Images Dated 9th June 2020

Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (1st prototype)
Fournier RF-4 F-BMKA (msn 1), the first prototype of the aerobatic version of the Fournier RF-3 at the 1966 Paris Air Show

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300HG Twin Otter CF-TVO (msn 344) of NorOntair (Ontario Northland Transportation Commission-NorOntair) Date: circa 1978

British Empire Exhibition - Sir Robert & Lady Ho-Tung
Sir Robert and Lady Ho-Tung, who had travelled to Britain in 1924 for the British Empire Exhibition

Miss Mary Ho-Tung - British Empire Exhibition
Miss Mary Ho-Tung, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Ho-Tung, who had travelled to Britain with her parents in 1924 for the British Empire exhibition

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito FB Mk. XVIII
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII PZ467 Tse-Tse. Armed with a 57mm (6 pounder) Molins quick-firing gun, the first Mk.XVIII was flown on 25 August 1943

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter CF-OPI
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter float-plane CF-OPI (msn 243) of Ontario Provincial Air Service. Date: 1980s

Royal Air Force Martin 187 Baltimore B Mk. III - head-on view
Royal Air Force Martin 187 Baltimore B Mk.III

Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC. 1 Chipmunk WK608
Royal Navy de Havilland Canada DHC.1 Chipmunk WK608, callsign 906 and race number 71. Date: 1950s-1960s

The British Empire Exhibition - Hong Kong
Page from The Sphere, reporting on the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924

From silkworm to silk stocking - British Empire Exhibition
The silk worm farm in the Hong Kong section at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924

British Overseas Airways Corporation Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar G-AGDD Loch Losna (msn 2087, ex NX34901, to Royal Norwegian Air Force July 1945 as 2087)

Royal Air Force Percival P. 56 Provost T. 1 XF912
Royal Air Force Percival P.56 Provost T.1 XF912 (msn PAC/56/421), delivered on the 27 March 1956 and scrapped during 1962 at No.71 MU RAF Bicester. Date: circa 1959

Vickers Viscount 812 G-AVIW (msn 358) of Channel Airways at Southend Airport. Date: 1969

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - RAF Bedford coach
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The ubiquitous RAF Bedford SB3 (43AC42) with Strachans Pacesaver bodywork, used by the 1977 Ten Tors team

Dornier Do 335 V1 CP-UA (1st prototype)

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk

Piaggio P. 166B G-AVSM
Piaggio P.166B G-AVSM (msn 416) of McAlpine Aviation at Newcastle Airport Date: 1968

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 3X-GAY (msn 553) of Republic de Guinee at London Heathrow Airport, on delivery to Guinee via Reykjavik, Iceland - London-Heathrow, UK - Lisbon, Portugal

All that remained of a cliff at Beltinge near Herne Bay on the North Kent coast where residents were concerned about the level of erosion. Date: 1953

The Chinese restaurant in the Hong Kong section of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335
Bristol Buckingham B Mk.I KV335. A victim of failure to meet the original specification and the success of Mosquito day raid and night strategic bombing

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Me 410A-3 TF209 (Werk Nr. 10259) (Luftwaffe F6-OK formerly of 2(F)/122)

Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk. III
Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III. This very leaky Stirling is flying with the tail-wheels extended, probably due to the notoriously unreliable electric retraction mechanism

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Royal Air Force Folland Gnat T. 1 trainers of the Red Arrows
Royal Air Force Folland Gnat T.1 trainers of the Red Arrows, preparing to return to RAF Little Rissington after an airs-how itinerary away from their RAF Little Rissington base. Date: circa 1970

Avro York C Mk. II prototype LV626
The sole Avro York C Mk.II prototype LV626, converted from the 1st prototype York, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines and the central auxiliary fin, as fitted to production Yorks

Sopwith Pup N5182. Built by Sopwith Aviation Co. at Kingston upon Thames in 1916, N5182 was operated by several Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons in Belgium and Northern France

Auster J-1N Alpha G-AHAT (msn 1849). G-AHAT was built as a J-1 in 1946 and converted to a J-1N Alpha in 1957. Date: 1960s

Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver CF-AWA (msn 1430) of Air West. Date: circa 1979

Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B / RA D-CAMB
Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B/RA D-CAMB (msn 25157) of Mercedes Benz AG, at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1976

Grumman Gulfstream II VH-ASG (msn 095), the 95th Gulfstream II, of Associated Airlines Pty. at Perth Western Australia. Date: circa 1972

Grumman J2F-6 Duck N67790 (ex BuAer 33587). Now preserved at the National Museum of the USAF and painted as an OA-12 Duck serving postwar in the air-sea rescue role. Date: 1980s

Grumman F9F-8 Cougar Date: 1972

Boeing F4B-4 NR9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223

King Haakon VII of Norway and Crown Prince Olav in exile in the UK 1940-45 inspecting Norwegian troops. Date: circa 1943

Boeing 707-138B G-AVZZ (msn 17699) of Caribbean International airways at Newcastle Airport. Date: 1973

Sud-Aviation SA. 318B Alouette II G-AWAP
Sud-Aviation SA.318B Alouette II G-AWAP (msn 1966) of Film (Flight) Limited, at Duxford for the filming of Battle of Britain. Date: 17 September 1968

Bolkow Bo 208C Junior G-ASFS (msn 516) at the Biggin Hill Air Fair. The Bo 208 is a licence-built version of the Malmo Flygindustri MFI-9 Junior from Sweden. Date: 1963

