Margaret Dove died peacefully on November 30th, 2008. Beloved mother of Richard and Delphine, sister of Rosemary and grandmother of five. She was born on February 9th, 1923, to Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer of AVRO, and his wife Mary. She married John Dove in 1944 and was his devoted wife for 53 years. She was the Honorary President of the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association, the Nanton Lancaster Society, Alberta, Canada, and the Lancaster Support Club of Canadian Warplane Heritage. A funeral service will be held at St. Matthew’s Church, North Quay, Douglas, Isle of Man on Friday, December 5th at 12 noon. Flowers may be sent care of E. Faragher, Funeral Director, Onchan, Isle of Man. Donations in lieu to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 67, Portland Place, LONDON W1B 1AR.
A great lady – very sad to hear the news.
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th November 2009 at 16:20
Avro Heritage at Woodford may be interested in receiving it, just an idea.
Planemike………
By: old eagle - 30th November 2009 at 13:52
Hey AM, you wanna borrow my (large) wooden spoon ?
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th November 2009 at 13:22
[controversial]Auction it on eBay and donate the proceeds to the Vulcan Trust?[/controversial] 🙂
By: RPSmith - 30th November 2009 at 13:06
Hi bluebottle47 – welcome to the forum,
Three suggestions of Museum’s/collections with special interest in Roy Chadwick/Avro/Lancaster.
The Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester e-mail via website: http://www.mosi.org.uk/
The Aeroplane Collection (TAC) e-mail: [email]MAYFIELDSPARKES@aol.com[/email]
The Royal Air force Museum. e-mail: [email]london@rafmuseum.org[/email]
Will see if I can find appropriate contact details and add those (unless someone else beats me to it!
Roger Smith.
edit – e-mail addresses added
By: pimpernel - 30th November 2009 at 13:03
Can I suggest the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association at Coningsby.
The late Margaret Dove was Honorary Pesident of the L.L.A.
You can contact them through the web site http://www.lancaster-association.co.uk/
Brian.
By: bluebottle47 - 30th November 2009 at 12:07
Margaret Dove
This is probably very small beer to you guys, but suggestions would be most welcome.
On one of my customary trips to the Douglas, Isle of Man, Amenity Site, I picked up an aged paperback copy of Spencer Dunmore’s novel, ‘Bomb Run’ – about a Lancaster crew on their last trip of a tour. The book bore an interesting inscription:-
“Margaret Dove, 1973.
Roy Chadwick CBE MSc FRAeS FRSA, my father, designed the Lancaster Bomber”.
The book appears to have been through a local charity shop, and had been priced at 20p ….
I wondered if there might be a special interest group or museum that might like to have this book? It seems a pity to lose this link with a fine lady.
By: pagen01 - 3rd December 2008 at 08:51
I met her very briefly in the early 90s. After watching her inteview on the Stanley Hitchcock Shackleton film I was keen to meet her. I was very surprised by her enthusiasm and knowledge of the Shackleton, less so about her utter dedication and pride in her fathers memory.
Condolences to the family.
By: Vulcan903 - 2nd December 2008 at 22:47
I met Margaret a number of years back at the RAF Club, We kept in contact and she was very passionate about her fathers work and aircraft designs. I was saddened earlier today to find an e mail from the family and about the news.
By: Peter - 2nd December 2008 at 22:17
Very sad to hear the passing of Margaret Dove. She was a very nice lady and my thoughts and condolences are extended to her family and friends.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd December 2008 at 21:39
She was a lovely lady. I met her at the opening of the Lancaster Exhibition which I put together for the North West Museum Of Science And Industry, many years ago.
She was enormously proud of her father’s achievements, and particularly so of the Lancaster.
Sorry to hear this news.
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