All of these photos were taken by my father Colin Overton. First up is this BOAC Connie at Heathrow with the date 7.6.52 on the back -must have been memorable for reasons unknown.
Airliners are not my bag, so I cant say more than this is a Boeing (Stratocruiser or Starcruiser???) and have no idea what PAA stood for – possibly taken same place, same day
Two more undergoing maintenance somewhere – this for the experts to i.d!
A Catalina, with nothing written on the back, but probably uncommon in the UK in the 1950s
By: David Legg - 5th October 2007 at 20:54
The Catalina is VP-KKJ and the photo is at Blackbushe.
By: stangman - 5th October 2007 at 13:19
Looking at a photo from 1953 i think the Catalina is VP-KKJ. the photo i have access to is taken at Blackbush ,its possible it visited LHR at somepoint
By: nibb100 - 5th October 2007 at 11:56
the third picture looks like the Pan Am hanger at Heathrow in the early fifties,
the Stratocruiser does look like an early Pan Am colour scheme,
By: stangman - 5th October 2007 at 11:46
I beleive the Boeing Stratocruiser in the third picture belongs to Pan American World Airways {early scheme}
By: Mark12 - 5th October 2007 at 11:23
Great to see these pics and thanks for sharing them with us.
Almost as interesting to see the background/context they are set in – Heathrow was a fairly basic airfield in 1952.Roger Smith.
The ‘Arrivals’ Marquee.
By: RPSmith - 5th October 2007 at 10:15
Great to see these pics and thanks for sharing them with us.
Almost as interesting to see the background/context they are set in – Heathrow was a fairly basic airfield in 1952.
Roger Smith.
By: Lindy's Lad - 4th October 2007 at 21:00
PAA is Pan American Airways
I love the short connies. Wonderful shape. The super constellation ruined the whole idea IMHO.
the maintenance pic is two strats and another connie (can’t ID the airline)
Nice pics.:D
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October 4, 2007 at 8:20 pm