Warbird Collection (#4)

Supermarine Spitfire LF-9E / LF-IXE
43 Squadron Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire Lf-9Es Parked Date: 1945

Polikarpov I-16 Type 24
Soviet Airforce Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 Rata Parked on Jacks for Maintenance Date: 1930s

Curtiss 75A-7 Hawk
Curtiss Hawk 75A-7S of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army Air Corps flying in formation over Java Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire
Vickers-Armstrongs Supermarine Spitfire Production-Line Factory at Southampton Around the Time of the Battle-Of-Britain with Strantaer and Walrus Flying-Boats Behind Date: 1940s

Hawker Hurricane Mk 2C
Cannon Being Installed on a Hawker Hurricane Mk 2C / Iic on Production-Line Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Bf-109D-1
A Messerschmitt Bf-109 Named Luchs (Lynx) Parked During the Spanish Civil War. This Aircraft Was Flown by Haptman Werner Molders of 3.J/88 Usually Based in La Ceina, Spain Date: 1938

Messerschmitt Bf-109
A Messerschmitt Bf-109 Parked During the Spanish Civil War Date: 1938

North American F-82 Twin Mustang Unusual Design Created by Mating 2 Modified P-51 Mustangs Together Date: 1940s

Fokker D-VII / 7
Oblt Hermann Goering (Kommandeur of Jg1 During WW1) Fokker D-Viif White Knight Parked on Grass Date: 1910s

Focke Wulf FW-190F-8
Luftwaffe FW-190F8 Parked Carrying a Bv-246 Non-Standard Glide-Bomb Date: 1940s

Sun ride
Piotr Wrobel

North American F-86F Sabre N3145T
North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre N3145T (msn 191-812), of the Coleman Warbird Museum, at Midland Airport on 8-10 October 1992. Date: 1992

North American F-86F Sabre N3145T - 52-5116
North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre N3145T / 52-5116 (MSN 191-812), of the Coleman Warbird Museum, Coleman, TX. at the Las Vegas Golden Air Tattoo, on 26 April 1997. Date: 1997

Oldtimer Sterman
Piotr Wrobel

Mikoyan MiG-3
Soviet Airforce Mikoyan Mig-3S Parked in a Row Date: 1940s

North American P-51A Mustang
Two UK Royal Airforce 2 Squadron North American P-51A Mustang Aircraft flying in formation Date: 1940s

RAF BE-2C
Uk Royal Airforce 3 Squadron Aircraft Which after Repairs Following a Crash on 8 April 1913 Later Flew with 2 Squadron Date: 1913

RAF BE-2A
Uk Royal Airforce 2 Squadron Aircraft Date: 1910s

Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero - Model 11
Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Flying over Ships at Anchor and Smaller Boats in Tonolei Harbor, Bougainville Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Bf-109B-2
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109B-2 with Two Bladed Propellers Parked on Grass Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6U2
A Captured Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109G6-U2 (Cn 412951) Wearing Royal Air Force RAF Marking Parked with Hangars Behind Date: 1944

Messerschmitt Bf-109V-4 (Wr Number 878) Prototype Test-Flying over Fields and Trees Date: 1930s

Messerschmitt Bf-109G
Pool of Water with Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109G Wearing Red Heart Logo Taxiing Behind Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Bf-109G-1
A Row of Three Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109G-1S Parked Awaiting Delivery to Luftwaffe Date: 1942

Messerschmitt Bf-109B-1
2/Jg88 Legion Condor Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109B-1 Parked During the Spanish Civil War Date: 1930s

Messerschmitt Bf-109F
Wreckage of Crash-Landed Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109F with a Fighter Parked Behind Date: 1940s

Gloster Gladiator 1As of 3 Sqn Royal Airforce RAF Parked at RAF Kenley in 1939 Date: 1939

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4
Two Pilot Wearing Life-Jackets Standing by a Row of Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4S Being Refuelled Near Carquebut, France in Summer 1940 During the Battle-Of-Britain Date: 1940

Gloster Meteor F-1
The First Prototype Gloster F9/40 Royal Air Force RAF Gloster Meteor F-1 Parked in the Static-Display at an Airshow As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes

Grumman G-51 F7F-2N Tigercat
Royal-Navy Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat, As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer Date: 1950s

Supermarine Seafires Parked on the Runway of the Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) in the Far East Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951

Supermarine Spitfire 7 / VII
Royal Air Forcer RAF Supermarine Spitfire 7 Flying Enroute Date: 1943

Supermarine Spitfire LF-8 / VIII
Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire Lf-8 Flying Enroute with Cloud Date: 1940s

Supermarine Spitfire 2A / IIA
Engineers Working on a Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire 2A Parked Date: 1941

Avro 621 Tutor Crashed Near a Railway-Line at Castle Donington - Flight Cadet Peter Vaughan of Ilford Received a Broken Leg and a Cut Chin and Was Taken to Derby Royal Infirmary Date: 1938

Polikarpov I-180-3
Soviet Airforce Polikarpov I-180-3 Parked on Snow and Ice Skis Undercarriage Date: 1930s

Polikarpov I-180-2
Soviet Airforce Polikarpov I-180-2 Date: 1930s

Polikarpov I-16A Rata
Soviet Airforce Red Five Aerobatic Team Polikarpov I-16 Rata Fighter Rolling over Red Square, Moscow, Russia in Formation Date: 1930s

Supermarine Spitfire LF-9C / LF-IXC
Norwegian Ground-Crew Working on a 332 (Norwegian) Squadron Royal Air Force RAF Supermarine Spitfire 9C with a Sailor Sitting on the Wing Date: 1942

North American B-25J Mitchell
The Pilot John Jeff Hawke (In Shot) and Duane Egli (Not Shown), Signalling to Start-Engine on a B-25 Mitchell Modified Camera-Ship Aircraft

North American P-51 Mustang
WW2 Fighter Air Ace Donald J.M Blakeslee Sitting in Cockpit of His P-51 Mustang Date: 1940s

Curtiss P-36A Hawk
A USAF Curtiss P-36A Hawk Flying over Cloud Date: 1940s

Hawker Hurricane Mk 1A
Hawker Hurricanes from the RAF 111 Sqn flying in formation before the Battle-Of-Britain Date: 1938

Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah Parked Date: 1940s

Mitsubishi Ki-46 Type 100 Dinah 2
A Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah 2 Parked Date: 1940s

Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk IIB / 2B
Note: Signature on Print. WW2 Fighter Air Aces, Wing Cmdr Charles Beamish, Sitting in Cockpit of His Curtiss Tomahawk and Wing Cmdr Ian Gleed Stand on Wing Date: 1940s

Messerschmitt Bf-109A
A Condor Legion Messerschmitt Bf-109A Parked During the Spanish Civil War Date: 1938

Hawker Fury
A Formation of Royal Airforce Hawker Furys of 25 Squadron Flying at the RAF Flypast Date: 1935

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