X-1-3 Being Mated To EB-50A Superfortress
(November 9, 1951) The third X-1 (46-064), known as "Queenie," is mated to the EB-50A (46- 006) at Edwards AFB, California. Following a captive flight on November 9, 1951, both aircraft were destroyed by fire d... more
Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making f...
Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph, which appears to have been taken from the cabin of a Handley-Page bomber, is attributed to Tom Aitken. It shows another Han... more
British bombers enroute to front lines near La Boisselle, Somme and An...
British Photographs of World War I
Nose of a Handley-Page manned by three men
Handley-Page bomber crew, Western Front, during World War I. The three-man air crew of this Handley-Page bomber. They are in the rather blunt-shaped nose of the aeroplane. This bomber had a maximum range of 650... more
Air mechanics seeing that all's well before the Handley-Page sets out ...
Handley-Page bomber wing, Western Front, World War I. This shows mechanics standing on the left wing of a Handley-Page bomber, checking the wing before take off. The left propeller and the nose of the plane can... more
Handley-Pages setting out to bomb the Germans
Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph is attributed to Tom Aitken. The photographer had clearly been taken in one of the bombers as this photograph has been shot ... more
One of her propellers
Propeller of Handley-Page bomber, Western Front, during World War I. Mechanics checking one of the two propellers of this Handley-Page bomber. It is probable that this is a Handley-Page 0/400, an improved 1918 ... more
Immense R.A.F. machine ready to start with its load of bombs for Germa...
R.A.F. planes being loaded with munitions, France, during World War I. The people involved in this scene are all engrossed in their activities and as a result unaware of the camera. The size and power of these ... more
Airplanes - Types - Night bombers
Airplanes - Types
Airplanes - Types - Types of German Bombers. Fredrichshaffen Bombers. ...
Date Taken: 11/0/1918 Photographer: From 2d Section General Staff - AEF - November 1918. Airplanes - Types
Aviation, Army bombers over East Bay area
Photograph shows eighteen planes in flight.
![Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., [Fort Worth, Texas]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/workers-on-the-liberator-bombers-consolidated-aircraft-corp-fort-worth-texas-640.jpg "Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., [Fort Worth, Texas]")
![Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/members-of-the-experimental-staff-at-the-north-american-aviation-inc-plant-640.jpg "Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 (\"Billy Mitchell\") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe")
![Mounting motor [on a] Fairfax B-25 bomber, at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in [Inglewood], Calif.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/mounting-motor-on-a-fairfax-b-25-bomber-at-north-american-aviation-inc-plant-640.jpg "Mounting motor [on a] Fairfax B-25 bomber, at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in [Inglewood], Calif.")
![Making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the fire wall for the right engine of a B-25 bomber, North American Aviation, Inc., [Inglewood], Calif. Forward of this wall will be mounted one of the two 1,700-horsepower Wright Whirlwind engines which carry the B-25 through performances up to Altitudes of 25,000 feet](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/making-wiring-assemblies-at-a-junction-box-on-the-fire-wall-for-the-right-engine-640.jpg "Making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the fire wall for the right engine of a B-25 bomber, North American Aviation, Inc., [Inglewood], Calif. Forward of this wall will be mounted one of the two 1,700-horsepower Wright Whirlwind engines which carry the B-25 through performances up to Altitudes of 25,000 feet")
![Cowling and control rods are added to motors for North American B-25 bombers as they move down the assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/cowling-and-control-rods-are-added-to-motors-for-north-american-b-25-bombers-1-640.jpg "Cowling and control rods are added to motors for North American B-25 bombers as they move down the assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.")
Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other job...
Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber, 'the plane was for transport. (Sou... more
![[Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/servicing-an-a-20-bomber-langley-field-va-640.jpg "[Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.]")
![Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/working-on-a-vengeance-dive-bomber-vultee-aircraft-inc-nashville-tennessee-640.jpg "Working on a \"Vengeance\" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee")
![On North American's outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to completion, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inglewood, Calif.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/on-north-americans-outdoor-assembly-line-employees-rush-a-b-25-to-completion-640.jpg "On North American's outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to completion, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inglewood, Calif.")
![North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/north-american-b-25-bomber-is-prepared-for-painting-on-the-outside-assembly-640.jpg "North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.")
![A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/a-fast-hard-hitting-new-a-20-ie-b-25-attack-bomber-is-brought-for-a-test-hop-640.jpg "A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company")
![Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/riveting-team-working-on-the-cockpit-shell-of-a-b-25-ie-c-47-bomber-at-the-640.jpg "Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif.")
Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bombe...
Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber,' the plane was for transport. (Sour... more
![Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/switch-boxes-on-the-firewalls-of-b-25-bombers-are-assembled-by-women-workers-640.jpg "Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant")
![Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/servicing-an-a-20-bomber-langley-field-va-1-640.jpg "Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.")
![Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, N[orth]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/another-north-american-b-25-bomber-rolls-off-the-final-assembly-line-to-join-640.jpg "Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, N[orth]")
![Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[sas]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1939/01/01/assembling-b-25-bombers-at-north-american-aviation-kansas-city-kansas-640.jpg "Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[sas]")
![Allied bombers score a direct hit during one of their first attacks on the Buccine [i.e. Bucine] viaduct](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1940/01/01/allied-bombers-score-a-direct-hit-during-one-of-their-first-attacks-on-the-640.jpg "Allied bombers score a direct hit during one of their first attacks on the Buccine [i.e. Bucine] viaduct")
