Have you had chance to check out those group photographs?
Before a short spot of ‘guiding’ at the museum this morning I managed to take a look for myself at the group pictures that Rockhopper mentioned a few weeks ago and I have completed my own audit of the pictures. In approximate date order the following are displayed in the Small Objects Exhibition building:
May 1921 – School of Engineering
January 1939 – 107 Squadron RAF Harwell (previously misidentified as Hemswell)
November 1939 – 27 EFTS RAF Tollerton (mostly named)
July 1940 – 50 Squadron RAF Lindholme
June 1941 – CFS RAF Upavon
July 1941 – CFS RAF Upavon
October 1941 – 83 Squadron RAF Scampton (this picture is the one that seems to have the duplicate Sergeant)
1942 – 106 Squadron RAF Coningsby
RAF Shawbury
Misc RAF Winthorpe smaller groups
1945 – HQ 5 Group
September 1945 – 300 Squadron
1947 – 611 West Lancs RAuxAF Squadron
September 1962 – Joint Services Trials Unit at RAAF Edinburgh Field, Australia.
During the museum visit I was advised that a further 4 Aeroboot bookings had been taken since the start of February, which means the event is now about 70% sold out – get your booking in quickly if you haven’t already done so. The space allocations are now being done on a random basis for this event so NAM cannot guarantee spaces in previous locations or next to other specific stalls!
For tomorrow only a new Album will be added to this page of the museum website. It will feature black and white photographs of the Vulcan delivery to NAM, an event that took place ago 28 years ago on Monday 7th February 1983.
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