On Sunday the 11th November 2018, the Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Trust helped marked one hundred years since the Armistice was signed in November of 1918, bringing an end to the Great War, later to become known as the First World War. Here are a few photographs s taken at the Poppies and Planes event which …
These are some photographs from our 78th Anniversary Battle of Britain Day Exhibition on Saturday 15th September 2018, it certainly was a long and exhausting two days for us as we set up our indoor displays on Friday then worked hard during Saturday’s proceedings and then packed everything away after the event came to a …
Here are a few pictures from our day at the Havering Mind ‘Wings and Wheels’ event at Damyns Hall aerodrome. What a great day we had being involved with this great event. Although the weather was so hot again, it was really pleasing for us to see so many people turn out for our display. …
We pitched our gazebo on Friday evening in readiness for us to set up the artefacts for the display on Saturday morning. We were exhibiting for the second year in a row at The Spitfire Scramble 24-hour endurance race, held in and around the Hornchurch Country Park, formerly the Hornchurch aerodrome. Our fascinating display of …
Here are just a few photographs from our day at the Rotary Village Fete on the green next to the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch. This was another hot and exhausting day, but again well worth doing as it brought lots of local people along to see our display, including the Deputy Mayor of Havering Councillor …
Just outside the picturesque Kent village of Headcorn stands a historic aerodrome. Here are a few of the photographs that we took when some of our society’s members made the journey down to Headcorn for the ‘Battle of Britain’ Air Show over the weekend of the 30th June-1st July. We had the pleasure of witnessing …
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 …
A selection of photographs taken through the day on Saturday 2nd June featuring our Suttons Farm and RAF Hornchurch display, as well as some photos featuring the 10TH Essex Regiment encampment. Our society members had a great day on the former site of the RAF Hornchurch Aerodrome (now the Hornchurch Country Park). We talked to …
PILOT OFFICER PENKETH HORNCHURCH 603 AND 266 SQN CRASHED SPITFIRE Members of the Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Society went to the Pathfinder museum at RAF Wyton near St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, on Sunday 13th May to collect various pieces of Spitfire X4593, which have been kindly donated to our society by the museum. The museum is …
The Hornchurch Aerodrome Historical Society have just taken possession of this piece of propeller reduction gearing casing which came from a Mk I Spitfire, GR-H P9373 of 92 squadron. This squadron were operating from RAF Hornchurch during the Dunkirk evacuation period and this aircraft was shot down during combat while operating as aerial cover for …
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