Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin

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Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Artist/Maker
DateNovember 1939-May 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (24.1 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 12 1/8 in. (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.206
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Alternate Titles Pilots running to planes, World War II, England
Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH / IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. (Tel. RELiance 8922) / LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, S.E.1. / Not to be reproduced without permission. / Reproduction fees payable to Imperial War Museum / Negative No." upside down on verso at center in purple ink.
Inscribed "5B" on verso at top left corner in red marker, crossed out with pencil.
"6B" on verso at top left corner in pencil.
"Ac 20186" on verso at top left corner in fading red ink.
"FCC F g609" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GR-F-89" on verso at top right corner in pencil.
"GA II Bat. d'Angleteros" on verso at center right in pencil.
"C465" upside down on verso at center in pencil.
A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: November 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.205
Hurricane pilots of No. 601 (City of London) Squadron, Exeter
Hurricane pilots of No. 601 (City of London) Squadron, Exeter
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: November 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.203
A View of the Town of St. George and Richmond Heights in the Island of Grenada taken from the Bay by Lieut. Col. J. Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall Governor & Commander in Chief &c. & c. &c.
A View of the Town of St. George and Richmond Heights in the Island of Grenada taken from the Bay by Lieut. Col. J. Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall Governor & Commander in Chief &c. & c. &c.
Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson
Date: published November 1, 1819
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66
San Francisco skyline (Mark Hopkins Hotel) taken from Telegraph Hill
San Francisco skyline (Mark Hopkins Hotel) taken from Telegraph Hill
W. E. Dassonville
Date: c. 1925
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.102
Mark Twain House, 5th Ave., New York, 1946
Mark Twain House, 5th Ave., New York, 1946
Todd Webb
Date: 1946
Medium: Later gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.149
German gunner's eye view of three Spitfires of No. 610 Squadron, 'attacking' a Blenheim
German gunner's eye view of three Spitfires of No. 610 Squadron, 'attacking' a Blenheim
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: July 24, 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.212
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
Date: September 6, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.288
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
Date: August, 1965
Medium: United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2022.15.291
Girl with Heart Beauty Mark
Girl with Heart Beauty Mark
Joel Meyerowitz
Date: 1985
Medium: Chromogenic contact print
Object number: 2020.9.150
Detail of a column in the Basilica of St. Mark, Venice, Italy
Detail of a column in the Basilica of St. Mark, Venice, Italy
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.188
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
An Army Travels on its Stomach: A soldier, on duty to guard civil rights marchers on their voting protest trek from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital at Montgomery, watches marchers go by as he eats a meal brought to him on the spot. The marchers passing the halfway mark on their 54 mile hike plan to reach Montgomery on Thursday
Date: March 23, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.278
Pilot
Pilot
Anders Leonard Zorn
Date: 1919
Medium: Etching on paper
Object number: 2002.8.13