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

Two women one sitting on the left in dark dress and the other standing on the right with light dress. Both wear hats. In the background foliage. Captioned 'Roy Chadwick's mother Agnes + sister Ellen'. On the reverse 'Agnes Chadwick (seated) Roy's…

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'.

Head on view of a single engine biplane (Registration G-EBJD) with floats at water's edge. A man is standing on the starboard float. On the reverse 'Avro "Lynx" seaplane. This photograph may well have been taken at based camp, Reindeer Peninsula,…

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…

Three men standing in line by the nose of a single engine biplane registration G-EBOV. On the right a hangar and in the background right a man with trees behind. Captioned 'Roy Chadwick not long after "The Accident" with Bert Hinkler and R J Parrott…

Front quarter view of a single engine, single seat monoplane parked on grass. Badge just below cockpit has Avro logo and Avian Monoplane. In the background trees. On the reverse 'Possibly an Avian body for mounting of Cierva rotors, Avian crossed out…

Rear quarter view of a large single engine biplane with enclosed cabin and external cockpit taxiing over grass. Three men holding port lower wing. In the background trees. On the reverse 'Avro Andover at Hamble, ambulance plane, c1923/5'.

A group consisting men, women and children standing in a group on deck of a ship. The young girl on the left is holding a Japanese flag. Two Japanese Naval officers are standing just right of centre in middle of group. Roy Chadwick is centre at the…

Three twin engine biplane aircraft in line on grass airfield with several men round each. In the background trees, On the reverse 'Avro Pikes at Hamble April 1917, designed by Roy Chadwick in 1915 at 22 years of age!'.

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'.

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

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'.

Front quarter view of a large single engine biplane with enclosed cabin standing outside a hangar with AVRO & Co Ltd above the door in large letters. On the reverse 'Avro Aldershot, the largest single engine bomber in the world, 1922'.

Autogiro airborne in left bank. Rotors mounted on an Avro 504 fuselage. below in the background, trees. On the reverse 'Senior Juan de la Cierva's rotors mounted on an Avro 504 K body, 1926/7, vital 1st autogyro in world [sic](forerunner of…

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…

Side view of a large single engine biplane with enclosed cabin and red cross on the side parked on grass. Registration J-7261. On the reverse '561 Andover, wooden […], first shown RAF display 28 June 29. Vital, sold to governments abroad, ambulance…

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

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…

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 large single engine biplane with enclosed cabin just above the ground. In the background trees. On the reverse '? The Avro Andover [sic] early 1920s'.

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…

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. On the reverse 'Avro "Lynx"…

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…

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…