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Clear and correct circulation details save time. Hans Arnold Rothholz 1950.
Wings for Victory, Wigan 1943. Towns and villages were given a target to aim for and encouraged that their contributions would directly increase the production of planes and benefit the war effort.
Marist College in Hull evacuated its pupils to Brigg, North Lincolnshire, on September 1st 1939.
Marist College in Hull evacuated its pupils to Brigg, North Lincolnshire, on September 1st 1939. Schoolboys wearing their gas masks.
In June 1919, Captain Jack Alcock and his navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made history by becoming the first people to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Pauline Gower
Basque Refugee Children at the North Stoneham Camp in Eastleigh, Southampton, where they were first billeted in May 1937 after being evacuated from the Basque Country.
Pauline Gower was one of three women awarded the B aviation licence by the Air Ministry and was instrumental in setting up the women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII. Her dog, Wendy, often accompanied her on flights.
Field party at river crossing, Gold Coast, 1923.
Roy Chadwick born in Farnworth, Lancashire, 1893. He designed the fuselage and undercarriage for the famous Avro 504 which became the standard training aircraft used by the Royal Air Force.
Aerial shot of Bamburgh Castle and village, June 1973.
The Blackburn Beverley was a military transport plane used by the RAF in the 1950s and 60s. Blackburn Beverley flying over Beverley town - Beverley Minster is clearly visible below.
Join the Fight designed by Robyn Slovo and Leslie Ruda. Reproduced as part of The Women's Library exhibition Ms Understood: Women's Liberation in 1970s Britain.
Poster produced by See Red Women's Workshop c1978. Reproduced as part of The Women's Library exhibition Ms Understood: Women's Liberation in 1970s Britain.
Sketch diagram of rocket 1934-36
Glider invented by Sir Hiram Maxim and Lt.Dunne
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