Handley Page Type G, the first biplane designed entirely by Handley Page. Also known retrospectively as the H.P.7. Only one was built. During WWI, it was flown by the Royal Naval Air Service, and was written off in a ground accident in August 1915. reddit.com/gallery/r264uw
Short 830 seaplane from the Royal Naval Air Service, 1915. At the end of the sequence, you can see how bombs are loaded in vertical position pointing upwards. v.redd.it/stlbda6dgb181
Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer drops a bomb from a Sea Scout Zero (SSZ) airship or "blimp"; circa 1917-18. The SSZ airships were used to escort convoys, search for German U-boats, and detect and destroy mines. The SSZ was introduced in 1916 and approximately 77 SSZ’s airships were built. reddit.com/gallery/od9giw
R100 at the Royal Naval Air Service Air Station near Howden in Yorkshire, November 1929.
A flight lieutenant of the Royal Naval Air Service prepares to throw a 16-pound high-explosive bomb from the rear cockpit of the gondola of an SSZ (Sea Scout Zero) airship, 1916.
Curtiss C-1 Canada. Designed by the American company Curtiss for their Canadian subsidiary (Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd.) as a bomber for the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. While tested in the UK, it was rejected in favor of the Handley Page 0/100. reddit.com/gallery/oh5u5p
My Great Grandfather, a Canadian serving in the Royal Naval Air service. My grandfather wanted the plane in the background identified. Taken in England in 1916 (I think 1916) likely at the Royal Aero School in London
My Great Grandfather, a Canadian serving in the Royal Naval Air service. My grandfather wanted the plane in the background identified. Taken in England in 1916 (I think 1916) likely at the Royal Aero School in London
TIL Most of the Early development of Tanks was done by the Royal Naval Air Service under the guise of "Landships" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan…
A Firefly trainer destined for the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service in the company of an Royal Navy example. c/1948
TDIH: April 1, 1918, The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy…
Town-class light cruiser HMS Yarmouth. On 28 June 1917, Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander F. J. Rutland took off in a Sopwith Pup from a flying-off platform mounted on the roof of one of Yarmouth's gun turrets, the first such successful launch of an aircraft in history.[5585 × 3705]
Royal Naval Air Service Seaplane 1198 by William Lionel Wyille. 1916. 1916
[April 24th, 1918] Members of the crew of HMS PRINCE EUGENE cleaning the upper deck of HMS VINDICTIVE after her return to Dover following the Zeebrugge Raid. One sailor holds a flamethrower of the type used on the mole by members of the Royal Naval Air Service Experimental Party.
[April 1st, 1918] The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service combine to form the Royal Air Force, the world's first independent air force, with Sir Hugh Trenchard as the first Chief of the Air Staff. The Women's Royal Air Force is formed at the same time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy…
Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) re-arm a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton, Somerset, 2 September 1943 [800x585] imgur.com/NfvbZje
[March 10th, 1918] German ace Hans-Joachim Buddecke is shot down and killed over Lens, France, in combat with Sopwith Camels of the Royal Naval Air Service's No. 3 Naval Squadron. He has 13 victories at the time of his death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han…
Freedom on the Waves: The Story of the 1946 Indian Naval Mutiny - ‘For the first time the blood of men in the Services and in the streets flowed together in a common cause’. The Royal Indian Navy’s mutiny will now be commemorated in a Republic Day tableau thewire.in/history/freedo…
Royal Naval Air Service Seaplane #1198, watercolour by William Lionel Wyllie. 1916.
A WW1 Royal Naval Air Service flight school BE2 Light Bomber tangled in telegraph wires, circa 1917. [962 × 1077]
British Royal Naval Air Service Avro 510 floatplane.
A Flight Line of Caproni Ca-42 Bombers in Service of the Royal Naval Air Service 1918 [800x467]
Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) re-arm a Fleet Air Arm Hurricane
Genaral Motors Wildcat Mk.V "That Old Thing", 846 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Tracker, June 6th 1944. forum.worldofwarplanes.co…
Town-class light cruiser HMS Yarmouth. On 28 June 1917, Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander F. J. Rutland took off in a Sopwith Pup from a flying-off platform mounted on the roof of one of Yarmouth's gun turrets, the first such successful launch of an aircraft in history.[5585 × 3705]
[May 14th, 1917] Flying the Curtiss H.12 Large America flying boat "8666", Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander Robert Leckie shoots down the German Zeppelin "L 22" 18 nautical miles (33 km) north-northwest of Texel Island. It is the first time that a flying boat shoots down a Zeppelin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob…
Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) re-arm a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton, Somerset, 2 September 1943.
Royal Naval Air Service Seaplane #1198, watercolour by William Lionel Wyllie. 1916.
