This gallery has photos of vintage aircraft taken at airshows and in museums, some photos taken by Cecil Beaton (from the 1941 book ‘Bomber Command’). Also a letter by Sir Arthur Harris kindly supplied by a friend and some photos from visits to old airfields.
A Trio of Hawkers
Letter from Arthur Harris, June 2nd 1924
Me in Tiger Moth R4922
Hawker Demon K8203
Spitfires
Spitfire Mk Vb BM597
Supermarine Spitfire AR213
Hurricane R4118
Hurricane Z5140
Spitfire Mk Vb BM597
Spitfire MV154
Hurricane Z5140
Spitfire
Spitfires
Photos of crew positions in Halifax LV907
Möhne Dam, Germany
Dambusters 70th Anniversary
Dambusters 70th Anniversary
Lancaster FM213
Lancaster at Derwent
Lancaster PA474
Lancaster R5868
Lancaster NX611 “Just Jane”
Two Lancasters
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Halifax Bomber
Bomber Command Recruitment Poster
Wireless Op in a Halifax
Vickers Wellington bomber MF628
Navigator
Wellington bomber HF613 22 OTU
Sergeant John Douglas Laing Cooper
Radio Operator
Blenheim attacking a German patrol ship.
Lancaster wreck at Deutsches Technik Museum, Berlin
RAF B-25 Mitchell
Halifax W1048
Bücker Bü – 133C Jungmeister G-BUTX
Heinkel He111 701152
Messerschmitt Bf-109 10639
Messerschmitt Bf 109E 1190
Messerschmitt Bf110 730301
Ju87 Stuka dive bomber
Messerschmitt Bf109E 4101
FW 190 F-AZZJ with Lufthansa Ju-52 D-AQUI above
Messerschmitt Me410 Hornisse
Junkers 88 PJ876
Messerschmitt Me 262 VK893
P-51D Mustang Big Beautiful Doll
B17 Flying Fortress
P-51D Mustang 44-74409
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk 210855
Mustangs
Douglas C-47s at Duxford – Click to view large
Dakota KN353
The Aerostars flying Yakovlev YAK-50s
The Breitling Wingwalkers
The Red Arrows
The Red Arrows – Walkpast at Waddington Air Show 2013
Rolls-Royce Griffon V12 Engine
Gloster Meteor WA591
Gloster Meteor WH301
Avro Shackleton WR960
English Electric Lightning XS904
Vulcan XH558 at RAF Waddington
English Electric Lightning XS904
Vulcan HX558 and Vulcan XM655
English Electric Lightning WG763
Avro Canada CF 100 Canuck 18393
Handley Page Victor K2 XL231
Hawker Hunter XL 572
Gloster Javelin XH897
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod XV250
Thulin A / Bleriot XI
Avro Avian G-EBZM
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
Yakovlev Yak 9
Lufthansa Junkers 52
Mitsubishi Ki-46 III ‘Dinah’ 5439 〇〇式司令部偵察機
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk WG486 at RAF Coningsby
Hello Ian, thank you for your great website. I am working on a book about the 24Dec44 Mission 760 of the 8th AF, the largest aerial bombing mission in history. I was unaware of the Christmas Eve 1944 V-1 attack on Manchester that you discuss and would like to mention it in my book. Certainly the POW letters are a very interesting story. If you could email me footnote reference information, I would certainly appreciate it.
Hello Ian, thank you for your great website. I am working on a book about the 24Dec44 Mission 760 of the 8th AF, the largest aerial bombing mission in history. I was unaware of the Christmas Eve 1944 V-1 attack on Manchester that you discuss and would like to mention it in my book. Certainly the POW letters are a very interesting story. If you could email me footnote reference information, I would certainly appreciate it.
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