Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.
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Frederick Handley Page
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Frederick Handley Page
Sir Frederick Handley Page, 1885 - 1962, aircraft designer and manufacturer l...
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Sir Thomas Sopwith
Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Designed the Sopwith Camel. Aged 10 accidentally killed his father in a shooting accident. Expert ice skater and a legend in the yachting America's Cup. Born 92 C...
1 memorial
Hilda Hewlett
Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Born Hilda Beatrice Herbert in Vauxhall. The first British woman to earn a pilot's licence, in 1911. Together with her business partner, Gustav Blondeau, she foun...
1 memorial
R100 Airship
In full: His Majesty's Airship R100. It was a privately designed British airship built as part of a two-ship competition to develop a commercial airship service for use on British Empire routes as...
1 memorial
WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...
1 memorial
Dambusters Raid
An attack by Royal Air Force 617 Squadron on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. The operation was led by Guy Gibson. Subject of the 1955 film The Dambusters for which Eric ...
2 memorials
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Drill Hall - head 2 - Scots soldier
W1, Chenies Street, Drill Hall
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
1 memorial
Handley Page V/1500 bomber crash
NW11, Garrick Avenue, 21
The quotation is from the Song of Solomon, either chapter 2:17 or 4:6.
8 subjects commemorated
Adam James Meere
Died while fighting a fire with Bill Faust, see there for details. Born in north-west Surrey. Aged 27, Meere had only completed his basic training a few months before.
3 memorials
Henry III granting charter to Westminster Abbey
SW1, Little George Street, Supreme Court
This section is to the left of the entrance arch. The description of "Henry III granting charter to Westminster Abbey" is ubiquitous on ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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