Royal Naval Air Service squadron commander E.H. Dunning attempts landing Sopwith Pup on the deck of HMS Furious, August 1917 [800x624]
[June 28th, 1917] An aircraft takes off successfully from a flying-off platform mounted on a warship's gun turret for the first time when Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander F. J. Rutland takes off from a platform aboard the British light cruiser HMS "Yarmouth" in a Sopwith Pup. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fre…
[December 14th, 1914] A Royal Naval Air Service Avro 504 of the Eastchurch Squadron drops four 16-lb (7.25-kg) bombs on the Ostend-Bruges railway in Belgium. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avr…
[February 19th, 1917] Entered service: Sopwith Triplane with No.1 (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sop…
[April 13th, 1917] Royal Naval Air Service flying boats begin flying "Spider Web" patrols over the North Sea in the vicinity of the North Hinder light ship to detect German submarines in the area. books.google.co.uk/books?…
[June 6th, 1917] The world's first landplane designed for use as a torpedo bomber, a Sopwith Cuckoo, is completed for the Royal Naval Air Service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sop…
[April 15th, 1916] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service aircraft deliver 13 tons of stores into Kut el Amara, Mesopotamia, while it is besieged by the Turks. It is the first time aircraft are used for such a purpose. world-war-one.net/diary-a…
[June 14th, 1917] Royal Naval Air Service Curtiss H.12 Large America flying boat "8677" shoots down the German Zeppelin "L.43" in flames over the North Sea, with the loss of the Zeppelin's entire crew. ww2-weapons.com/diary-jun…
[October 1 1917] The Royal Navy conducts the first launch of an aircraft from a battleship or battlecruiser, when Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander Frederick Rutland takes off in a Sopwith Pup fighter from a platform mounted on a 15-inch (381-mm) gun turret of the battlecruiser HMS "Repulse". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS…
[November 1st, 1915] The Royal Naval Air Service adopted the same roundel as used by the Royal Flying Corps and discontinued the use of the Union Jack on fuselage sides. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy…
[October 12th, 1916] Canadian Royal Naval Air Service ace Raymond Collishaw claims his first victory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray…
Guardians of Naval Air Station, 12/16/1942. South Weymouth, Mass:- Because they had the ability to pass a stiff civil service examination, these women were given the important task of Guarding the U.S. Naval Air Station at South Weymouth.
[9.22.1917] A Royal Naval Air Service Curtiss H-12 flying boat piloted by Flight Sub-Lieutenant N. Magor sinks the German submarine "UB-32" in the North Sea. It is the only confirmed instance of a British aircraft sinking a German submarine without the assistance of surface ships during World War I. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_…
[August 12th, 1915] Flying a Short Type 184 from HMS Ben-my-Chree. Royal Naval Air Service Flight Commander Charles Edmonds becomes the first pilot to attack a ship with an air-launched torpedo, torpedoing a 5,000-gross-register-ton Turkish supply ship during the Dardanelles Campaign. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho…
TIL That during WW1 Royal Naval Air Service Pilot Reginald Alexander John Warneford successfully destroyed a German Zeppelin by dropping bombs on the Zeppelin while it was in mid air. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg…
King George VI is often presented as a 'reluctant' King, a naval man 'pressed into service' after his brother's abdication. Is this an exaggeration? Was this propaganda pushed by the Royal family?
In pop culture George VI is often contrasted with his 'flash' brother Edward VIII, with the latter a suave and scandalous figure and the former a modest unassuming family man. But George (or Albert) was still second in line to the throne, and grew up with his father George V etc.
Is his portayal as unassuming exaggeration as part of pop culture contrasting him with Edward? Was it deliberately pushed to save the monarchy?
[June 7th, 1915] The German Army Zeppelin LZ 37 becomes the first airship destroyed in air-to-air combat when Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford of the Royal Naval Air Service 's No. 1 Squadron, flying a Morane-Saulnier L, destroys her with air-to-air bombing over Ghent, Belgium. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg…
[April 1st, 1916] The Royal Naval Air Service Training Establishment, Cranwell, is founded at Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England. It later will become RAF Cranwell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF…
[June 17th, 1915] Shortly after a ceremony in Paris in which he receives the French Légion d'honneur for shooting down the Zeppelin LZ 37 on June 7, Royal Naval Air Service Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford dies in the crash of a new Farman biplane during takeoff from Buc, France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg…
[May 16th, 1915] Two Royal Naval Air Service Avro 504s intercept the Imperial German Navy Zeppelins LZ 38 and LZ 39, badly damaging LZ39 with four 20-lb (9-kg) bombs dropped on its envelope from above. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg…
