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  • 450 Air Training Corps Newspaper Article

    450 Air Training Corps Newspaper Article

  • 1957 Reunion at Kenley

    1957 Reunion at Kenley

    On the 28th January 1957, British Pathe issued this film of a reunion at Kenley’s Officers’ Mess. Lots of familiar ...
  • Air Acceptance Park Photographs

    Air Acceptance Park Photographs

    We are very grateful to Roger Packham, from The Bourne Society, for his permission to show these postcards from his ...
  • Richard Taylor's "Experimental" at Hamsey Green Aerodrome

    Richard Taylor's "Experimental" at Hamsey Green Aerodrome

    On 7th January 1937, would-be aircraft designer, Richard Taylor, lost his life at Hamsey Green aerodrome when the wing of ...
  • Pilot Officer Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt

    Pilot Officer Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt

    On 22nd May 1925, No.32 Squadron had flown from Kenley to Northolt, to take part in an event entitled 'London Defended.' Among them was 21 year old, Arthur Reinagle Woodyatt.
  • Pilot Officer William Thompson Lane

    Pilot Officer William Thompson Lane

    On 15th May 1943, 403 squadron R.C.A.F. lost two more young pilots while escorting a bombing mission to Poix. Pilot Officer William Thompson Lane, flying Spitfire BR986, was shot down in a dogfight at around 5 p.m.
  • Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden

    Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden

    Flight Lieutenant Lyn Bertram Madden had only joined 403 squadron on the 4th May, and was on his first sortie flying Spitfire Mk.IX, (BS246), when he was shot down on 15th May 1943.
  • Flying Officer Basil Douglas John Broadway

    Flying Officer Basil Douglas John Broadway

    On 14th May 1926, Flying Officer Basil Douglas John Broadway, of 32 squadron, R.A.F. Kenley, was killed in the wreckage of his Gloster Grebe, when he crashed in Caterham.
  • Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May Photographs

    Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May Photographs

    We are indebted to Michael Henry-May for these beautiful photos of Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May and his family.  Hugh lost ...
  • Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May

    Pilot Officer Hugh Henry-May

    On the 10th May 1938, a formation of No.3 Squadron Hurricanes, returning from practice flying, were on final approach to land at Kenley when, at 200 feet, one of them (L1579) stalled and fell to the ground.
  • Flying Officer Archibald Campbell Johnstone

    Flying Officer Archibald Campbell Johnstone

    On the morning of 30th April, 1932, three of 23 squadron's Bulldogs were carrying out various manoeuvres in the Ashdown Forest area, when the two rear aircraft of the 'vic' formation collided, following a signal to change formation.
  • Pride Comes Before a Fall - Flying Officer Montgomery and the death of Dora Ball

    Pride Comes Before a Fall - Flying Officer Montgomery and the death of Dora Ball

    A routine practice flight took a disastrous turn for F/O Montgomery and the pupils of Locksheath Council School.
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