Six First War Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Airmen Photographs

First photograph illustrating a group of sixteen RFC airman and Royal Artillery gunners, five of which are seated in the foreground, the other eleven standing behind the seated men, set up upon a grassy surface, with a tarpaulin-covered building behind them, reverse inscribed in blue ink "C FLIGHT", white highlight evident on one of the seated men, slight tear at the left, 145 mm x 120 mm; second photograph illustrating a group of forty-five RFC airman, arranged in four rows, the airmen in the first two rows seated, the men in the back two rows standing, set up upon a grassy surface, in front of the exterior of a building, with a drain pipe at the far left, 129 mm x 178 mm; third photograph illustrating fourteen RFC airmen in a classroom setting, a group of nine seated airman, each of the ones in the foreground with a book on his lap, four other airmen standing against the wall behind the seated airmen, an officer standing at the far right with a manual and a pen in his hands, 104 mm x 150 mm; fourth photograph illustrating six RFC airmen in a field, the two airmen in the foreground practicing and simulating the operation of machine guns, as if they were in aeroplanes, four other airmen standing behind the machine gunners, 103 mm x 152 mm); fifth photograph illustrating a cartoon drawing of various crashed aeroplanes, with trucks driving down a winding road between them, seven aeroplanes in the sky flying off into the distance in a v-formation above, inscribed on the road in the foreground "A HAPPY NEW YEAR", 90 mm x 126 mm; sixth photograph illustrating a standing RFC officer in dress uniform, in a studio setting, with a swagger stick in his right hand, reverse with a postcard style backer, 84 mm x 134 mm. First five photographs are black and white on photographic paper, four with a gloss finish, the other with a matte finish; the sixth photograph is black and white and faded to a sepia-toned look, on a card stock with a matte finish; all six are curled, extremely fine.