Camel F4017 at Eastbourne in October 1918 demonstrates the gaudy colour schemes that flying instructors were allowed to adopt for their personal aircraft

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sopwith Camel / F.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1916

A long way from the sea and residing in the Royal Canadian Navy Association's museum in Calgary, Alberta, is Seafire XV PR451, once of No.883 Squadron aboard Warrior.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

A B.4A of the Royal Swedish Air Force, one of 42 Harts built at Trollhatten and powered by Nohab Pegasus IU2 radial engines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hart - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

H.P. O/400 C9715 at Cricklewood in 1918. This aircraft was demonstrated to Canadian journalists at Hendon in August that year.
Handley Page O/400 served with No.58 Training Depot Station, Cranwell. Note the odd habit of putting the serial number not only on the rudders but, almost hidden, on the rear fuselage as well.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page H.P.12 (O/400) - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1917

This Amiot 143 (???) is believed to be the one that visited Hendon and other places in the UK in connection with experiments in the use of television as a battlefield aid. Details of this liaison seem to be few and far between. Any experts out there?
The aircraft used was Bloch M.B.200 ED-83 and was in connection with a contract between the French Government and Baird Television Ltd. in 1937. The intention was to provide real-time photographic reconnaissance and it began with a 16 mm cine-camera fitted to the floor of the fuselage pointing downwards.
The exposed film passed through processing tanks and in 20 seconds, developed film was available for scanning by a television camera. The signals were then passed on by a 200 watt TV transmitter to a ground station equipped with a 20-inch TV screen. There they could be viewed or recorded on 35 mm cinefilm.
Instead of having to wait while a reconnaissance aircraft (hopefully) returned and the film removed from its camera and processed before being carried to a headquarters building, about 45,000 individual frames could be sent immediately in 30 minutes. These were available for army staff to analyse within a very short time frame and before enemy deployments made the material out-of-date.
The Bloch began flights over London in July 1939 and fifteen sorties gathered experience at 5,000 feet, flying at a speed of 150 mph. The detail that was picked up was noteworthy, names on buildings and even road markings being clearly visible on the aircraft's monitor.
In August, the Bloch moved to Villacoublay for further trials which continued after the outbreak of war. Today, TV reconnaissance is commonplace but not with aircraft the size of a Bloch 200.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bloch MB.200 - ФранцияFrance - 1933

Avenger JZ620 is hoisted aboard HMS Pioneer at Pyrmont Quay, Sydney, on 17 January 1946 but only for dumping at sea. Until a couple of months before, it had served with No. 857 Squadron in Indomitable. Pioneer was a maintenance carrier for the British Pacific Fleet.

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

Shackleton MR.2s of No.210 Squadron, WL756 V and WL748 R, at Muharraq in April 1970. The 20 mm nose cannon was, for this detachment, a ground-attack weapon in the days before helicopter gunships.

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

Photographed on a misty day at Filton in 1952 is Breda-Zappata BZ.308 SM-5. Presumably it had some connection with its Centaurus engines. Oddly, it tends to become the Breda Zappata, BZ308, in recent years; not an RAF serial!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Breda BZ.308 - ИталияItaly - 1948