Photographic Collection
The Photograph Collection of the RAF Museum covers the history of British
military aviation. It contains about 250,000 images in a variety of formats
but most are black & white prints.
- RAF Museum Photographic Collection
The collection covers the history of aviation in Britain
from the 19th Century to modern times. The earliest photographs show
the Royal Engineers' ballooning activities from 1890 to 1893.
- Charles Brown Collection
The aviation photographer, Charles Brown,
was active from the 1920's to the 1960's. His collection of aviation
photographs is one of the largest compiled by a single photographer.
- British Aerospace Kingston Collection
The British Aerospace Kingston collection covers the
history of the Sopwith, Hawker and Hawker-Siddeley companies especially
at the former factory in Kingston-on-Thames.
- Aerial Photographs
The Royal Air Force Museum has a number of small collections of aerial photographs.
Some of the photograph collection is available online using the Navigator database. A proportion of these listings have scanned images attached.
You can view and buy prints of some of the Museum's best-loved photographs at the online photograph store.
