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'.
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…
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…