HMS Fledgling, Mill Meece
WRENS, male and female officers and an Old English Sheepdog mascot of A16 group pictured in front of a Fairey Fulmar Mark 1 at HMS Fledgling, a Women's Royal Naval Service Training Station at Mill Meece.
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Mark 1 Spitfire outside Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This Mark 1 Spitfire from R.A.F. Bicester was on display outside the Brampton Museum (then the Borough Museum and Art Gallery) in Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air ...
Mark XVI Spitfire at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Photograph of the Spitfire, which has been on permanent display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery since 1986.
Designed by local engineer Reginald Mitchell in the 1930s, the Spitfire was instrumental ...
Men of the Chindits pictured beside a transport plane in Burma
The 1st Battalion, South Staffords were part of the famous Chindit Force that operated behind Japanese lines in the dense jungle in Burma during World War Two.
(Photograph courtesy of the Imperial ...
Open Day at RAF Stafford
A Puma helicopter carrying an Air Portable Fuel Container (suspended from the helicopter) provides an aerial demonstration for the crowds of people during the 1987 Open Day which also featured the RAF ...
Open Day at RAF Stafford
The RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows fly in formation over RAF Stafford during the Open Day. A crowd of 30,000 attended the event which included a display in the arena from RAF St Athan gymnasts. ...
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester visits RAF Stafford
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester is pictured meeting senior service personnel on her arrival for a visit to RAF Stafford. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. If you recognise ...
Prospective recruits visit RAF Stafford
Prospective candidates considering making a career in the RAF are shown around the RAF Stafford site. In the background there is a Gloster Javelin aircraft with a Firestreak air to air missile and on ...
RAF Hixon and Wellington Bombers
This postcard reproduction of a painting shows several Vickers Wellington Mk III bomber aircraft with some being re-fuelled at No. 30, O.T.U. (No. 30, Operational Training Unit), RAF Hixon. They are ...
RAF Stafford TSW Personnel return from the Gulf War
Pictured are the first of the TSW (Tactical Supply Wing) personnel returning from the Gulf War. in this view they are arriving at RAF Stafford by Chinook helicopter from RAF Brize Norton. The main party ...
Spitfire Type 300. F 37/34. Circa 1936
Reginald Mitchell completed the prototype Spitfire just a year before his death. This aeroplane was capable of 342 m.p.h. and was officially the fastest military aircraft of the time.
This aircraft would ...
St. Chad's Church at Beacon Barracks, formerly RAF Stafford
The stained glass windows pictured inside St. Chad’s Church at RAF Stafford were designed by Mrs Valerie Green at her Stained Glass Studio in Scarborough and donations for the appeal for the windows was ...
Stafford Pageant and RAF Stafford
The RAF Stafford Pageant Float with a Gazelle HT3 helicopter is pictured in the Market Square, Stafford, celebrating the 50th anniversary for the RAF at Stafford. The building in the background is the ...
Supermarine Spitfire
This Mark XVI Supermarine Spitfire is housed in a specially-refurbished gallery at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, where it is undergoing restoration by Supermarine Ltd.
The WRAF return to RAF Stafford
The WRAF return to RAF Stafford after an absence of ten years. They are pictured being greeted by the Station Commander, Group Captain E D Hills who later retired as an Air-Vice Marshall.
RAF Stafford ...
Trainees with biplane, RAF Hednesford
RAF Hednesford trained recruits in engine and airframe fitting. In addiction to RAF personnel, members of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and WAAF (Womens' Auxiliary Air Force) were trained. Biplanes were ...
TSO Course at RAF Stafford
Among those attending the TSO (Tactical Supply Operators) Course 03/01, which took place on 23 September to 26 October 2001, are: Flt Lt Kingsman, Sgt Campell, SAC(W) Burnton, SAC Doull, SAC Duke, SAC ...
Women’s Royal Naval Service training station, Mill Meece
Photograph showing the WRENS working on a Hawker Hurricane at HMS Fledgling.
HMS Fledgling.
In April 1943 the Admiralty decided to release more men for wartime service, by training WRENS as aircraft ...