The Bü 180 first prototype, over Africa? This light aircraft flew from Berlin to Johannesburg and back in 1938, powered by a Walter Mikron engine. The intended 50-hp Zündapp engine was not yet available and a French Train 4T engine had proven 'totally unreliable' according to the Germans. Most Bü 180s used the Czech Walter Mikron. Photo from Walter Bulletin of June 1939. By that time Czechia was occupied by Nazi Germany. Photo from: Walter / Státní oblastní archiv v Praze

'Ju 88 night fighters parked at Grove [now Karup] airfield, Denmark, awaiting disposal.' 620542 and 620407 can also be identified, and a Ju 88 without radar antenna, coded 4D-BW and 77, which would have served with KG 30. Photo by: B Saidman / Imperial War Museums

Night fighter of the 5th Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 4, captured by British forces. On the left is 714759, a Ju 88G-1. Photo by: Sgt Laws / Imperial War Museums

One of two Dragon Rapides delivered to Aero O/Y for experimental domestic services. Impressed by the Finnish air force for medical and transport flights in 1939. Sold to Denmark in 1955 and to Germany in 1956 as D-IGEL. Burnt in 1972. Photo by: Urho Aarre Saarinen / Finnish Heritage Agency

First flown in December 1941 as D-AVIU, this Ju 52 was leased and then sold to Aero O/Y by Lufthansa. It was damaged in Malmö, Sweden on 6 July 1943. Apparently it went to Germany for repairs as Ju52archiv says it was impressed by the Luftwaffe and crashed in spurious 'Savoja, Finland' on 23 March 1944 with a German military crew. Repaired. To ABA in Sweden in 1945 as SE-BUE, delivered from Germany? Eventually VH-BUU. This is certainly not a 1950s photo as indicated by the source. The aircraft in the background looks like a (captured) Tupolev SB. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency

Another shot of OO-SHA, seen this time at the Lille heliport near Flandres railway station. The Brussels - Lille helicopter service was first flown on 5 August 1953. Photo from: Sabena

Original colour photo of a Hampden of No 455 Sqn, RAAF, the first Australian squadron in RAF Bomber Command. At this time, the unit had just been transferred to Coastal Command and from Wigsley to Leuchars to train for torpedo bombing. AT137 had been delivered to the squadron in November 1941. The aircraft bunt at Leuchars on 8 June 1942. It had flown 20 operational missions, initially coded UB-O and UB-C. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Siskin fighters lined up at Hendon. First row, J8950, J8664, J8662, J8056, J8666, J8668, J8670 of No 29 Sqn. In second row is J8836 of No 43 Sqn. On No 29 Sqn's previous equipment, the Gloster Grebe, the squadron marking was four crosses. On the Siskin this was shortened to three. Thus the origin of this marking is not a mispaint of a Roman numeral XXIX. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

'Of No 167 Squadron RAF based at Blackbushe, Hampshire, on the ground at Hendon, Middlesex.' Then a transport squadron, No 167 received some Ansons and moved to Blackbushe in late March 1945. It was disbanded on 1 February 1946. Photo by: Flt Lt Miller / Imperial War Museums

'Flying over Cairo before landing at Heliopolis.' Built in 1940 as NC33617 for Catalina Air Transport of Long Beach, California. Impressed in July 1941 as a C-56C, serial 42-53503. Transferred to UK as a Lodestar Mk I, AX759, in September 1941, and to BOAC as G-AGCM that same month. To RAF as VR955 in August 1946. Withdrawn from use in April 1947. Photo by: N S Clark / Imperial War Museums

There are many photos of the Bristol Bombay prototype, K3583. L5857 was the last of 50 production aircraft, delivered by Short & Harland, Belfast in June 1940, still without engines. Photo believed taken circa May 1941. L5857 was lost in an air raid at Kufra, Libya, on 25 September 1942. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Location within Saudi Arabia not given but 20 B-52Gs deployed to Prince Abdullah Air Base, part of Jeddah - King Abdulaziz airport, for operation Desert Storm, and the Saudi C-130 transport wing is based there. 463 later reserialled 1629. The second aircraft is 464. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Former Norwegian aircraft. Photo by: Patrick Nugent / National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Delivered new to Turkey in 1966. Photo by: Patrick Nugent / National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Joint Iranian and US exercise, not long before the Iranian Revolution that overthrew the Shah. Administrative US serial 73-1541 but delivered new to Iran as 3-818 in September 1975. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

The AT-9 twin-engine trainer was difficult to fly and to land. It has been suggested this was entirely intentional, but the aircraft was underpowered and always close to stalling, and was phased out in 1944. It was used mainly to train P-38 pilots. 42-57038 was written off at Yuma Auxiliary Army Airfield No 2 on 25 August 1943. AT-9s were based at Yuma too but the A code points at Douglas Army Air Field, also in Arizona. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Awesome photograph of a formation of Curtiss AT-9 Jeeps of the 49th Twin Engine Flight Training Squadron, based at Ellington Field on the coast of Texas, in 1942. 41-12150 was damaged in a taxiing accident on 17 December 1942, and written off. This is the very aircraft that is preserved in the National Museum of the USAF, with an irregular dash in the tail number as seen here. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

The S.3 Springbok reconnaissance aircraft of 1923 was advanced in having a monocoque metal fuselage and initally an all-metal wing. Of the five Springboks built, one S.3a Springbok II became the S.3b Chamois, fitted with a more powerful, 450-hp Bristol Jupiter engine. The first flight was from Lympne on 14 March 1927 because there was no land airfield near Rochester at the time. In April J7295 was flown to Martlesham Heath for testing. On 2 July it showed up at the RAF Display at Hendon. The Chamois remained at Martlesham until November but the test results were unfavourable and it seems to have been scrapped soon thereafter. Photo from: Short

Eight Hastings C1s were fitted with a ventral radome to train V bomber crews 'from 1959' and served into the 1970s. TG521 struck off charge in 1971. Print stamped 2 March 1971 but this is probably not the photo date. Photo from: Royal Air Force

Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand