The Square-T tail marking identifies the unit as the 2nd Bombardment Wing, then based at Hunter AFB, Georgia. The unit was deployed to RAF Mildenhall, UK from May to September, 1951, so the aircraft in the photo are undoubtedly enroute to the UK. In 1951 what was to be Thule AB was still under construction and was in Top Secret status. It was officially revealed and named in 1953, and was known as Thule AB until the name was changed in April, 2023. Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life

Air India inaugurated services to Paris in April 1951, the same month VT-CQS was sold to Qantas as VH-EAF. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne Australia

Qantas photo of its new Drover VH-EBR. Qantas operated it in Papua New Guinea until 1954 when it was sold to Fiji Airways as VQ-FAO. By the time it was struck off the Australian register on August 31 it had forced landed on a coral reef (August 28) and been swamped by the rising tide. Salvaged and used for parts.

Newly built Hornet F.3 at the DH Chester factory. It later served No. 33 Squadron at RAF Butterworth, Malaya. From DH 50 years ago.