Lantern slides and photographic prints of aircraft

Made:
1914-1945
maker:
Unknown
and
Royal Air Force

Collection of photographic prints of aircraft, servicemen and aircrew, as well as some landscapes and scenes taken mainly in India. The material also includes two photographs of King George VI with service personnel and the Gordon Highlanders Band.

The glass slides feature the interior of an aircraft with steward serving a drink to passengers; a Wibualt-Penhoet 282-T12 parked at Croydon Airport; Siddeley-Deasy RE 8 with a "Side Fitting" reconaissance Camera; and a General Arrangement Engineering Drawing for Gypsy Moth titled "Oiling Diagram."

The collection includes a series of photographic prints of First and Second World War military aircraft taken by the Machine Records Section of the Royal Air Force.

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
YMS0036
Materials:
glass and paper (fibre product)
type:
photograph
credit:
Unknown provenance