought down near at Chateau Thierry
(WW) |
 Observer
leaps to safety from observation balloon in flames
(WW) |
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