A wartime VIP visit to Bermuda by highly-polished Consolidated LB-30 Liberator AL528. This aircraft was allocated to BOAC as G-AGEM but it crashed in February 1946 before taking up civil marks.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

Lots of American and British 'brass' enjoy a chat in the sunshine while camouflaged Liberator AL578 'Marco Polo' rests at Kindley Field during the War.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24 Liberator - СШАUSA - 1939

Brilliant white of the crushed coral ramp underneath natural metal RAF Dakota III KG740 at Kindley Field. Date unknown.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

The P-3 Orion was a familiar sight at Kindley Field NAS for over 30 years. VP-23 Squadron's P-3B 152730 on finals for runway 12 in September 1975.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed P-3 Orion - СШАUSA - 1958

The Governor of Bermuda, Viscount Knollys, tries out the cockpit of Spitfire Vb SH-F 'Spithead Billy', probably at Hornchurch, April 1943.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Bermuda's geographical position was invaluable to the US Air Weather Service. Various types were based in Bermuda, including some of the 69 WB-50Ds employed by the AWS from 1956 to 1963.
AIR WEATHER SERVICE is a part of the United States Military Air Transport Service, and last year the global missions totalled 4,200. Each flight by Boeing WB-29 and WB-50D/H Superfortresses lasted over ten hours - round figure totals being : mission hours 45.000; mission miles 12 1/2 million; and number of aerial weather observations 82,500. "Lark" reconnaissance flights are undertaken daily by the seven A.W.S./M.A.T.S. squadrons. Above is the first WB-50 (49:304) which was named "Bermuda Sunshine" at Kindley Field, Bermuda, on 19th November 1955, on the occasion of its handing over by the U.S.A.F. to the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, A.W.S. Note M.A.T.S. insigne behind fuselage U.S.A.F. insigne.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing B-50 Superfortress - СШАUSA - 1947

Busy scene on the western ramp at Kindley Field in the 1950s as three Boeing KC-97G Stratotankers, including 2827, are refuelled prior to a mission

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - СШАUSA - 1944

Amazing scene on the civil ramp at Kindley Field with three PanAm DC-7s including N737PA 'Clipper Climax' and N750PA 'Clipper Matchless', a DC-6, an Eastern Constellation, a Trans-Canada North Star and a KC-97 Stratotanker, just visible in the background are a Globemaster, an Albatross and a Tiger Moth.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - СШАUSA - 1944Canadair CL-2 / CL-4 Argonaut - КанадаCanada - 1946De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - СШАUSA - 1949Douglas DC-6 / C-118 Liftmaster - СШАUSA - 1946Douglas DC-7 - СШАUSA - 1953Grumman UF/HU-16/JR2F/G-64 Albatross - СШАUSA - 1947Lockheed Constellation C-69 / C-121 - СШАUSA - 1943

Early Boeing 727-25, N8107N, in Eastern Air Lines' original 'Fly Eastern' scheme of blue, red and gold at Kindley Field in 1964.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 727 - СШАUSA - 1963

Wartime shot of Darrell's Island with a PanAm Boeing 314 and two Flying School Luscombes on the water, with six PBYs and a Kingfisher on the island.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938Consolidated PBY Catalina - СШАUSA - 1935Luscombe 8 / 50 Silvaire - СШАUSA - 1938Vought OS2U Kingfisher - СШАUSA - 1938

Viscount 805 VR-BAX flew the first Eagle Airways service in these colours from Bermuda to New York on June 2, 1958. Named 'Enterprise', it also carried the titles 'The Bermuda Airline' on the port side

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Viscount - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Cubana Britannia CU-P668 refuelling in Bermuda on its weekly Havana-Santa Maria-Prague schedule in 1961.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Britannia / Type 175 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1952

Moored in Hamilton harbour, Do 18E D-ABYM 'Aeolus' was one of two Lufthansa Dorniers that passed through Bermuda on survey flights from Lisbon to New York in 1936.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Dornier Do.18 - ГерманияGermany - 1935

Rare wartime colour picture of one of 231 Squadron's Consolidated Coronados moored in the Great Sound of Bermuda

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated PB2Y Coronado - СШАUSA - 1937

New Year 1937, and the scene at the Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island shows 'Cavalier' out of its crate and with its special outrigger floats attached ready to be lifted into the water for the tow to Darrell's Island.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Luggage is loaded aboard Short C-Class 'Cavalier' by a small team of Imperial Airways employees on Darrell's Island, prior to departure to Baltimore

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

A rare wartime colour slide believed to have been taken by the remarkable Wing Commander Ware of BOAC's Boeing 314A G-AGBZ 'Bristol' tied up at Darrell's Island

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938

BOAC's Boeing 314A G-AGCB 'Bangor' berthed at Darrell's Island showing its original natural metal finish and the glazed observation position above the wings.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 314 Clipper - СШАUSA - 1938

Wing Commander Ware poses alongside one of the two examples of Luscombe floatplanes operated by the Bermuda Flying School in RAF markings during the war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Luscombe 8 / 50 Silvaire - СШАUSA - 1938

Colin Plant's Luscombe 8F floatplane VR-BAS about to depart from Cavello Bay for a scenic tour with the Author's wife aboard in September 1975.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Luscombe 8 / 50 Silvaire - СШАUSA - 1938

British South American Airways' Lancastrian G-AGWI 'Star Land' became the first BSAA aircraft to visit Bermuda on July 16, 1946, while en route to the Caribbean

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancastrian / Type 691 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

The last US Navy flying boat type to be based at the Naval Operating Base was the Martin Marlin. Two P5M-2s from VP-49 (5542 and 1258) flying past Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, early 1960s.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin P5M Marlin - СШАUSA - 1948

Yancey and Alexander hardly look dressed for the part of daring aviators as they relax with a cigarette after their flight from New York.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Stinson Detroiter / Junior - СШАUSA - 1927

The US Navy often used airships on Bermuda in the 1950s. AEW-equipped Goodyear ZPG-2W 141335 on a temporary mast at Kindley Field on November 20, 1957. Douglas C-124 Globemaster II in the background.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - СШАUSA - 1949

Air France - Transatlantique's Latecoere 521 F-NORD 'Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris' made two visits to Bermuda in 1936 while on a series of survey flights to the USA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Latecoere Late 521 / 522 / 523 - ФранцияFrance - 1935

Amongst the variety of visiting military aircraft in the 1950s, the arrival of VR-44’s Lockheed R6O Constitution 85163, one of only two built, must stand out as a highlight.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Constitution R6O / R6V / Model 89 - СШАUSA - 1946

The Spanish Point Boat Club currently displays the spare propeller for Cyril Nelmes' Curtiss HS.2L VR-BAA.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss HS - СШАUSA - 1917