Aerial Combat Collection

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917. Captain Ball was one of Britains most prolific fighter aces of the First World War

F4U Corsair aircraft and Japanese Nakajima fighter planes in aerial combat
American Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and Japanese Nakajima fighter planes engaged in aerial combat over the Pacific during World War II

Combat Aerien; Avion triplace, en mission photographique, protégé par un Spad, 1918. Creator: Etienne Cournault
Combat Aerien; Avion triplace, en mission photographique, protege par un Spad, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Combat Aerien; Escadre de bombardement de jour, volant au-dessus de la mer de nuages... 1918
Combat Aerien; Escadre de bombardement de jour, volant au-dessus de la mer de nuages, pour chercher a l'arriere des lignes ennemies les concentrations de troupes

Combat Aerien; Au combat avec l'infanterie; La guerre de mouvements reparu en 1918. Creator: Maurice Busset
Combat Aerien; Au combat avec l'infanterie; La guerre de mouvements reparu en 1918 procure a l'aviation une incarnation nouvelle et la transforme en cavalerie aerienne; escadrille de

Combat Aerien; La Guerre Aerienne sur le front Britannique; Bombardement de nuit a l'arriere des lignes allemandes; attaque, a la bombe et a la mitrailleuse

'Combat Aerien; Un raid de jour; Escadre Francaise sur l'objectif; des usines au d'une... 1918
'Combat Aerien; Un raid de jour; Escadre Francaise sur l'objectif; des usines au d'une riviere, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

'Combat Aerien; en escadre; Escadre de bombardement en expedition...1918. Creator: Etienne Cournault
'Combat Aerien; en escadre; Escadre de bombardement en expedition; les escadrilles, composees de quinze appareils, sont formees en "vol de canard" et accompagnees a l'arriere

'Combat Aerien; Un Bombardement Aerien; Avion Breguet Lancant ses bombes de 90, 1918. Creator: Unknown
'Combat Aerien; Un Bombardement Aerien; Avion Breguet Lancant ses bombes de 90, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

'Combat Aerien; L'avion ennemi s'abat en flammes. -- Le Spad vainqueur est encadre... 1918
'Combat Aerien; L'avion ennemi s'abat en flammes. -- Le Spad vainqueur est encadre par les shrapnells, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

'Un heros de l'aviation Britannique; le Lieutenant Warneford; les debris de l'appareil avec...1915
'Un heros de l'aviation Britannique; le Lieutenant Warneford; les debris de l'appareil avec lequel se tua a Buc, par imprudence, le lieutenant Warneford

'Apres le Combat; Une sentinelle francaise veille le corps d'un aviateur ennemi reposant... 1916
'Apres le Combat; Une sentinelle francaise veille le corps d'un aviateur ennemi reposant sur le fuselage de son appareil abattu, 1916

'Ceux de l'air et ceux de la route; Un Aviatik, abattu par Garros 1er avril 1915, desend... 1915
'Ceux de l'air et ceux de la route; Un Aviatik, abattu par Garros 1er avril 1915, desend en tournoyant enflamme, pareil a un meteore, 1915

Watching the Battle, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Watching the Battle, c1943. WaF watching a dogfight between RAF and German air force planes. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs

Pursuit. Aerial warfare, World War I, c1916-c1918. A British plane swooping down and scattering a German formation (the German planes are marked with black crosses)

Dogfight between British and German aircraft, World War I, c1916-c1918

Aerial combat on the Western Front, World War I, 1914-1918. From Deutsche Gedenkhalle: Das Neue Deutschland compiled by General Von Eisenhart Rothe, 1939

Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway
Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). Artist: Cyrus Cuneo
A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). The Etrich Taube was a German monoplane. The first mass produced German military aircraft

Front page of The Battle of Britain, 1943. From The Battle of Britain, August - October 1940. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

British biplane versus German Taube, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

A World War I dogfight (1914-1918), 1938. From the front cover of Flying magazine (13 August 1938). Cropping restrictions are in place

Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford VC, British pilot, 1915. Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross

The crew of the first aircraft to shoot down another aeroplane, 1914. Flight-Sergeant Joseph Frantz, a French army pilot, and his mechanic Louis Quenault who

Portrait of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Portrait from a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, designer of the engine-powered dirigible airships bearing his name used by the Germans in World War I

Zeppelin airship in action during World War I, 1914. Reverse of a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, designer of the engine-powered dirigible airships bearing his name used by

Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, during bombing raid on London, 1916
Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, close to London, by Lieut William Leefe Robinson of Royal Flying Corps during bombing raid on London on night of 2-3 September 1916

Broadsheet showing Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, killed in action 1915. Looping-the-loop, dropping bombs, shooting- up observation balloon. From a contemporary broadsheet

Broadsheet showing Georges-Marie Guynemer, French air fighter ace
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1895-1917) French air fighter ace shot down 8 times. Died in combat 1917. Credited with 53 air victories. Broadsheet showing dog fights with German biplane and Fokkers

B-29 Superfortress dropping Little Boy atomic bomb over Hiroshima
The Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress dropping Little Boy atomic bomb over Hiroshima during World War II

F-22 Raptors chase a UFO through the skies over Roswell, New Mexico
A 3D conceptual image depicting American F-22 Raptors chasing a UFO near a secret unofficial base. Interestingly, there have been several reports made by the public of sightings of military aircraft

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases two GBU-12 laser guided bombs
A 56th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, releases two GBU-12 laser guided bombs during a training mission

An F-22 Raptor releases a flare during a training mission
An F-22 Raptor flies around Southern New Mexico on a training mission out of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico

An F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a GBU-38 JDAM during a test mission
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center releases a GBU-31 JDAM during to a test mission

F-22 stealth fighter jets on the trail of a mysterious UFO high up in the North American skies

An American P-51 Mustang gives chase to a UFO in the skies above mainland America

UFOs and fighter planes in the skies over Roswell, New Mexico
A 3D conceptual image illustrating UFOs and fighter planes in the skies over Roswell, New Mexico. In July 1947 it was reported that an extraterrestrial flying saucer had crashed at a place known as

DH 82 Tiger Moth biplanes attack a flying saucer

An American F-22 Raptor chasing a larger UFO in American airspace

German Messerschmitt 262 jetfighter planes chasing a UFO

American F-22 stealth Raptor aircraft chasing a much larger UFO in United States airspace

P-51 Mustangs attacking a flying saucer

An American A-10 Thunderbolt using abandoned tanks as target practice

An F-15E Strike Eagle drops a GBU-28 bomb during a Combat Hammer mission
August 10, 2010 - An F-15E Strike Eagle drops a GBU-28 bomb during a Combat Hammer mission at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Combat Hammer is an Air-to-Ground Weapons System Evaluation Program maintained

F-15 Eagle aircraft fire AIM-7 Sparrow missiles
July 16, 2006 - F-15 Eagle aircraft fire AIM-7 Sparrow missiles at a tactical air-launched decoy over Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006

An F-15 Eagle fires an AIM-9 missile
An F-15 Eagle from the 44th Fighter Squadron fires an AIM-9 missile during a Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

A F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft releases flares
December 17, 2010 - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft releases flares during a local training mission over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina

German FW-190 fighter planes attacking British Air Force Lancaster bombers
German FW-190 fighter planes attacking British Air Force Lancaster bomber planes during World War II. Check Lancaster Bomber

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"Unleashing Fury in the Skies: A Glimpse into Aerial Combat" Witnessing the Battle, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton As the world was engulfed in turmoil during World War I, Pursuit. Aerial warfare, c1916-c1918. The skies became a battleground where bravery clashed with fear; Dogfight between British and German aircraft, World War I, c1916-c1918. Aerial combat on the Western Front showcased the relentless struggle for dominance amidst clouds of uncertainty and danger - World War I, 1914-1918. Coast Defence: The Raider's Fate depicted the haunting aftermath of these high-stakes encounters - c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway. In an era when aviation was still in its infancy, a British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube symbolized triumph against all odds - c1916 (1928). Artist: Cyrus Cuneo. Front page of The Battle of Britain newspaper edition from 1943 captured the intensity and heroism that defined this pivotal conflict. Even before this historic battle unfolded, a British biplane versus German Taube set off sparks that would ignite First World War skies - 1914. A mesmerizing snapshot frozen in time revealed an intense World War I dogfight (1914-18) as if it were yesterday -1938. Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford VC epitomized courage as he soared through enemy lines to secure victory for his nation – British pilot, 1915. British pilot Captain Albert Ball proudly posed with trophies from his 43rd victory – showcasing unmatched skill and determination – 1917. Amidst chaos and uncertainty emerged pioneers who etched their names into history.