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Fleet Air Arm

Categories: Armed Forces

In 1918 the Royal Naval Air Service merged with the Royal Flying Corps to form the RAF. 6 years later the Fleet Air Arm was formed encompassing all the RAF flying operations based on aircraft carriers and fighting ships.

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Fleet Air Arm

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Fleet Air Arm

This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...

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Guy Penrose Gibson

Guy Penrose Gibson

Wing Commander. Born Simla, India. Leader of the Dambusters Raid for which he was awarded the V.C. Died when his plane crashed in the Netherlands returning from a bombing raid in Germany. Played by...

Person, Armed Forces, Aviation, India

1 memorial
G. E. Hollingdale

G. E. Hollingdale

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Royal Brass Foundry

Royal Brass Foundry

The Woolwich riverfront had been used as a dockyard and arms store for decades so having the foundry here made sense. It's construction was in response to a fatal explosion at Bagley's Foundry, jus...

Building, Armed Forces, Engineering

2 memorials
10th Battalion (Hackney)

10th Battalion (Hackney)

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Harry Cole

Harry Cole

Born 48A Lower Road, Rotherhithe. Married and joined the Met Police in 1952. Served as a police constable at Carter Street Station for 29 years, until he retired in 1983. He was a well-known and po...

Person, Armed Forces, Literature

1 memorial