RAF Bovingdon - 1960s

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

Royal British Legion Italian War Graves Pilgrimage 1949

Courtesy Brian Harding

In 1949 Hunting Air Travel received a Contract from The British Legion to fly four thousand people to the Military War Graves in Italy. Airports used included Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Milan, Naples, Rome and Treviso. Commencing from Bovingdon on May 16th 1949 Vikings were flown with 24 passengers up to seven times a week, reaching a frequency of ten a week at the peak of the pilgrimage. (Tony Merton Jones).