Tag: Airplanes
The Mystery Squadron, 1933
A group of airborne attackers, begins a series of assaults on a dam project. Their mysterious leader, known only as “The Black Ace,” conceals his identity behind a mask. The project foreman hires a couple of stunt pilots to deal with this aerial menace.
History of Russian Aircraft, 1944
Cover of the December 1944 issue of Tekhnika Molodezhi showing the history of Russian Aircraft.
Soviet Assault, 1941
Still delayed along the 2000 mile Eastern Front was the long-expected summer offensive. Soviet airmen, however, were not idle. In repeated air assaults they battered Nazi-held rail centers, like the one in Bryansk, where connecting lines lead north to Smolensk and south to Kharkov. Pictured here is a low-level strafing attack by a flight of twin-engined DB-3A medium bombers swooping down over a Nazi rail point jammed with Axis troops and supplies moving to the front.
Five Came Back, 1939
In what would be Lucille Balls first major role (thanks to a last minute replacement), Five Came Back is an excellent adventure and is considered to be a precursor to disaster movies.
12 people (9 passengers and 3 crew-members) are en-route to Panama, when a violent storm throws the aircraft off course and forces them to crash land in an area know for its cannibalistic tribes.
The aircraft is eventually repaired, but some are not able to make the journey home… and as you can guess by the title, only five came back.
Rangers Comics, Dec, 1945
Rangers Comics #26 (1945), cover by Joe Doolin
Air Raid Practice, 1939
Turkish Officer in a gas mask during air raid practice. Istanbul, Turkey, 1939
75th Anniversary of D-Day
The “China Clipper”, 1936
Detail from 1936 advertisement for American Hammered Piston Rings.
DC-3 at the Rock
Douglas DC-3 of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) sitting on the runway at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock during an air-raid practice, November 20th, 1942.
