The story of Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer of A.V. Roe & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1947, The aircraft he designed, and the lasting contribution he made to Britain's aviation industry. Covers chapter 1 - 15. Starts with early years and then a has a chapter…
A side view of a man on a horse. Information supplied with the collection identifies him as Uncle Fuller Cornwall, Isleham 1923 – Uncle to Ruby Saunders.
Album page, two photographs, first is a portrait of Joy as a baby on her mothers lap, sitting beside her father, captioned '1923 Susan Bill & Joy'. Second is of portrait of two men three woman and a child, captioned 'the Wenham Family 1902'.
Eric Horsham was born in East London in 1923. Leaving school at 14 he was a messenger at the Royal Ordnance Factory before working for the railways. In 1937 he joined the Air Training Corps and learned about aircraft maintenance. On his first attempt…