March 19, 2011 at 8:54 am
The Stansted RAFA held a Battle Of Britain Display on September 13th 1952, with the following aircraft on static display:
G-AKBZ Avro Tudor 5, Ex BOAC/BSAA:
G-AGZP HP70 Halton II Lancashire Aircraft Corp:
G-AGOE Avro York C.1, (Lancashire Aircraft Corp.):
WH217 Gloster Meteor T.7, probably CFS, W/O 9-10-52:
51-4382 Lockheed T-33A, 77th FS,20th FBW USAF (Wethersfield):
G-AJXE Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (W/O 21-11-59):
G-ALFT DH.104 Dove, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Wfu by 1973, Scrapped recently at Caernarfon):
G-AHIH Avro 652A Anson 19 Srs 1, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (To D-IDEL 1956):
G-AKDD Miles M.65 Gemini 1A, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (W/O 5-3-61):
Earlier in 1952 on July 1st:
G-AKCB Avro Tudor 5, Ex BOAC/BSAA:
G-AIHV HP Halifax C.VIII, (Lancashire Aircraft Corp.):
G-AGNX / WW582 Avro York C.1, (Lancashire Aircraft Corp.):
G-AGSM Avro York C.1, (Lancashire Aircraft Corp.):
G-AMKW Percival P.54 Prince, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Wfu by 1970, To Stansted Fire School):
G-AJLV DH.104 Dove, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Wfu by 1970);
G-AGUD Avro 652A Anson 19 Srs 1, Ministry Of Civil Aviation(To N9951F 1955):
G-AGWA Avro 652A Anson 19 Srs 1 Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Wfu by 1964):
G-AJXH Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (To EC-ANL 1957)
G-AJXI Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (To F-BHVY 1957):
G-AMMA DHC-1 Chipmunk 21, Ministry Of Civil Aviation (To OY-DHJ 1969):
All photos by the late Gerald Lawrence, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke.
By: Jur - 19th March 2011 at 09:50
Beautiful pics! Nice to see DH.104 G-ALFT, which reminds me of her sistership G-ALFU, which is now dangling from the ceiling in Duxford. When I was at the College of Air Traffic Control (for my Approach Radar Training) in Hurn in 1970, I had several hours flying in the righthand seat of this aircraft. Ah, great memories…..:)
By: brewerybod - 19th March 2011 at 09:45
Well done to Tony for scanning these and David for posting them.
Yes, a big thank you for these and your other postings as they are fantastic shots.
By: bomberflight - 19th March 2011 at 09:24
While I’m sure that some of these images will have “propliner” fans drooling over their keyboards ~ I love the timeless quality of seeing a Chipmunk basking on the grass on a sunny day.
Well done to Tony for scanning these and David for posting them.
More please 🙂