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*** WARNING: some pictures can depict (very) graphic scenes! ***

Mostly taken from Drake Goodman's splendid collection of vintage postcards, these pictures all have something to do with aviation during WWI.

If no other mention is given, the picture came from drakegoodman's Flikr photostream.

  1. Donnet Denhaut 200 hp triplace

  2. The remains of an Aviatik C.III. Nothing on reverse. The remains of an Aviatik C.III. I posted this picture over at the Aerodrome.com and...

  3. Crashed Nieuport 16 with the white cock emblem of Escadrille N62 on the fuselage Nothing on reverse. Crashed Nieuport 16 with the white cock...

  4. Sanke card 508. Leutnant Otto Brauneck Letter on reverse (below) dated 19.10.41 with postage cancelled in Meiningen the same day. Willy Sanke...

  5. 3.7cm Maschinenkanone (M-Flak), May 1917 Note on reverse: "3,7 cm Masch - Kanone May 17". The M-Flak (3.7 cm Maschinenkanone Flak) was capable...

  6. Wreckage of a downed British aeroplane Nothing on reverse. The remains of a British aeroplane unceremoniously stacked onto a railway flatbed...

  7. Abgeschossenes engl. Flugzeug. Steuerung stürzte in vordere Linie Nothing on reverse. Roughly "The controls of a shot-down English plane fell...

  8. Crashed D.F.W. C.V reconnaissance aircraft Nothing on reverse. A crashed and upside-down DFW (Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke) C.V. reconnaissance...

  9. Burnt-out Italian Voisin III

  10. A downed F.E.2d is obscured by overcoat wearing infantrymen in the Winter of 1917 Nothing on reverse. A downed FE2D is obscured by overcoat...

  11. Wreckage of a Martinsyde G.100 or G.102 fighter-bomber

  12. Abgestürztes Flugzeug (Nieuport 24)

  13. Crashed FE2 Take the manifold out of my back Take the crankshaft out of my brain Take the pistons out of my stomach And assemble the ****ing...

  14. Zusammenstoß zweier Flugzeuge in Waterdamhoeck Note on reverse: "15. Juli Zusammenstoß zweier Flugzeuge in Waterdamhoeck Gruß Ldst. Mühlbroner." ...

  15. "Ein abgeschossenes Französisches Kampf = Flugzeug Feldzug 1917" Note on reverse (below). German infantryman milling around a twin-engined...

  16. photo "Engl. Fluzeug abgesch. 15IX.16 zwischen Roifel u. Templeux"

  17. R.E.8 / "Abgeschossenes u. verbranntes engl. Flugzeug bei Bohncourt" Undated note on reverse: "Abgeschossenes u. verbranntes engl. Flugzeug bei...

  18. Funeral for Hptm. Oswald Boelcke in the Cathedral at Cambrai, 31 October 1916 Nothing on reverse. A funeral service was held for Hptm. Boelke...

  19. 6-inline, water-cooled, right-hand tractor aero-engine Letter on reverse (below) translated by GenBerlin. This item of correspondence was not sent...

  20. 3.7cm M-Flak Small 65mm x 95mm photograph - nothing on reverse. The M-Flak (3.7 cm Maschinenkanone Flak) was capable of firing between 250-300...

  21. Flieger-Bruchlandung (LFG Roland D.I) Nothing on reverse. The LFG Roland D.I was a fighter aircraft produced in Germany during World War I. It...

  22. Abgeschossenes Flugzeug mit Soldaten Letter on reverse (below) dated 17.10.1916 with a stamp from the 26th Reserve Division. Württembergisches...

  23. Abgestürztes Flugzeug Nothing on reverse. Three Austro-Hungarian soldiers pose amid the wreckage of an Italian aircraft, somewhere on the...

  24. Deceased RFC pilot and his Sopwith Pup, May 1918 Note on reverse dated Mai 1918. No postmarks etc. A bespectacled NCO from an unidentified...

  25. Graphic: "Abgeschossenen englischen Flieger ... " Letter on reverse (below) translated by uwing50. Authored at Pelves (Fr) on 18.4.1916....

  26. Abgeschossenes franz. Flugzeug bei Mouslain 1916 Note on reverse (below) translated by josefnovak33: "Zur Erinnerung an die Sommeschlacht 1916 ein...

  27. R.A.F. B.E.2c 2039 No 8 Sqn RFC shot down on 29 December 1915 Nothing on reverse. Soldiers from a dismounted Uhlan regiment, possibly...

  28. Wreckage of Max Immelmann's Fokker E.III being guarded by Feldgendarmerie Undated letter on reverse (below) with admin stamp from the 5. Bayr....

  29. Graphic: The bodies of two Allied pilots brought to a field hospital Definitely dead. R.I.P.

  30. Italian Savoia-Pomilion SP.3 bomber with dead crewman, July 1917 Letter on reverse (below) authored om 27.7.1917 with admin stamp from K.u.k....

