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2,465 Airplane 1940 Images and Stock Photos

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The Battle Of Britain 1940, Operations: Two Dornier 17 bombers over West Ham, London, 7th September 1940.

German Bombers Over London

Flight of Hawker Hurricane MkI monoplane fighters of No. 73 Squadron Royal Air Force join up into a close echelon starboard formation on patrol over...

Hawker Hurricane MkI

yellow stearman 5yp bi-plane flying in cloudy sky - airplane 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Yellow Stearman 5YP bi-plane flying in cloudy sky

Germany at war, Signal magazine, 1940. Battle of Noway, German infantry ready to enmabrk on Junkers 52 airplanes, May 15 1940.

Germany at war.

Members of the Home Guard and local workers examine the wreckage of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of the German Luftwaffe, which was shot down in flames...

Messerschmitt 109 Shot Down

Bristol Blenheim Mk IV, YH-B, light bomber aircraft of No 21 squadron, RAF, warms up its engines before take-off, 1940. Based at RAF Watton in...

Bristol Blenheim

Messerschmitt ag, 1940.

Messerschmitt ag, 1940

British Paratroopers jump from a Whitley transport plane.

British Paratroopers jump from a Whitley transport plane

Royal Air Force personnel inspect the wreckage of a Regia Aeronautica Fiat BR20 Cicogna twin engine medium bomber from 243 Squadriglia of 99 Gruppo...

World War Two: Home Front 1940

Two Luftwaffe Dornier 217 bombers flying over the Silvertown area of London's Docklands on 7th September 1940 at the beginning of the Blitz on...

Luftwaffe Over London

Two Dornier DO617 bombers of the German Luftwaffe flying over the Royal Victoria Docks and Silverstown, West Ham, in the London suburbs , September 7...

German Dornier DO617 bombers over London.

Airforce aircraft flying in formation.

Formation Flying

Bomber crews of No 83 Squadron in front of a Handley Page Hampden bomber at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, October 1940.

RAF Bomber Crew

Pound Bombs falling from Formation of B-10 Bombers in Bombing Practice by 19th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Corps, Office of War Information,...

600-pound Bombs falling from Formation of B-10 Bombers in Bombing Practice, U.S. Army Air Corps, early 1940's

1940s style postcard - airplane 1940 stock illustrations

1940s Style Postcard

German position attacked by enemy planes, Belgium, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 21, May 26, 1940.

German position attacked by enemy planes, Belgium

Supermarine Spitfires on patrol over the British coast.

Passengers, seated two to a row, talk with their inflight neighbours aboard a Mainliner Convair aircraft as the flight attendant works at the back of...

The Battle Of Britain In 1940 : Hit German Heinkel Plane.

The Battle Of Britain In 1940 : Hit German Heinkel Plane

Karachi, PAKISTAN Pakistani jets perform during a military parade to mark Pakistan's National Day in Karachi, Pakistan on March 23, 2017. Pakistan's...

Pakistan's National Day

Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940. Hawker Hurricanes of Fighter Command, a first line of defence against...

Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation, Battle of Britain, World War II, 1940.

Lockheed Lodestar, one of the vintage airplanes on display at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport on Friday, Dec. 16 in Houston.

1940 Air Terminal Museum

View, from below, of an unidentified woman as she poses on the stairs while boarding a Capital Airlines plane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca 1940

View, from below, of an unidentified woman as she poses on the

Picture shows a group of Hawker Hurricanes fighter planes flying in formation during the Battle of Britain. Circa 1940.

Hawker Hurricanes fighter planes flying in formation circa 1940

Liberator B-24 bombers of the Allied 15th Air Force in action to shoot an oil refinery among the shots of the air defence. Ploiesti, August 1944

Bomber Liberator B-24 In Action

vicky benzing close-up 1940 boeing stearman 2022 airshow hillsboro oregon - airplane 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Vicky Benzing Close-up 1940 Boeing Stearman 2022 Airshow Hillsboro Oregon

Spitfires in flight, circa 1940s. The Spitfire was designed by Reginald Mitchell and developed from a racing seaplane, the Supermarine S6B, which won...

Spitfires in flight, c 1940s

Passengers dine on the empire. 1940-50.

Passengers dine on the empire. 1940-50

An Imperial Airways Short C class flying boat has its airframe repainted from silver to wartime dun before resuming its service from Britain to New...

Wartime Paint-Job

American baseball player George Herman 'Babe' Ruth waves his hat as his wife, Claire Merritt Hodgson, smikes beside him on the gangwy of an American...

