British Air Forces 1914 - 1918, Images of War

[Bombing IP]

I did not know that the Germans used the Swastika in the first world war .
BIP

 

[B-Man2]

Photos are pretty cool. Never realized there was so many different fighter aircraft during that time period .

 

[Wholenineyards]

I did not know that the Germans used the Swastika in the first world war .
BIP

BIP, it may probably have been a personal symbol of the pilot or the flight he was in. I can make out the German Cross overpainted by the Roundel which I think was the official German recognition symbol. Usually, as I’ve read, the swastika was used as a symbol to bring luck to the bearer. At least that’s how I explain it to myself. Greetings. Markus

 

[dinomartino1]

Sopwith Bee single seat biplane. Harry Hawker standing beside his specially built aircraft.

A British airship airman with a very light pistol

Airco DH.3 bomber biplane.

Sopwith Folder two-seats seaplane. Serial number 807.

Fairey Hamble Baby single-seat scout floatplane.

De Havilland DH.9 two seat bomber biplane (Type J). Serial number DI 651

Airco DH.9 two-seat day bomber biplane

Airco DH.10 three-seat heavy bomber. This is the first DH.10 with Liberty engines. Serial number C8860.

 

[dinomartino1]

German troops checking crashed aircraft of No. 41 Squadron RAF, October 1918.

Henri Farman F.22 two-seat reconnaissance biplane. Serial number 1525

Lewis gun mounted on the rear cockpit of an R.E.8.

HM Airship SS.31 at Kingsnorth Airship Station. Nacelle - Maurice Farman fuselage.

Short Landplane Bomber biplane. Built by Phoenix Dynamo Co. and serving with the RAF

Unidentified aircraft of the First World War

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter two seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane. Built by Mann, Egerton & Co Ltd (Type D).

Short Type 320 two-seat torpedo bomber floatplane.

 

[dinomartino1]

Parnall N.2a carrier based reconnaissance biplane (one of the prototypes pf the Parnall Panther). Serial number N93. Equipped with hydrovanes and grain floation gear.

BAT FK.23 Bantam single seat fighter biplane. Serial number F1654.

Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe single-seat fighter biplane, first prototype. Serial number B9963.

General arrangement drawing of Rumpler C.III biplane - three view drawing.

Sopwith Scooter single-seat experimental parasol wing fighter monoplane. Similar to the Sopwith Swallow

Vickers E.S.1 'Bullet' single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number 7509.

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 two-seat general purpose biplane. Serial number D5075

Airco DH.10 three-seat medium bomber biplane.

Sopwith Camel F.1 single-seat scout

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Sopwith TF2 Salamander, armoured single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number E5429.

 

[dinomartino1]

Vickers F.B.19 single seat fighting scout biplane.

Camera on Avro aircraft

PV5 single-seat fighter seaplane. Serial number N53.

Airco DH.5 prototype single-seat fighter biplane.

Handley-Page V/1500 heavy bomber biplane.

Norman Thompson N.T.4a patrol flying boat biplane. Note the large gun mounted over the cockpit. Serial number 8338

Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber biplane. This is the second form of the first prototype.

 

[dinomartino1]

Martinsyde S.1single-seat biplane aircraft. Serial number: 710. View A.1

Mann Egerton Type H (H.1) single seat shipboard fighter biplane

A German soldier guarding a shot down British Handley Page O/400 bomber, September 1918.

Workers fitting centre and tails to aeroplanes in one of the Wolseley factories, probably February 1918.

Control panel of a Bristol F.2B Fighter biplane

Vickers F.B.26 Vampire single seat fighter biplane. Note the different radiator installation

Bristol M.1B single-seat fighting scout monoplane

German troops burying a fallen British airman, 1917. Sinai and Palestine campaign

Airco DH.9 two-seat bomber biplane. Serial number E8553

 

[dinomartino1]

De Havilland 6 prototype aircraft with original fin and rudder

Vickers F.B.16E single-seat fighter biplane, with a Lorraine engine. This aircraft is being completed in the French factory of S. A. Darracq. Plane is without engine.

Beardmore WB.V single seat shipboard fighter biplane. Serial number N42.

Martinsyde G.102 Elephant single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number A6286. Named aircraft 'Rhodesia III'.

Sopwith 2FR.2 Bulldog two-seat fighter/reconnaissance biplane. Serial number X4. Third machine.

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e biplane of the Royal Flying Corps after a forced landing owing to engine trouble. Near Feuchy Chapel, 29 April 1917.

 

[Smithy]

I did not know that the Germans used the Swastika in the first world war .
BIP

As Markus posted Burt, it was usually thought of as a symbol for good luck and fortune. The symbol itself has quite a long history of use particularly in Europe and Central Asia before the Nazi Party appropriated it.

I actually have a photo somewhere of a SPAD from the Lafayette Escadrille with the swastika in place of the roundel.

