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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… some 7 ft. long. This acted as a kind of decoy, for a bird flying down would find difficulty in making its way out, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the town during the First World War and later used as a flying training school. The factory became a repair unit for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the parish. 28 Wolvercote was the scene of an early flying accident in 1912 when two officers of the Royal Flying Corps were killed near Toll Bridge. They are …
A History of the County of Essex
… with transepts, characterized by semi-circular windows and flying-buttresses. In 1875 the Union church opened a Sunday … Bridge) was over 300. 119 The church was wrecked by flying bombs in 1944, and, instead of rebuilding, the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the western window in the south wall of the nave. An angel flying among clouds, two men in a Roman type of armour …
A History of the County of Essex
… airport for Colchester was dropped. Occasional civilian flying continued until the 1960s, including executive flights …