Mr & Mrs Ruth Board An Airplane

In flight view of a Pennesylvania Central Airlines DC3 plane above the clouds, late 1930s or early 1940s. The plane's registration number is...

two boys standing next to propeller aeroplane, holding toy plane. (photo by h. armstrong roberts/retrofile/getty images) - airplane 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Two boys standing next to propeller aeroplane, holding toy plane. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

War and Conflict, World War Two, Aviation, pic: November 1940, American built Douglas DB-7 A-20 Havoc Boston Mk III light bomber camouflaged and in...

War and Conflict World War Two. Aviation. pic: November 1940. American built Douglas DB-7 bomber nicknamed "Boston" camouflaged and in the colours of Britain's RAF.

Aviation, The German World War two fighter plane the Messerschmitt 109, which fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain

Aviation. The German World War two fighter plane the Messerschmitt 109, which fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain.

Pilots of No. 46 Squadron RAF pose together in front of one of their squadron's Hurricane Mk1 fighter aircraft at RAF Digby, Lincolnshire, during...

RAF Fighter Command Pilots

Karachi, PAKISTAN A Pakistani jet performs during a military parade to mark Pakistan's National Day in Karachi, Pakistan on March 23, 2017....

Pakistan's National Day

Royal Air Force fighter pilots of No. 601 Squadron based at RAF Tangmere scramble to their Hawker Hurricane MkI fighters circa November 1940.

RAF Pilots Scramble

1940s 1950s PASSENGERS BOARDING EASTERN AIR LINES PROPELLER LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION AIRPLANE STANDING ON AIRPORT TARMAC

1940s 1950s PASSENGERS...

1940s REAR VIEW OF BOY & GIRL STANDING TOGETHER LOOKING AT PROPELLER AIRPLANE OUTDOOR

1940s REAR VIEW OF BOY &...

With the completion of the 5,936th plane, production of Douglas Dauntless dive bombers ceased on July 21 thus forecasting the close of one of the...

View of SBD Dive Bombers Flying Above Carrier

JUNKERS JU-287 ,GERMAN PLANE, WORLD WAR II.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH.

Junkers Airplane Emblazoned with Swastika

Luftwaffe pilots receive their orders from Nazi General Milch at an airfield in Berlin.

Nazi General Ordering Aviators

Model wearing beaver-dyed mouton toque and chrome-yellow wool jacket-suit, leaning on small red airplane.

Squadron of German Heinkel He 111 bombers flying over occupied Paris, July 1940.

Squadron of German Heinkel He 111 bombers flying over occupied Paris, July 1940.

Flight of Hawker Hurricane MkI monoplane fighters of No. 73 Squadron Royal Air Force join up into a close echelon starboard formation on patrol over...

Hawker Hurricane MkI

Douglas DB-7A bombers at the Municipal Airport in Santa Monica and ready to leave for New York where they will be delivered to representatives in...

Bombers For Britain

Italian Under-Secretary for Air General Balbo and a group of staff officers arrive at Hornchurch Aerodrome in an Italian aircraft to attend the RAF...

Italian Arrivals

Members of the RAF aircrew, prepare to embark on another bombing mission.

Stukas In Formation

Stukas In Formation

Flight of Vickers Wellington MKIa long range bombers of IX Squadron, Royal Air Force, 8th February 1940.

Wellington Bombers

Three US Brewster Buffalo fighters fly over a British Bristol Blenheim bomber at an airfield in Singapore before the territory was taken by the...

Singapore Airfield

The US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39. The fighters were flown by the RAF under the name Airacobra 1 P-400.

Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7350 , and a Hawker Hurricane IIc LF363 with markings as they appeared in Guy Hamilton's film 'Battle Of Britain', 1969....

Supermarine Spitfire

Pilots of No. 601 Squadron scramble for their Hawker Hurricane fighters at RAF Northolt, Hillingdon, west London, 30th December 1940. 601 Squadron is...

Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes part in a military parade on October 28, 2024 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The national 'Oxi Day' commemorates...

Military Parade in Thessaloniki

Line of Miles Master two-seater RAF advanced trainer aircraft, with a large group of Royal Air Force pilots, at an unspecified training facility on...

Royal Air Force Training Station

Italian Fascist Italo Balbo Marshal and Minister of the Air Force addresses the pilots and crew of the 24 Italian Regia Aeronautica Savoia-Marchetti...

1933 Decennial Air Cruise (Crociera aerea del Decennale)

In the Realm of Air, 1917. Found in the collection of Art Museum Basel. Artist Klee, Paul . .

In The Realm Of Air

Polish pilot and crew of No18 Operational Training Unit climb aboard their Royal Air Force twin-engine Vickers Wellington MkI medium bomber for a...

World War Two: No.18 (Polish) Operational Training Unit

red stearman bi-plane taking off with air show smoke - airplane 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Red Stearman bi-plane taking off with air show smoke

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