  31. Air to air Small 75mm x 110mm original photograph. Nothing on reverse. A German two-seater somewhere over the Western Front. Rumpler C. I ?

  32. Crashed Fokker EIII near Prielep in Macedonia 1917 Note on reverse ""1917 (Madcidonien) Januar, Abgestürzt der Focker aparat bei Prielep". A...

  33. Henin-Lietard Pendant l'Occupation Avion Allemand détruit Letter (written in French) on reverse. A commercial postcard depicting a German DFW...

  34. "While landing aircraft overturned on 6 June 1917, airfield at Sissonne" Brief note underneath picture (title). A LFG Roland C.II, sits...

  35. Starboard side view of a DFW C.V reconnaissance aircraft - Sissonne airfield Note on reverse "Sissonne Flugfeld". Starboard side view of a DFW...

  36. Sanke card 539. Hauptmann Eduard Wolfgang Zorer Nothing on reverse. Eduard Wolfgang Zorer is celebrated for several reasons. The least of those...

  37. Sanke card 515. Unser erfolgreicher Kampfflieger Leutnant Hans Klein Nothing on reverse. Pour le Mérite winner Leutnant Hans Klein. Klein...

  38. B.E.2c 1734 shot down near Harnes by Oswald Boelcke on 5 January 1916 Undated letter on reverse (below) transcribed by GenBerlin. The wreckage...

  39. Unidentified Aviator - circa Great War Nothing on reverse. Studio portrait of an as yet unidentified aviator. He is wearing a German M1913...

  40. "Abgeschossener franz. Flieger". Airco (de Havilland) D.H.2. An excellent view of the propeller and the 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape engine According...

  41. Five AEG C.IV fuselages ready for shipment. "Verlängerter Rumpf" (lengthened fuselage) version. Nothing on reverse. Five AEG C.IV fuselages...

  42. Sanke card # 37: "Unsere Flieger-Helden" Letter on reverse (below) dated 30.7.1917. Commercial postcard depicting a dozen of Germany's most...

  43. Sanke card 544. Unser erfolgreicher Seekampfflieger Flugobermaat Ulbrich Nothing on reverse. A man of mystery it seems, as nothing about...

  44. Parseval-Sigsfeld observation balloon

  45. "Kriegsbilder der 2. Kompagnie des Landwehr-Brigade-Ersatz-Batl. 55" Page 10 (2)

  46. "Kriegsbilder der 2. Kompagnie des Landwehr-Brigade-Ersatz-Batl. 55" Page 10 (1)

  47. A flight of three Voisin III bombers Nothing on reverse (Carte Postale). A flight of three Voisin III bombers take off from a French airfield...

  48. Unteroffiziere from Feldflieger-Abteilung (FFA) Nr. 18, July 1915 Unteroffizier Glöckner Feldfliegerabteilung 18 VII. A.K. 6. Armee Westen ...

  49. Captured French Caudron G.3 Nothing on reverse. The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War...

  50. F.E.2b (5206) 21 May 1916 brought down near Houthem by Ltn W. Frankl Nothing on reverse. F.E.2b (5206) on the 21 May 1916, brought down near...

  51. The crew of a German Parseval-Sigsfeld observation balloon gather for a group photo on a clear day somewhere on the Western Front Nothing on...

  52. The crew of a German Parseval-Sigsfeld observation balloon gather for a group photo on a clear day somewhere on the Western Front Nothing on...

  53. Wreckage of a RFC Sopwith 1½ Strutter Nothing on reverse. German officers and enlisted men inspect the remains of a RFC Sopwith 1½ Strutter and...

  54. Sanke card 521. Leutnant Fritz Otto Bernert on the occasion of him receiving the Pour le Mérite Letter on reverse (below) dated 21.11.1917 with...

  55. Downed Belgian B.E.2, 8th April 1917 at Koekelare Nothing on reverse. German cavalrymen inspect the remains of a Belgian B.E.2 fitted with a...

  56. "Flieger Abwehr". A French 75mm field-gun being used by the Germans as an anti-aircraft gun Note on reverse "24.X.18". A rapid-firing French...

  57. The crew of a 7.7 cm L/27 BAK (Ballon-Abwehr-Kanone) (Krupp) anti-aircraft gun 'in action' Letter on reverse (below) dated 16.12.1915. The crew...

  58. Crashed Airco DH2 near Zonnebeke 25.8.16 Letter on reverse (below) authored in 'Frankenreich' on the 18.9.1916. Admin stamp from Fußartillerie...

  59. German troops searching through the wreckage of a crashed Nieuport 17, November 1916 Letter on reverse (below) translated by josefnovak33:...

  60. Personnel from an unidentified Flieger Abteilung pose beside the wing of an Aviatik B-type (P 14) Letter on reverse (below) with postage cancelled...

  61. German soldiers conceal themselves whilst Fotograf Huth photographs the body of an Allied pilot beside the wreckage of his Nieuport 17 Nothing on...

  62. A German Type Ae 800 observation balloon commences its ascent Nothing on reverse. German observation balloons were always well defended with...

