Reference
Z1055/3/1
Title
"Hard Work Provides Arms", an illustrated history of RAF Henlow, sold in aid of RAF Benevolent Fund,
Date free text
1998
Production date
From: 1998 To: 1998
Scope and Content
illustrations include:
- Air Commodore Grahame Jones, commanding officer 1998;
- station badge;
- plan of layout of buildings c.1920;
- photograph of workshops along Main Road, c.1920;
- photograph of hangars c.1920;
- photograph of crew preparing an aircraft in 186 Shed;
- photograph of double decker bus hired for functions, Jun 1922;
- photograph of Leyland lorry and personnel, 1922;
- photograph of "The Pickle Factory" hangars just before demolition in 1990;
- photograph of Handley Page Hinaidi and personnel;
- photograph of Bristol F2B Fighter;
- group photograph of Officers' Engineering Course members, 1927;
- aerial photograph of the base, 1926;
- photograph of No.23 squadron Gloster Gamecocks, mid 1920s;
- photograph of parachute descents from Vickers Vimys at Hendon Air Pageant, 1920s;
- photograph of parachutists preparing for a flight, c.1928;
- photograph of R101 at Cardington, RAF Henlow providing a handling party in 1929;
- photograph of R101 funeral procession;
- photograph of Frank Whittle and the jet engine he developed, he had been at Henlow in 1932;
- photograph of hutted camp, 1930s;
- photograph of De Havilland Queen Bee, a radio controlled gunnery practice target, 1943;
- aerial photograph of crowds at Empire Air Day, 1937;
- photograph of Gloster Gladiator used for fighter training;
- photograph of Hawker Hurricane IIA;
- photograph of Air Traffic Control Tower, 1974;
- photograph of The Gaiety Girls performing at Gaiety Theatre, 1945;
- photograph of German Junkers Jumo jet engine and British Whittle turbojet being compared in Henlow workshops, 1946;
- photograph of students working on Folland Gnat T.1;
- group photograph of No.4 RAF Regional Band, 1970;
- photograph of REU workshops;
- photograph RAF bus;
- photograph of Computer Assisted Manually Operated Test equipment Re-calibration System;
- photograph of derelict Henlow railway station, 1966;
- photograph of Bristol Boxkite replica used in filming "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" at Henlow;
- photograph of Hurricanes and Spitfires used in filming "The Battle of Britain" at Henlow;
- photograph of Junkers Ju87 Stuka used in filming "The Battle of Britain";
- photograph of EE Lightning;
- photograph of radar at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands;
- photograph of satellite communicatins set up in the Gulf during the Gulf War;
- photograph of exterior of Arms Control Centre, Joint Arms Control Implementation Group;
- photograph of SERCo team posed in front of Hawker Hunter, 1998
Level of description
item