EDIT - Had a brain freeze moment - must be the gin...it was of course Raoul Luftbery with the SPAD with the swastika!

 

[B-Man2]

As Markus posted Burt, it was usually thought of as a symbol for good luck and fortune. The symbol itself has quite a long history of use particularly in Europe and Central Asia before the Nazi Party appropriated it.

I actually have a photo somewhere of a SPAD from the Lafayette Escadrille with the swastika in place of the roundel.

EDIT - Had a brain freeze moment - must be the gin...it was of course Raoul Luftbery with the SPAD with the swastika!

HAHAHAHA......TIM
.It must be the Gin. That was Jeff (BIP) who asked the question about the Swastika....

 

[Smithy]

Definitely the gin then my friend

 

[ausreenactor]

There were Jewish pilots in the German Air Force in WW1 too!

 

[dinomartino1]

Sopwith TF.2 Salamander single-seat armoured fighter.

Vickers F.B 27 VIMY IV heavy bomber biplane.

Airco DH.4 two-seat light bomber biplane. Serial number F5764.

Aerial camera mounted on a wooden bracket for oblique aerial photography

Handley Page Type O (0/100) heavy bomber.

Mann Egerton Type H (H.1) single seat shipboard fighter biplane. Serial number N44

Reproduction of Blue Print - Diagram of aircraft. Front elevation of D.H.4.

Armstrong Whitworth FK8 two-seat corps reconnaissance aircraft. Serial number B4200

Short S.42 floatplane.

 

[dinomartino1]

Norman Thompson N.T.2B two seat flying boat trainer biplane. A very early machine of this type. Serial number N1181

Sopwith F.1 Camel single seat fighter biplane

Sopwith 8F.1 Snail single-seat prototype fighter biplane. Serial number C4284. First version with fabric fuselage.

Vickers E.S.1 single-seat fighter biplane.

Bolton & Paul Bobolink single-seat fighter aircraft. View D.1 Serial number: C 8655.

De Havilland 1.A two seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane. Serial number 46.

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter single seat fighter biplane used for home defense duties.

Fairey F.127 two-seat general purpose seaplane.

De-Havilland DH.10 three seat day bomber biplane.

 

[dinomartino1]

Sopwith F.1 Camel single seat fighter scout biplane.

Reproduction of blueprint - diagram of aircraft Sopwith F.1 single seat biplane

 

[B-Man2]

What an amazing number of different aircraft for that period of time.....

 

[dinomartino1]

Beardmore WB.II two seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane. This shows the aircraft in its original form.

Side view of Airco DH.5 single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number A9363

General arrangement drawing of Sopwith Triplane - three view of the plane; shows small empennage with short leading edge.

Short Bomber, two seat long range bomber biplane. Later version with lengthened fuselage. Built by Mann, Egerton & Co Ltd (Type CA).

Short Bomber, two seat long range reconnaissance-bomber biplane. Early production version with short fuselage. Built by Mann, Egerton & Co Ltd (Type C).

Vickers F.B.16a single seat fighting scout biplane

Beardmore WB.1 two seat bomber biplane.

Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber biplane. This is the second form of the first prototype

The torpedo carrier underneath the fuselage of a Short Shirl torpedo bomber biplane.

Vickers F.B.12 single-seat fighter biplane.

 

[dinomartino1]

Sopwith 8F.1 Snail single-seat prototype fighter biplane. Serial number C4288. Second version with monococque fuselage and positive stagger.

Vickers F.B.7 multi-seat military biplane.

Bristol Braemar Mk. I heavy bomber triplane.

Beardmore W.B.III (SB.3D) single-seat prototype carrier-based fighter biplane. Serial number 9950

Airco DH.5 single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number A9363.

Sopwith "Churchill" two seat dual-control biplane. Winston Churchill received instruction on this machine - hence the name. Serial number 149.

Airco DH.3 three-seat bomber biplane. Serial number 7744.

War work at the Wolseley factories - aeroplanes nearing completion.

Control panel of a Bristol F.2B Fighter biplane.

Vickers E.S.2 single-seat prototype fighter biplane. Serial number 7760.

 

[dinomartino1]

Training aircraft believed to be at Farnbourough, circa 1914.

Sopwith 2.FR.2 Bulldog two seat fighter reconnaissance biplane. Second machine with two bay wings

Bristol M.1c monoplane scout type 20 single-seat fighter. Serial number: C4908.

Beardmore W.B.IV single seat shipboard fighter biplane. The engine is installed behind the pilot.

Westland Wagtail single-seat prototype fighter biplane

Beardmore W.B.IV single seat shipboard fighter biplane. The engine is installed behind the pilot.

Front view of Airco DH.5 single-seat fighter biplane. Serial number A9363

Sage Type 2 two seat fighter biplane