No. 4 Aircraft Assembly Unit at No. 4 Site assembled Mohawks and Tomahawks;

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss Hawk 75 / P-36 / Mohawk - СШАUSA - 1935

Hunter F.4 XF362 on Horse Guards Parade, September 1959

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hunter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1951

Hunter F.6 XF387 of No.229 OCU with No.63 Squadron marks

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hunter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1951

No. 4 Aircraft Assembly Unit at No. 4 Site assembled Mohawks and Tomahawks; in the background one of No.87's Hurricanes

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk - СШАUSA - 1939Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Dragonfly HC.4 XF260 of CFS at Fairford, 1954

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Dragonfly / Widgeon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Sycamore HC.14 of No.103 Squadron at Seletar, May 1967

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Sycamore / Type 171 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Brigand T.5 of No.238 OCU at Colerne

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Brigand / Type 164 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

A formation of Hoverflies from No.43 OTU, Andover, in 1945.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

A float-equipped Hoverfly I operating from the hard in Portland Harbour

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Hovering alongside the battleship 'Vanguard' is a Hoverfly of No.771 Squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

KK974 over Ashford, Middlesex, on a test flight from Feltham piloted by Lt. Sox Hosegood for General Aircraft Limited

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Sikorsky YR-4B FT835 landing on SS Daghestan during the first trans-Atlantic convoy with helicopters embarked. This aircraft reached Britain in January 1944 and became a GI airframe at Worthy Down

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

British pilots under training at the Royal Navy Flying School, Roosevelt Field, Long Island, bring their R-4s in to land. In the foreground is FT836 and flying is KK971.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Hoverfly KK995 at Defford in 1947 on charge of the Telecommunications Flying Unit for radar response tests. It still carries its old 529 Squadron code 'KX-R' and is photographed while delivering supplies to the snowbound station. The side-mounted cage is part of the test installation

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Cdr Frank Erikson USN hovers the YR-4 with the first rescue hoist fitted. Igor Sikorsky is in the sling. In January 1944 Cdr Erikson piloted one of the first helicopter life-saving missions following an explosion in a destroyer off the New Jersey coast

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

The first helicopter production line where R-4Bs were manufactured at Bridgeport, Conn, between 1943 and 1945

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

An anonymous Hoverfly I in flight

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Restored Hoverfly KL110/KK995 at the Royal Review, 1968

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly - СШАUSA - 1942

Blackburn Skuas provided fighter defence for Furious in 1940

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Skua / B-24 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

A Barracuda Mk II of No 827 Sqn, carrying a 1,600lb (725kg) armour-piercing bomb, claws its way into the air from the deck of HMS Furious during one of the raids on the German battleship Tirpitz during the summer of 1944. Note the makeshift wooden “ski jump" fitted to the carrier’s bow to help get the aircraft airborne.
A bomb-laden Barracuda become airborne as it reaches the ramp. Aircraft is from No.820 Squadron.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

With everything out and down, a Barracuda lands on, obviously interrupting a game of tennis since the camera cannot lie.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Furious in August 1941 with four Sea Hurricanes on the camouflaged deck

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Sea Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

A rare type to be seen in all-silver finish was No.238 OCU's Buckmaster trainer seen at Colerne in September 1956

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Buckmaster / Type 166 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

A Shackleton MR. 3 of No.201 Squadron off Pentire Point, not far from St.Mawgan

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Shackleton / Type 696 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Hastings lined up on the eastern perimeter near the three K hangars;

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Hastings / H.P.67 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946

Dart N9820 argues with a shed while disembarked

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Swift T.1 / Dart T.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1920

A Flycatcher parked behind the windbreak on the lower flying off deck. Note the exposed navigation and flying control positions which could trap an aircraft which swung on take-off

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

HMS Furious

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Flycatcher N9663 goes for a dip off Furious

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Flycatcher N9663 goes for a dip off Furious and within minutes is hooked and hoisted inboard.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Fairey IIIF S1169 goes over the side, 8 May 1929

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

A Fairey IIIF of No. 443 Flight is saved by the palisades

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

Provost T.1 XF606 of CFS at Little Rissington, June 1960

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hunting Percival Provost / P.56 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1953

Hunter T.7 XF321 of No.56 Squadron at Luqa, Malta, 1965

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hunter T - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1955