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Rear view of a biplane floatplane with a large 'AVRO' on the port rear fuselage. In front of closed hangar door. On the reverse 'The Avro Antarctic 1921, designed and built for Sir Ernest Shackleton'.

Side view of a large twin engine biplane with RAF markings parked on grass. Registration N171. On the reverse 'Avro Ava 1923'.

Front quarter view of a single engine biplane with engine running standing on grass. There are two men on the port side talking to the pilot while another three look on from the port wingtip. Another man stands behind the starboard wing. On the…

Rear quarter view of front portion of a single seat, single engine biplane with "Southern Cross Junior" and Avro trademark below cockpit on port side. On the reverse 'Australian Air Ace, his Avro Avian, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Southern Cross…

Side view of a single engine, two seat biplane flying to the left just above the ground. Registration G-EBKP. Both cockpits occupied. In the background trees. On the reverse 'Roy Chadwick as a passenger + Bert Hinkler as pilot in [crossed out] 1925'.

Rear quarter view of a single engine, single seat biplane with 'AVRO BABY' in large letters on port rear fuselage. In the background a building and trees. On the reverse 'The Avro Baby, the first true light aeroplane in the world. Designed by Roy…

Rear quarter view of a single engine, single seat biplane with 'AVRO BABY' in large letters on port rear fuselage. In the background a building and trees. On the reverse 'The Avro Baby 1921. The first light aeroplane in the world'.

Rear quarter view of a single engine biplane flying to the right. Registration N 9601. Captioned 'Avro Bison Type 555, 1924, for sea reconnaissance, by courtesy A V Roe & Co Ltd'.

Front quarter view of a single engine biplane with wings folded back parked on grass. Registration G-EBNM. On the reverse 'Avro Buffalo 1925'.

Side view of a single engine biplane with floats at waters edge. There is a man crouched on the port float and another turning the propeller. There is a pilot in the cockpit and another man standing on beach on the left watching. On the reverse…

A view from rear quarter of an airborne single engine biplane with floats over water approaching an island with cliffs. Captioned '100 h.p. Avro Seaplane arriving at Heligoland. The first machine of the German Naval Flight Squadron to fly from…

Front quarter view of a single engine biplane with floats at water's edge. Registration G-EBJO. There is a man in the cockpit and four others in the water by the starboard float. Another man is pushing the port wing. In the background left a ship. On…

A long low hut on the right in a flat barren landscape. Ther is a crate in front with Avro [….] Airplane on the side. There are several items including a meteorological Stevenson screen scatter over the ground. On the reverse 'Base camp, Reindeer…

Side on technical drawing of a two seat single engine biplane . Captioned '2 seater. 35 hp \green, A V Roe & Co Ltd, scale 1 1/2" - 1 Foot 25-9-19, Type 543, Drawing No A.501'. On the reverse 'Roy Chadwick has initialled this blueprint'.

Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman wearing white dress and headband. Signed 'Doris'. On the reverse of first photograph - 'Doris Chadwick possibly at the time of her marriage to Fred Clough in 1918'.

Five single engine biplanes in vic formation inverted flying to the right with ground below. Captioned 'CFS Avro Tutors display their ability [in formation about 1929 - crossed out], A V Roe & Co Ltd'. On the reverse 'Pilots for WW2 were trained on…

Uncovered fuselage from left to right showing frames in a jig. Mounted forward on the near side right is a machine gun. In the background a factory wall. On the reverse 'Fuselage of early 1920s Avro plane'.

View down inside of fuselage with wooden frames. On the reverse 'Interior of early Avro machine'.

Machine gun mounted on metal fuselage frame. On the reverse 'Machine gun on the Avro Avocet used 1920s'.

A man sitting with his leg over the side of the back of the cockpit of a single engine biplane side on. Aircraft registration G-EBOV and 'Avian' in letters on the port fuselage below the cockpit. In the background wooden hangar doors. On the reverse…

A Man dressed in arctic clothing and hat holding a dead Reindeer on a rifle over his shoulder. In the background a tent. On the reverse 'Tymms with reindeer, base camp, Reindeer Peninsula, Liefde Bay, 21 July 1924. (Photo C S Elton)'.

Head and shoulders portrait of a woman on left and man on right both looking to the left. On the reverse 'Roy and Mary Chadwick about 1922, please keep - a lovely photograph'.

A man with flying helmet and goggles looks out of the front cockpit of a biplane. A smiling woman wearing flying helmet and goggles looks out of the rear cockpit. Captioned 'Mary (Roy Chadwick's wife) on her first flight with Hinkler'. On the reverse…

Wings and fuselage framework of aircraft in workshop. Engine mounted at right side. Two men working behind starboard wing and others, including one standing in doorway, in the background. Four men working at bench on right side. On the reverse…

Six men in line in front of an Avro 549 Aldershot. All are wearing suit and tie. Roy Chadwick is first on the left with hands in pockets. In the background open hangar doors.