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German aeroplane squadronVintage Photographs - Aviation
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006

This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war.  Specifically this sub-section contains photos of aircraft and aviators.

Click here to read introductory notes relating to this section, including information on photograph sources.  Use the sidebar to the right to select other categories of photos available within this section.

The photos reproduced below are in thumbnail format - simply click a given photograph to view a larger copy within a separate window.

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Aeroplane in the Balkans watched by a group of Serbians (CNP)

Transporting a Taube to France (CNP)

German Aviatik brought down in France (CNP)

Captured German Taube displayed (CNP)

German aeroplane destroyed in Greece (CNP)

German aeroplane masquering as an Ally (CNP)

Painting the Iron Cross on an aeroplane (CNP)

German aeroplane squadron (CNP)

French air scout emerging from the clouds (CNP)

Aviators over the Alps (CNP)

Aviation camp at Ashburn, Ill. (CNP)

Aeroplane that crashed through a roof (CNP)

Testing out dirigibles and observation balloons (CNP)

Observation balloon on the Canadian front (CNP)

Hangars and aeroplane at a Canadian aviation school (CNP)

French monoplabe Morane Parasol (CNP)

British bombing plane of the Handley-Page type (CNP)

French bombing aircraft of the Caudron type (CNP)

Receiving reports from a balloon (CNP)

Balloon telephone service (CNP)

Aviator with a telephoto camera (CNP)

Caproni in flight at Norfolk, Va. (CNP)

Filling a 'Saucisse' observation balloon (CNP)

British Tommies bringing up a 'Nurse' balloon (CNP)

Aeroplanes at the Aeronautical Station, Newport News (CNP)

Aviator Raoul Lufbery in his aeroplane (CNP)

Gun of a German aeroplane (CNP)

Guns on a Nieuport pursuit machine (CNP)

French dirigible entering its hangar on the Western Front (CNP)

British observation balloon (CNP)

Farman biplane in flight (CNP)

Spad, a French pursuit aircraft (CNP)
American airmen receiving their mail from home (CNP) Sketch of Nieuport flying over Chaulnes (CNP)
Sketch of fighting after the pilot is wounded (CNP) Sketch of aircraft dropping bombs on a submarine (CNP)
Cross and car on the Zeppelin L-49 (CNP) One of the lateral Nacelles on the Zeppelin L-49 (CNP)
Machine gun in the commander's post of Zeppelin L-49 (CNP) Motor and framework of Nacelle in Zeppelin L-49 (CNP)
Framework of a Zeppelin wrecked in England (CNP) Flag of the Zeppelin L-49 (CNP)
Captain Georges Guynemer (CNP) Aviator's view of Rheims (CNP)
Gebevillier from an aeroplane (CNP) Zeppelin L-49 lying where it landed at Bourbonne-les-Bains (CNP)
Sketch of aircraft battling Dunkirk (CNP) Sketch of duel over clouds and ocean (CNP)
Torpedo that just missed a transport (CNP) Sighting a dirigible near the coast of France (CNP)
Caproni over the Woolworth building, New York City (CNP) British fighter aircraft rising (CNP)
British hydroaeroplane ready to start (CNP) British seaplane on the coast of German East Africa (CNP)
Gas attack seen from an aeroplane (CNP) Raising a balloon from an Italian warship (CPE)
German balloon leaving its hangar (CPE) British aircraft ready for flight at Boulogne (CPE)
Taking the sky pilot aboard a British ship (CPE) A French balloon ascension (CPE)
Aircraft flying in the twilight in the Low Countries (CPE) A French dirigible (CPE)
An observation balloon (CPE) Aeroplane machine gun, loaded by French pilot Vedrines (CPE)
Types of Zeppelin bombs displayed in Paris (CPE) An Italian monoplane (CPE)
An American scout aeroplane (CPE) A German biplane (CPE)
A speedy French monoplane (CPE) A Curtiss flying boat built by the Italians (CPE)
A Zeppelin caught by searchlight over London, October 1915 (CPE) Zeppelin bombs and a Zeppelin's framework (CPE)
The Zeppelin L-15 sinking near the English coast, 31 March 1916 (CPE) German postcard from mid-1915 celebrating the Fokker aircraft (SR)
French Spad S.VII aircraft (SR) British observer uses parachute after being attacked by aeroplane (WW)
Aviator's photo of St Quentin in German hands in 1918 (WW) Aerial view of Fort Troyon (WW)
Aerial view of Rheims in flames (WW) German Navy Zeppelin (WW)
British naval pilot releasing a carrier pigeon (WW) German Zeppelin returning to its harbour (WW)
Zeppelin L-44 brought down by the French (WW) German dirigible 'Hansa' arriving at Potsdam harbour (WW)
Zeppelin captured by the French after being downed by airmen (WW) Sausage balloons (WW)
Raider dropping a bomb from the air (WW) British airmen prepare to take a photograph of the enemy lines (WW)
British air scouts (WW) British pilot and observer consulting a map (WW)
Giant dirigibles guarding the English coast (WW) Attaching bombs to a British aircraft (WW)
Sixteen U.S. aircraft in battle formation at Rockwell Field, CA (WW) British observation aircraft flying over German lines (WW)
Giant British bombing aircraft (left) (WW) Handley-Page aircraft loading with aerial torpedoes on the Aisne (WW)
Handley-Page aircraft Langley, prepared for launching in New Jersey (WW) British airplane after crashing into a tree; the pilot was unhurt (WW)
Wreckage of German Gotha aircraft brought down near at Chateau Thierry (WW) Observer leaps to safety from observation balloon in flames (WW)

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