  63. Handley Page O/400 shotdown near Saargemünd on the 22nd August 1918 Note on reverse: "Bei, Saargemünd abgeschossener, englischer...

  64. A heavy landing perhaps has caused the undercarriage of this DFW (Aviatik) C.V to partially collapse, Malmaison 5.7.1917 Note on reverse...

  65. German 8.8cm K-Flak Batterie 188 (AA-gun) Nothing on reverse. The crew of an 8.8cm K-Flak (K stands for Kraftwagen) battery pose beside their...

  66. Fliegerabwehr M.G. by drakegoodman

  67. Handley Page bomber by drakegoodman

  68. Vickers FB.5 "Gunbus" by drakegoodman

  69. Activity around a German tethered observation balloon by drakegoodman

  70. Frohe Weihnachten enlarged by drakegoodman

  71. "Frohe Weihnachten" from Fliegerabteilung 258 (Artillerie) Letter on reverse (below) addressed to the sender's sister in Frankfurt, with postage...

  72. 24th June 1918, 38 Squadron F.E.2b A5689 brought down on a night bombing operation over Ostende-Thourout Nothing on reverse. The Sky Their...

  73. Belgian B.E.2c (modified) No. 17, 6ème Escadrille, Koekelare, 8th April 1917 Nothing on reverse. Belgian B.E.2c (modified) No. 17, 6ème...

  74. Farman F.60 Goliath Nothing on reverse. A photograph of a postwar French aerodrome. The aircraft in the foreground is a Farman F.60 Goliath...

  75. A unique bird's eye view of a downed German aircraft surrounded by Allied troops Nothing on reverse. Small 70mm x 105mm photograph. A unique...

  76. "2 Engl. Flieger Abgesch. an d. Some" Nothing on reverse. Title taken from the original note written in pencil above the photograph in the album...

  77. AA position covering the rail yard in Douai 1918 by drakegoodman

  78. Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose MG M.07-12 by drakegoodman

  79. Crashed in No-man's Land, France 1917 Note on reverse (below), roughly translated "Shot-down English flier near Serre (France) - Ostacker...

  80. Early Rumpler B-type by drakegoodman

  81. Italian pilot KIA by drakegoodman

  82. Sanke card # 371: Hans-Joachim Buddecke Nothing on reverse. Hans-Joachim Buddecke (22 August 1890 – 10 March 1918) was a German Ace, credited...

  83. A downed British B.E.2c photographic reconnaissance aircraft being inspected by German troops Letter on reverse (below) kindly translated by...

  84. Downed Nieuport by Drakegoodman

  85. Flieger Schießschule (air-gunnery) in Asch Belgium, June 1918 Note on reverse (below): "Asch in Belgium, June 1918, 16. G. Course". A young...

  86. Landing accident / DFW C.V reconnaissance aircraft Nothing on reverse. The DFW C.V series of aircraft was particularly noted for its good...

  87. FE2 and pilot Note on reverse: "Engl. flugzeug an der Somme 1916". by drakegoodman

  88. Crewman from Zeppelin LZ93 (L44) brought down near St Clement on 20 October 1917 French postcard. Nothing reverse. The body of a Kaiserliche...

  89. Morane Saulnier Type N RFC Morane "Bullet" with deflector wedges fitted to the propeller blades (Wiki).

  90. The Morane "Bullet" (serial A175) of Major F.F. Waldron, C.O. of 60 Squadron, 3rd July 1916 Epinoy Nothing on reverse. The Morane "Bullet"...

  91. AA position Nothing on reverse. by DrakeGoodman

  92. Fokker Eindecker enlarged by DrakeGoodman

  93. A low flying Fokker E.II 35/15 of FFA14, somewhere on the Eastern Front Photogr. Schilling & Co. Nachfl., Königsberg Pr., Paradeplatz 6. Fokker...

  94. German Parseval-Sigsfeld observation balloon photographed from above, Montdidier France Partially legible note on reverse "-- -- Montdidier" ...

  95. Bloody April Just some photographer's details on this one, but I've certainly seen worse sent to friends, relatives etc at home. Maybe they were...

  96. Studio portrait of an aviator circa 1918 by DrakeGoodman

  97. F.E.2b (6356) 9th March 1916 brought down near Sainghin-en-Weppes Nothing on reverse. An oft-seen photograph of F.E.2b 6356 (20 Squadron RFC)...

  98. Sopwith Pup in German hands, Flanders 12.1.1917 Note on the front below the image "Flandern, I. 12.11.17". Possibly a 46 Sqn RFC aircraft. ...

  99. "Abgeschoss. Flugzeug bei Farbus (14.III.16)" Note on reverse "Abgeschoss. Flugzeug bei Farbus (14.III.16)". POSSIBLY the remains of a 1 Sqn...

  100. Handley Page 0/100 L’Amazone that mistakenly landed on a German airfield Note on reverse: "Gelandeten Großkampf-Flugzeug auf den Park 7 in...
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