Aden Gallery

Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505

Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FGA.74 505 (msn 41H/680085, ex XJ632 and G-9-356), on the line with armourers preparing the ADEN gun pack for removal. A replacement gun pack rests on a trolley in the foreground, This aircraft is preserved at Jurong in Singapore. (The Royal Small Arms Factory ADEN, ADEN being an acronym for Armament Development ENfield, is a 30 mm revolver cannon used on many military aircraft, particularly those of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Developed post-World War II primarily to meet Air Ministry's requirement for increased lethality in aircraft armament, the cannon is fired electrically and is fully automatic once it is loaded.) Date: circa 1972

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans A The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL744

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL744, of No. 37 Squadron, landing over airmen's accommodation at RAF Khormaksar, Aden. Date: circa 1960

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans A The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

1960, 37, Accommodation, Aden, Aeronautical, Aeroplane, Air, Aircraft, Airmens, Aviation, Avro, Circa, Flight, Flying, Force, Khormaksar, Landing, Mr, No, Plane, Raf, Royal, Shackleton, Squadron, Transport, Wl744

Aden, Yemen - Firewood Sellers and their camel transports

Aden, Yemen - Firewood Sellers and their camel transports. Not the Britihs colonial influence of a hugely incongruous lampost! Date: 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

1910s, Aden, Camel, Camels, Caravan, Colonial, Eastern, Firewood, Incongruous, Jun18, Lampost, Middle, Sellers, Trader, Traders, Transportation, Transports, Yemen, Yemeni