Hunter F.4 XF990 of No.3 Squadron

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

Hunter F.6 XG195 of No.19 Squadron, Leconfield in 1957

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

Mustangs loaded aboard Nabob at New York

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: North American P-51 Mustang - СШАUSA - 1940

A control tower with Auster Autocrat G-AHCM and a Royal Navy Seafire. There is a plan on the side of the tower but it does not seem to tie in with an airfield we can identify.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Auster J/1 - J/5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Meteor T.7 WH115 as '15' but was it with No.208 or No.210 AFS when photographed?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster Meteor / G.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Vincents of No.8 Squadron at Khormaksar, Aden, bombed-up

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

A camouflaged Vincent at Khormaksar

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

Vincent K4145 of No.8 Squadron over Khormaksar, Aden

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

Vincent K4672 of No.8 Squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

A pair of No.55 Squadron Vincents in Iraq

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

S1715 in night bomber camouflage for evaluation

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

Vincent K4697 of No.8 Squadron lashed down in a sandstorm

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vincent / Type 266 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

P.74 rotor blade aerofoil tests were carried out on a Sikorsky R-4B, converted to drive a whirling arm on which the test sections were mounted.
From Cliff Minney comes this photograph and drawing of the Hoverfly I used for testing rotor blades with tip jets. The aircraft, KK990, is in the well-protected rotor spinning bowl at Luton and was used for static tests only, no attempt being made to fly it.

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

From Cliff Minney comes this photograph and drawing of the Hoverfly I used for testing rotor blades with tip jets. The aircraft, KK990, is in the well-protected rotor spinning bowl at Luton and was used for static tests only, no attempt being made to fly it.

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

One that got away with it was RN271 of No.201 Squadron. After hitting a rock and sinking at St.Peter Port, Guernsey, on 15 September 1954, she was refloated and not struck off charge until 30 September 1957
The photograph has turned out not to be RN271 but PP122! Just how the photo acquired the former serial number is not clear. It was, in fact, struck off charge on 15 September 1954, the same day as it suffered its taxying accident and foundered. Once the tide had gone out, it was beached but as the Sunderland was going out of service and a number of aircraft were in store and available as a replacement, it was not worth while to repair PP122. Our thanks to Keith James of Guernsey for pointing this out.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

K4176 of No.26 Squadron flies along the Singapore waterfront in 1926. It was lost attacking a Japanese convoy on 26.1.42

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Vildebeest II K2927 of No.100 Squadron at Seletar

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Vildebeest III K4163 from Gosport toured RAF stations on Empire Air Day, 1937

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

K2822 was one of a batch of 13 Vildebeest Is and was flown by No.100 Squadron in the UK

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Vildebeest IIIs of No.22 Squadron over north-east Malta while based at Hal Far during the Abyssinian crisis of 1935/36

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Vildebeests of 100 Sqn being refuelled at Kuala Lumpur in 1938. Note the bystanders in the shade under the wing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

One of No.100 Squadron's Vildebeest IIIs over Singapore

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bomber, with 590 h.p. Pegasus II M, is used for coastal defence.
Vildebeest I K2814 of RAF Base Gosport on torpedo practice

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

A formation of No.100 Squadron Vildebeests taken in June 1928

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The Hispano engine of the Spanish Vildebeest with exposed forward-firing Vickers gun

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Vildebeest II K2927 of No.100 Squadron over Johore Strait

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Vildebeest / Type 132 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Avenger 2P of No.852 Squadron has a fern marking on the nose and the name 'Akeiakei' The pilot presumably hailed from New Zealand

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Avenger JZ165 of No.852 Squadron

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Avengers of No.852 Squadron on convoy patrol off the East Coast of the United States

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Avenger JZ157 after hitting the barrier, 17 February 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

A damaged Avenger is jettisoned, 23 August 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Avenger 2P goes over the edge on landing on off Arran, 26 June 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Shackleton MR.3 XF707 of No.206 Squadron, St.Mawgan

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

Fairey IIIF.

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

Provost T.1 XF837 from CFS

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

The photograph was sent in by Mr.L.B. Parkinson and depict the Fane F.1/40 Flying Observation Post. The design is basically that of the Comper CF-1 Scamp whose development was cut short by the death of Nick Comper in June 1939.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fane F.1/40 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Captain Gerald Fane continued development at Fane Aircraft in Norbury, near Croydon, and it emerged with a single-boom fuselage in place of the twin-boom Scamp. First flight was in March 1941 and serial T1788 was allocated but the Air Ministry adopted the Taylorcraft D as the standard AOP type. It was not flown under RAF marks which appear to have related to the Scamp.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fane F.1/40 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

The G.4/31, regarded as a Vincent replacement

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers G.4/31 / Type 253 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934