One of the Nostalgia Thread's newest photographic contributors Jeremy Hughes (who provided much of the material for the post on the London to Paris Air Race on page
78) has kindly offered us a wonderful photo of the Brantly B2 G-ASHD:
Brantly B-2A G-ASHD as seen at Biggin Hill in May 1963 (Photo: Jeremy Hughes)
This craft was bought by Pontin's holiday camps of Bournemouth just one month before this photo was taken but went on to crash in the Colne river near Brightlingsea on 15th February 1967.
Also in the photo is G-ARVY (another B2) which was imported by BEAS in 1962 but, as with ASHD, 'came a cropper' on 28th August 1964 while practicing autos near Kidlington.
In case you are thinking "G-ASHD that rings a bell" you would be right. She first appears on page
45 in a shot taken at Exeter Airport in 1964.