Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19 May 1941. This aircraft, serial R6923, was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 on 22 June 1941.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19 May 1941. This aircraft, serial R6923, was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 on 22 June 1941.
Two Tornado GR.1A aircraft of No. 31 Squadron RAF, based at Dhahran, bank low over the Saudi desert while flying in close formation during the Gulf War, 1990-91.
Two Tornado GR.1A aircraft of No. 31 Squadron RAF, based at Dhahran, bank low over the Saudi desert while flying in close formation during the Gulf War, 1990-91.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVe RB140 in March 1944. This aircraft served operationally with Nos. 616 and 610 Squadrons, but was destroyed in a landing accident at Lympne on 30 October 1944.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVe RB140 in March 1944. This aircraft served operationally with Nos. 616 and 610 Squadrons, but was destroyed in a landing accident at Lympne on 30 October 1944.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa aircraft of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, 6 April 1942.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa aircraft of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford, 6 April 1942.
Runway Perspective
Runway Perspective
An FE2b aircraft of No.100 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, prepares to set out on a night bombing operation in France during 1917.
An FE2b aircraft of No.100 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, prepares to set out on a night bombing operation in France during 1917.
An RAF Tornado GR.1 in flight during the Gulf War, 1991.
An RAF Tornado GR.1 in flight during the Gulf War, 1991.
A young woman worker painting the fuselage roundel on a Mosquito aircraft at de Havilland's factory at Hatfield in Hertfordshire, 1943.
A young woman worker painting the fuselage roundel on a Mosquito aircraft at de Havilland's factory at Hatfield in Hertfordshire, 1943.
Avro Lancaster bombers nearing completion at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943.
Avro Lancaster bombers nearing completion at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943.
Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943.
Avro Lancaster aircraft under construction at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory at Woodford in Cheshire, 1943.
The view from a Hudson aircraft of RAF Coastal Command on an 'ice patrol' off Greenland, 1942.
The view from a Hudson aircraft of RAF Coastal Command on an 'ice patrol' off Greenland, 1942.
Samuel Cody at the controls of a Cody aircraft Mk II with a Native American in traditional dress as a passenger, c. 1910.
Samuel Cody at the controls of a Cody aircraft Mk II with a Native American in traditional dress as a passenger, c. 1910.