1947 Collection (page 17)

Sir Frederick Handley Page CBE (1885-1962) - RAeS President
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947, presents the George Taylor (of Australia) Gold Medal to Prof A.R. Collar, RAeS President 1963-1964. Date: 1962

Sir Frederick Handley Page CBE FRAeS (1885-1962)
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947, at the dinner after the Louis Ble

Roy Chadwick CBE FRAeS (1893-1947)
Roy Chadwick, CBE, FRAeS, 1893-1947. Date: 1947

Sir B Melvill Jones (left) and Harold Roxbee Cox
Sir B. Melvill Jones (left) and Harold Roxbee Cox, FRAeS, 1902-1997, RAeS President 1947-1949. Date: 1902

Harold Roxbee Cox FRAeS (1902-1997) - RAeS President
From left: Harold Roxbee Cox, FRAeS, 1902-1997, RAeS President 1947-1949; Capt J.L. Pritchard, RAeS Secretary 1926-1951 and E.W. Hives. Date: 1902

Sir Frederick Handley Page CBE FRAeS 1885-1963
Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947 (left) and Lord Brabazon of Tara, MC, FRAeS, 1884-1964, RAeS President 1934-1936

Handley Page Halifax CVIII G-AIWT (formerly PP265)
Handley Page Halifax CVIII, G-AIWT (formerly PP265) Port of Sydney, of LAMS, at Stansted in 1947. Date: 1947

The penultimate Handley Page Halifax CVIII PP337
The penultimate Handley Page Halifax CVIII, PP337, was sold to Norway as LN-OAT for Vingtor Airways in August 1947, returning in October 1948 to become G-ALEF for Eagle Airways. Date: 1947

The first prototype Saunders-Roe SR A / 1 TG263 30 July 1947
The first prototype Saunders-Roe SR.A/1, TG263, 30 July 1947. Date: 1947

American delegates from the 1947 Anglo-American Conference visit the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Monday, 8 September 1947. Date: 1947

Delegates from the 1947 Anglo-American Conference visit the SBAC Show at Radlett. The group includes: Capt J.L. Pritchard, Sir Roy Fedden, Sydney Camm, Dr Theodore von Ka

HRH Princess Elizabeth christens the first BOAC Avro Tudor I Elizabeth of England, 1947. Date: 1947

Auster J-2 Arrow OO-ABS
Auster J-2 Arrow, OO-ABS, the winner of the Arrival Competition, Southend Air Rally, 9 August 1947. Date: 1947

Handley Page HP74 Hermes II G-AGUB at the 1947 SBAC show
Handley Page HP74 Hermes II, G-AGUB, at the 1947 SBAC show at Radlett. 9 September 1947. Date: 1947

Douglas DC-4 SE-BBF Vastan of Swedish Air Lines
Douglas DC-4, SE-BBF, Vastan, of Swedish Air Lines, after its first landing in Helsinki, Finland. March 1947. Date: 1947

Bristol Freighter IA G-AIMC taking off from Sydney
Bristol Freighter IA, G-AIMC, taking off from Sydney during the 1947 Australasian tour. Date: 1947

The third de Havilland DH108 VW120 at the SBAC display
The third de Havilland DH108, VW120, at the SBAC display at Radlett in September 1947. Date: 1947

The third de Havilland DH108 VW120 August 1947
The third de Havilland DH108, VW120. August 1947. Date: 1947

Avro Tudor 7 G-AGRX June 1947
Avro Tudor 7, G-AGRX. June 1947. Date: 1947

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI TA471 in the summer of 1947
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, TA471, in the summer of 1947. Date: 1947

Pat Tibbs demonstrates the Martin 2-0-2 with its port propeller feathered on take-off at maximum gross weight. October 1947. Date: 1947

Fairey Stooge - first British pilotless radio-controlled mis
Fairey Stooge, the first British, pilotless, radio-controlled missile. 1947. Date: 1947

Douglas C-54D-1-DC of the All Weather Flying Center at Brize Norton on 23 September 1947 after it made the first pilotless flight across the Atlantic. Date: 1947

Grp Capt Bird Wilson beats up the aerodrome at Changi in a Gloster Meteor F4, EE596. 1947. Date: 1947

Radioplane OQ-19A target drone circa 1947 perches on its 60ft catapult prior to take off

Bridal gifts for Princess Elizabeth
Gifts presented to Princess Elizabeth on her wedding to Prince Philip. Presents include exquisite jewellery from her grandmother, Queen Mary, and a pic-nic basket from her sister, Princess Margaret

Princess Elizabeths life-story in pictures
To celebrate the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Philip, four colour photographs are published here showing Elizabeth as a young child, at the coronation of her father

Advert for Radiation gas appliances 1947
For Gas appliances say New World silent beam gas fires burns silently with a restful glow whether the gas is high or low. 1947

Advert for Lotus shoes 1947
Fashion fantasion. Strap gold evening shoe. Date: 1947

Pictorial street map of Paris Date: circa 1947

Royal Wedding Gift 1947
ELIZABETH II An ivory casket presented to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present by the Maharaja of Bikaner upon her marriage to Prince Philip. Date: 1947

Reynaldo Hahn / Sem 14 / 2
REYNALDO HAHN French musician performing chez Madeleine Lemaire (the model for Prousts Mme Verdurin) in 1904 Date: 1874 - 1947

NFS(London Region) Boy trapped in a coal scuttle
Boy trapped in a milk churn is set free at Brigade HQ on 4 July 1947. The milkman had brought him to the fire station in his milk float

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

NFS (London Region) HQ staff car
A staff car, with accident damage to front right wing, outside Lambeth workshops. Fire Force Area 38 headquarters was located at Wimbledon where this car would have been allocated

Andes Aircrash
Investigation into the crash of G-AGWH, a BSa Avro 691 Lancastrian 3 plane in the Andes on Tupungato Mountain, Argentina, killing 11 people in 1947 Date: 2nd August 1947

London Sea Scouts in semaphore display
London Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947

Queen Elizabeth II - the Royal betrothal 1947
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number featuring photographs recording the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1947. Date: 1947

Sidney Webb
A portrait of Sidney Webb (1859-1947) - the socialist, economist, reformer and co-founder of the London School of Economics. Date: circa 1894

Excavating in the bombed Cripplegate area
Mr W. F. Grimes, Keeper of the London Museum (Museum of London) assisted by a volunteer, archaeological worker, Miss Adrienne Farrell, in the excavations at Monkwell Street in the City of London

Royal Wedding 1947 - the bride arrives
Page from the Tatler showing scenes of Princess Elizabeth travelling to and arriving at Westminster Abbey for her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

General Leclerc - at Antony
Philippe Francois Marie, comte de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), laterly Leclerc de Hauteclocque (by a 1945 decree that incorporated his French Resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc to his name)

Royal Wedding 1947 - selection of presents
A photo montage of the wedding gifts received by Princess Elizabeth on her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Heath Robinson Drawing for Television
William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), artist and illustrator known as the Gadget King, pictured drawing for television in the 1940s. Date: 1947

Peter French advertisement
Advertisement for Peter French blouses and skirt featuring an elegant woman wearing a pink blouse and a voluminous, long black skirt. 1947

Royal Wedding 1947 - Tatler cover
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her future husband, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on one of the last public engagements before their wedding

Royal Wedding 1947 - marriage ceremony
The scene in the Sacrarium of Westminster Abbey with Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip)

Royal Wedding 1947 - service in Westminster Abbey
The wedding of the heir-presumptive to the British throne, Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. Date: 1947

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