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Old 23rd Mar 2020, 16:44
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A Few Photographs


Autumn 1942. Photo- American Air Museum. Roger Freeman Collection.



P47 66674. 26th September 1943. Cass Hough's Air Technical Division carried out vital R+D on drop tanks to extend the range of fighter escorts.
Photo-American Air Museum. Roger Freeman Collection.




Merlin Engined Mustang comes to grief after Test Flight. 13th March 1944. Photo - American Air Museum. Roger Freeman Collection.



P38 Take-off accident. 11th April 1945. Photo-American Air Museum. Roger Freeman Collection.



Spitfire Mk9s. 485 New Zealand Squadron. 30th March 1944. Photo-spitfiresite.com.



Spitfire Mk16. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

B29. Much hyped visit 8th October 1945 but not the first B29 to be seen at Bovingdon.



D.H.Hornet. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

B17 Postwar. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk



Avro Anson Bound for Biafra. Written off after forced landing in sand-storm at Port Etienne, Mauritania 17th August 1968. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk



Avro Anson (with curtains) Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

Now here is an aeroplane for somebody to identify! Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

D.H. Heron. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk

English Electric Canberra 3. Photo-bovingdon-airfield.co.uk


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