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A History of the County of Somerset
… an inscription. It was damaged in 1944 when an American aircraft crashed into it, killing the crew. The tower has …
History Theses 1901-1970
… Oxford B.Litt. 1958. An economic history of the British aircraft industry, 190848. R.F. Ryder. Southampton M.Sc. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… are known to be the remains of a Second World War anti-aircraft battery (see also Brockhall and Harlestone). A hoard …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 167 The base initially housed a pilot training school; an aircraft maintenance unit was added in 1938, and from 1942 … hangar, clad in aluminium sheeting and with space for six aircraft. 170 Moveable tail docks were added later for longer aircraft. A small, barrel-vaulted chapel was also built in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… more likely to be the remains of a Second World War anti-aircraft battery (SP 628614; see also Brixworth and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1911 and still going in 1920. 12 A proto-type aircraft designed by a Burton man made a test-flight in 1929, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hastily built during the Second World War to allow aircraft to be housed away from the airfield itself, were …
Chalgrove
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… larger-scale house-building, and in 1946 the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. (manufacturing aircraft ejector-seats) took over the airfield itself. A late … expansion of shops and businesses, while the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. occupied Chalgrove airfield from 1946. …
Unpublished London Diaries
… M-O Diarist 5150 773. 1940 ANON, (male) of Wembley, Middx, aircraft engineer. Diary, JanFeb 1940. M-O Diarist 5074 774. … London. Daily social activities, visits to RAF stations, aircraft factories and Bomber Command HQ. Australian WM … first aid classes, her directed war work at an aircraft components factory 19423, voluntary canteen and WVS …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… originally for fighters, it was later used mainly by aircraft engaged in bombing practice over the Severn estuary. …