On Saturday the 21st September 2019, three members of the Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Trust attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial bench in West Horndon Park, followed by a church service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at St Francis Church in West Horndon, this was to remember the 76th Anniversary of this tragic accident that …
The 15th September 2019, today marks the 79th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and some of our members attended the outdoor service in the Military section of the Hornchurch Cemetery, in attendance were several Air Training Corps Cadet squadrons from 1838(Elm Park), 452 (Hornchurch), 6F (Romford), 2048 (Dagenham) & 4F (Ilford) and 282 (East …
Some of our Trustees made a visit to see our friends at Tangmere military aviation museum. Here are a few photos taken on our fantastic day out at the museum. We must say that we were totally blown away with the wonderful hospitality shown to us all day by David Coxon and by everyone else …
On Sunday 24th June 2018, today three committee members of the Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Society had been given permission from the developers to have a look round the former Suttons Institute, which was also used as home to RAF Hornchurch personnel during the second world war, this site in 1948 was renamed and became St …
What a brilliant day out for some of the lucky members of the committee from the Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Society. First stop the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, we went along there to support one of our own (Martin) who flew in Spitfire Mk IXc – 9GQ MJ627 and if that wasn’t enough excitement during the …
These never before published pictures show members of the 3rd Coy 10th Bn (T.A.) the Parachute Regiment, these photos were taken at RAF Hornchurch Aerodrome sometime during the mid-1950’s. The men would jump from a static balloon tethered at 800 feet, the cage held five men plus one sergeant. Facebook
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