Duties Collection

Postcard for the Budget League chaired by Winston Churchill to promote the Peoples Budget introduced by David Lloyd George. Tax the Loafer - not the loaf!

Brewster F2A Buffalo of the US Navy, aloft in Aug 1942 by when the type was relegated to training duties, having proved no match to the Japanese fighters

Vickers R 23 British airship, one of four built at Barrow-in-Furness. It required a 17-man crew, first flew in September 1917

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B. VI
Royal Air Force - Avro Lancaster B.VI, one of nine aircraft converted from B.IIIs, fitted with Rolls-Royce Merlin 85/87 which had two-stage superchargers

Bristol 171 Sycamore HR. 14 XJ385
Bristol 171 Sycamore HR.14 XJ385 (msn 13392), ex CFS on gate-guard duties at RAF Tern Hill in April 1976. (d/d 05/10/1956, w/o 25/10/1963 after an engine fire) Date: 1976

WW2 A. R. P. Wardens
An illustration which shows a pair of British Air Raid Protection wardens at their post, they were responsible for helping civilians during an air raid

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots, WW2
RAF volunteers signing on to be pilots Date: circa 1941

The Prince and Princess of Wales and Dowager of Russia
The Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward VII & Alexandra of Denmark). The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 a€" 6 May 1910)

Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1583 (msn 64), shortly after disposal to Allied Aircraft Sales. On the civil registry, this helicopter was used for flying crane duties until it exploded in mid-air when

McDonnell F-4D Phantom 66-0267
United States Air Force - McDonnell F-4D-29-MC Phantom 66-0267 (msn 1934, base code HS), of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Homestead Air Force Base

Boeing VC-135B-BN Stratolifter 62-4130, of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air force Base in June 1976, for duties as a support aircraft for presidential / VVIP transports

Boeing VC-137B-BN 58-6970
United states Air Force - Boeing VC-137B-BN 58-6970 (msn 17925, model 707-153), of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air force Base in January 1976

Boeing VC-137C 72-7000
United states Air Force - Boeing VC-137C 72-7000 The spirit of 76 (msn 20630, model 707-353B, carried N8459 for flight testing)

Hawker Hunter F. 1 7421M - WT660
Hawker Hunter F.1 7421M / WT660, at RAF Carlisle in February 1963, on gate guard duties. Date: 1963

Westland Whirlwind HAR. 10 XP351
Royal Air Force - Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP351 (msn WA367), of No. 22 Squadron RAF, on standby for rescue call-out on a very frosty morning

HMS Seagull, minesweeper
HMS Seagull was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, converted to be a minesweeper. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888-1891

HMS Escort, E-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Escort, an E-class destroyer, built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion

de Havilland DH. 115 Vampire T. 11 WZ544
Royal Air Force - de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 WZ544 (msn 15136), on gate guard duties at RAF Spitalgate, near Grantham, in December 1961. Date: 1961

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

Michael Hicks Beach (1837 - 1916), statesman, chancellor of the exchequer, introducing his financial proposals. Date: 14 April 1902

SERVICE RESPIRATOR/WWII
Service respirator: used by members of the Civil Air Raid precautions services, who may have strenuous duties to perform in heavy gas concentrations Date: WWII

HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH (1852 - 1928), Statesman Mr Asquith bringing in the Death Duties Budget of 1907 1907

Nord N-2501 Noratlas 29 - 61-QP (msn 29), on gate guardian duties at Orleans - Bricy AB. Date: 1991

North American T-28B Trojan 137702 (MSN 200-65), on display at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum Airpark, Edwards AFB, CA

Bell OH-13S Sioux HE. 7B-27 - ET-103
Bell OH-13S Sioux HE.7B-27 - ET-103 (msn 3903, ex 65-13007) at Betera on gate guard duties. Date: circa 1998

Agusta-Bell AB47J-3ASW MM80294 - 2-07 (msn 2039), on gate-guard duties at Pratica di Mare. Date: circa 1998

