The following images were produced by one of our members, Glyn Chadwick, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the branch. The images were used on a wide range of memorabilia and on the publicity boards displayed at the 80th anniversary event.
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley – 1937

Shorts Sunderland – 1938

Shorts Stirling – 1940

Avro Manchester – 1940

Handley Page Halifax – 1940

Boeing B-17 – 1941

Consolidated Liberator – 1941

Consolidated Catalina – 1941

Avro Lancaster – 1942

Avro York – 1944

This aircraft was converted to (not built to) VIP standard for use by
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB KBE MC* DFC RAF, as AOC Air Command South East Asia
Douglas C-54 Skymaster – 1944

Avro Lincoln – 1945

On 30 April 1948 RF474 broke up in cumulo-nimbus cloud and
crashed at Verquires, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, all 11 on board killed.
Avro Lancastrian – 1946

Lockheed Neptune – 1947

Handley Page Hastings – 1948

Boeing B-29 Washington – 1950

Avro Shackleton – 1951



Blackburn Beverley – 1956

De Havilland Comet – 1956



Bristol Britannia – 1959

Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy – 1962

Shorts Belfast – 1966

Vickers VC10 – 1966


Lockheed Hercules – 1967


Vickers Varsity – 1967

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod – 1969

Hawker Siddeley Dominie – 1977

Lockheed Tristar – 1983

Boeing 707 TCA (NATO) – 1988

Boeing E-3D Sentry – 1991

