Espanat [i.e., Espanet] aviator
Photo shows French aviator Gabriel Espanet (b. 1883). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Captured Boche plane on its way to one of our aviation depots
Six uniformed men in overcoats sit on the edge of a trailer. Strapped to the trailer is a captured German aeroplane, painted with the number '8'. The wings have either been detached for transporting or damaged ... 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
H.M. the King of Montenegro watches an aeroplane flight
King Nikola I Petrovich of Montenegro (1860-1918) has been photographed by John Warwick Brooke standing with two officers beside a small fighter plane. The pilot stands near the propeller. Another group of men ... 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
Prime Minister of New Zealand examining a British machine
William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, being shown a British biplane. Standing next to him, smoking a cigar, is Sir Joseph Ward, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand. They are surrounded by a small grou... More
Major Syd Addison and Lieutenant Hudson Fysh in a Bristol Fighter airc...
ID Number: B02040 ..Place: Mejdel Jaffa Area, Mejdel ..Major Syd Addison and Lieutenant Hudson Fysh, of the Australian Flying Corps, in a Bristol Fighter aircraft at Mejdel. ..Rights Info: No known copyri... More
C.O. with pilot and observer referring to photos and maps prior to se...
Fighter pilot and Commanding Officer checking a map, in France, during World War I. Standing in front of his two-seater biplane, this pilot refers to a map reference with the Commanding Officer of his company. ... More
Captured German aeroplane
A captured German aeroplane. It has been strapped onto a trailer. Sitting on the trailer alongside the aeroplane are five soldiers. Directly in front of the aeroplane is a canvas-topped truck. Both are parked o... More
Mr Massey interested in an aeroplane
William Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, standing beside a biplane parked outside a hangar or shed. Mr Massey is surrounded by a group of men, some uniformed. The man standing directly to his right is... More
Immense R.A.F. machine being tuned up before starting off for Germany ...
R.A.F. bomber being tuned, France, during World War I. The size of these machines is conveyed by the perspective in the photograph. The men working on the body of the machine are dwarfed and the wing sweeping a... More
Our flying men at work on a Boche plane, Flanders
Five members of the Royal Flying Corps are examining the body section of a two-seater German fighter plane. The plane has a machine gun mounting in front of the forward cockpit. The sleeve badge of 'Royal Flyin... More
An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918
ID Number: E01882 ..Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy ..An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive. A powerful factor in weakening the German thrust across the old ... More
Aufstieg eines Jagdflugzeuges
Koledzyani in der Nähe von Narajow, Galizien. Fotograf: Korps Hofmann
British machine which was blown over during the recent gale
Aeroplane blown over during a storm. An aeroplane is lying upside down with considerable visible damage to the nose, wings and struts. Two air crewmen are standing on wooden ladders mending the underneath of th... More
Bayrisches Flugzeugs
Landung wegen Benzinmangels weit der eigenen Stellung.
Kampfeinsitzer
Offiziers-Stellvertreter Josef Siegel mit Kampfeinsitzer; Südkärnten. Fotograf: 10. Armeekommando.
Queen visits an aerodrome
A row of biplanes are lined up at right-angles to a hangar and a man stands to attention at the side of each one of them. Queen Mary (1867-1953) is walking at the front of the picture with two officers. More of... More
Dismantling an aeroplane, during World War I
A few soldiers gather round an aeroplane. Three of them are looking at the cockpit, while three others perch near the tail. According to the original caption, these men are dismantling the plane. There are no w... More
Photograph of De Havilland Plane
Mail Service
Army chaplain conducts a service from the cockpit of an aeroplane, Fra...
Preaching from a rather unusual form of pulpit, this photograph shows an army chaplain giving a service to the men from the front seat of an aeroplane. The troops are gathered round to listen to the sermon, wit... More