A business closely associated with Croydon Airport.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Westmead Business Group
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Croydon aircraft
{On an information board attached to the terminal building, behind the plane:...
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Short Brothers
Pioneering aeronautical engineers. Oswald and Eustace formed a partnership in 1897, initially working on balloons. They supplied Charles Rolls, amongst others. In 1908 Horace joined, the company wa...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Alan Cobham
Aviator. Born Alan John Cobham in Camberwell. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, and went on to become the first test pilot for the de Havilland Aeroplane Hire Service. In 1932 he sta...
1 memorial
Royal Air Forces Association
A UK based charitable organisation which provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Royal Air Forces and their dependents. There are currently (2013) 504 branches across the UK...
1 memorial
Robert Hollond
Balloonist and politician. Born London to a wealthy Bengal civil servant. Financed the 1836 balloon voyage from Vauxhall Gardens to Weilburg in Germany, on which he was a passenger. This set a reco...
1 memorial
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