RAF Bovingdon - 1960s

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A Few Gleanings

Eastleigh not Bovingdon. January 1948. Lettice Curtis takes delivery of Spitfire PR.X1 (PL983) N74138 on behalf of The Civil Air Attache, American Embassy, London. The Attache, Livingston 'Tony' Satterthwaite, looks on. This Spitfire was based at Hendon but due to the reluctance of Satterthwaite to fly the aircraft out of that relatively small airfield surrounded by housing Lettice Curtis volunteered her services to position the Spitfire to and from Bovingdon for the Attache's use. It could be seen there on several occasions in the Spring of 1948. Incidentally Lettice Curtis made her Halifax Conversion First Solo Flight at Bovingdon in late October 1942.



Meteor FR9 24 April 1956. Photo by Arthur Pearcy.










The War Lover 1961



One of the last - Bovingdon 1968.