Agusta-Bell AB47G MM83087 - 1-01 (msn 58). The first helicopter operated by the Italian Navy, on gate-guard duties at Luni Maristaeli Sarzana. Date: circa 1998

North American F-100D Super Sabre 54-2269 (msn 223-149), on gate guard duties at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, painted as 56-3319. Date: circa 2010

Fiat G. 91 R - 1 MM6314 - 2-57
Fiat G.91 R-1 MM6314 - 2-57 (msn 178), on gate guard duties. (This aircraft was converted to G.91 PAN standard for the Frecce Tricolori, at some stage in its career). Date: 1999

Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 216
Koninklijke Marineluchtvaartdienst - Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 216 (msn 726-7245), on gate guard duties at Valkenburg Naval Air Base in September 1997

Hawker Hunter T. 8C WV396
Hawker Hunter T.8C WV396 (msn 41H/670839), on gate guard duties at RAF Valley in February 1998. Date: 1998

Fiat G. 91T-1 MM6339 - 32-39
Fiat G.91T/1 MM6339 / 32-39 (msn 69), on gate-guard duties, at Frosinone Air Base on 28 March 1998.. Date: 1998

Fiat G. 91Y MM6491 - 8-27
Fiat G.91Y MM6491 / 8-27 (msn 2053), on gate-guard duties, at Frosinone Air Base on 28 March 1998. Date: 1998

Piaggio P-166M MM61876 - 303-32
Piaggio P-166M MM61876 / 303-32 (msn 384/33), on gate guard duties in March 1998 Date: 1998

Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat MM153622 - 4-14
Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat MM153622 / 4-14 (msn 58-1775, ex BuAer 153622), on gate-guardian duties at Luni Naval Air Base on 31 March 1998. Date: 1998

Agusta-Bell AB-204ASW MM80371 - 3-10
Agusta-Bell AB-204ASW MM80371 / 3-10 (msn 3140), on gate-guardian duties at Luni Naval Air Base on 31 March 1998. Date: 1998

Agusta AB-47J-3 Ranger MM80295 - 2-07
Agusta AB-47J-3 Ranger MM80295 / 2-07 (msn 2048), on gate-guardian duties at Luni Naval Air Base on 31 March 1998. Date: 1998

Agusta-Bell AB-47G MM83087 - 0-1
Agusta-Bell AB-47G MM83087 / 0-1 (msn 058), on gate-guardian duties at Luni Naval Air Base on 31 March 1998. Date: 1998

Fiat G-91Y MM6956 / 8-62 (msn 2063), awaiting preparation for gate-guard duties at Amendola Air Base, near Foggia. Date: circa 2000

Panavia Tornado XX947 (msn P03/2003), the third prototype / Development aircraft, at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980

HMS Forward - Forward-class Scout Cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Forward, a Forward-class Scout Cruiser. Forward was built by Fairfield???s S.B. & E. at Govan, in 1904. The ship was in reserve for most of the first decade of her existence

Hawker Hunter T. 8B XF967
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hunter T.8B XF967 (msn 41H/695343 / HABL-003122) First flown on 9 April1956, delivered on 15 may 1956

Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin FAW. 7R XH901
Royal Air Force - Gloster Javelin FAW.7R XH901 delivered 13 January 1959, relegated to ground instructional duties as 7800M at Catterick Fire School 25 January 1965. Date: circa 1961

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
(ex Missouri Air National Guard) - Republic F-84F-30-GK Thunderstreak 51-9422, late of the 110th Fighter Squadron, on gate guard duties at St. Louis Air National Guard Base, MO

Royal Air Force Auster T. 7 WE600
Royal Air Force Auster T.7 WE600, at the RAF 50th anniversary show, RAF Abingdon. Delivered on 25 May 1951, relegated to ground training duties as 7602M and later preserved in the RAF Museum

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