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition - Charles Chuck Kirkbride
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - Charles Chuck Kirkbride, from the RAF Halton Pipe Band waiting for the next team to be Piped in. Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 126th entry team
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A 126th entry team marching in Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Mess tent
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - John Boucher et al having lunch in the mess tent. Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 125th entry team
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A 125th entry team marching in, led by Charles Chuck Kirkbride from the RAF Halton Pipe Band Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Okehampton camp-site
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Camp site at MOD Okehampton Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 124th Entry team
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Bedford 3-tonner
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Bedford RL 3-ton lorry used by the team, driven by our friendly neighbourhood Rockape (RAF Regiment). Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Green worm
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A tired competitor sleeping through the day. Date: 1977

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - LWB Land Rover
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Long Whee-Base Land Rover used by the RAF Halton team

German gipsies at their Glasgow encampment
German gipsies pictured at their encampment at Vinegar Hill, Glasgow, where they caused quite a stir among the locals

Brigadier-General and Mrs A. C. Lewin set off from Heston on a flight to their home in
Brigadier-General and Mrs A.C. Lewin set off from Heston on a flight to their home in Njoro, Kenya after spending a holiday in England. Date: 1935

British Empire exhibition, Hong Kong sign writer
Sign writer from Hong Kong who had travelled especially to paint signs at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924

The Hong Kong pavilion at the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Artists impress of the Hong Kong section of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Aerial view of the Colonial and Native sections of the Eastern portion of the British Empire exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924

Page from The Bystander reporting on the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Illustration by Howard K. Elcock show the Hong Kong gateway, with a Chinese junk and shops. Date: 1924

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 AX772 (Luftwaffe 5F-CM of $(F)/14) (W.Nr)

Royal Air Force Vickers Warwick GR Mk. V PN698
Royal Air Force Vickers Warwick GR Mk.V PN698, the second Warwick GR Mk.V, showing the Leigh light installation that replaced the mid-upper turret and was lowered through the floor when in action

Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk. V
Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk.V (could be a Mk.VI) Date: 1942

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk. IF V8341
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF V8341, on take-off with the undercarriage retracting

The Laxey Wheel - Isle of Man Date: 1890s

Miles M. 57 Aerovan U-0248
Miles M.57 Aerovan U-0248 (msn 4700), the first prototype, wearing the B-class registration U-0248, being flown by George Miles. - 25th June, 1945. Date: 1945

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk. X
Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk.X (with Torpedo and Dihedral Tail Plane) - 31st July, 1942. Date: 1942

Royal Air Force Fairey Swordfish III (Searchlight), fitted with a searchlight under the starboard wing for night attacks and ASV radar between the undercarriage legs. - 12th November, 1943. Date: 1943

Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A. W. 38 Whitley Mk. III
Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley Mk.III. The Tiger engined Mk.III was no longer used operationally by September 1941

Royal Air Force Stinson Model 74 Vigilant IA HL430- 70-49
Royal Air Force Stinson Model 74 Vigilant IA HL430 (known as O-49 by the USaF)

United States Air Force Republic F-84E Thunderjet Date: circa 1950

Royal Air Force North American Mustang IV Date: circa 1944

Yavovlev Yak-11 G-AYAK (msn 172701) at Wycombe Air Park (Booker airfield). G-AYAK was built, under licence, by STROJIRNY PRVNI PETILESKY in Czechoslovakia as a LET C.11. Date: 1980s

Royal Air Force Miles M. 25 Martinet I
Miles M.25 Martinet I target tug, the first dedicated target tug designed for the Royal Air Force, powered by a 870hp Bristol Mercury XX or Mercury 30. - Photograph date 28th July 1941. Date: 1941

Royal Air Force North American Mitchell Mk. II Series V
Royal Air Force North American Mitchell MkII - Series V - 22nd July, 1943. Date: 1943

Royal Air Force Douglas Boston III with rockets
Royal Air Force Douglas DB-7B Boston III with rockets. Much confusion surrounds the Havoc / Boston / A-20 names and designations. The RAF and Commonwealth designations were: Boston I & II Date: 1942

Avro York C Mk. I
An early production or prototype Avro York C Mk.I. Date: circa 1944

Hawker P. 1101 Hunter T Mk. 7 prototype
Hawker P.1101 Hunter T Mk.7 prototype XJ615. First flown on 8 July 1955, the initial shape of the canopy caused severe airflow problems

Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator B Mk. III
Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator B Mk.III Date: 1942

Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk. III (Special R
Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator GR Mk.III (Special R.P.)

Royal Air Force de Havilland DH. 98 Mosquito B Mk. IV DK336
Royal Air Force de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk.IV DK336

Vickers Varsity T. 1 VX828 - 1st prototype
Vickers Varsity T.1 VX828, - 1st prototype flown on 17 July 1949 from Wisley aerodrome

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter F-ODGL (msn 703) of Air Caledonie at Noumea Airport. (first flown ca July 1980) Date: circa 1987

BAC One-Eleven- 510ED G-AVNS (msn BAC.146), of British European Airways (BEA) at London Heathrow Airport. Date: 1969

de Havilland DH. 82a Tiger Moth II G-AREH
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth II G-AREH / ex DE241 (msn 85287) Date: 1950s-1960s

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AKIM
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AKIM (msn 6724), built by Miles (Northern Ireland) Ltd. at Newtownards and flown to Woodley for completion to customer specification. Date: 1950s-1960s

Royal Air Force Auster T. 7 WE600
Royal Air Force Auster T.7 WE600, at the RAF 50th anniversary show, RAF Abingdon

Piper J / 3F Cub CF-DSA
Piper J/3F Cub CF-DSA (msn 180C), crop-duster of Leavens Bros. Of London Ontario. Date: 1950s-1960s

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