written off after short and hard landing in poor weather EMA 20feb69

Derived from the Hurricane, the Henley was intended as a light bomber but only ordered as a target tug, fitted with a winch on the left side of the rear cockpit. 200 Henley Mk.IIIs were built by Gloster between November 1938 and September 1940, but were found to be prone to Merlin engine failures. Apparently the cooling system was not up to target towing at high engine speed but relatively low airspeed. L3261 crashed on approach to RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire, on 18 July 1939.

Became G-BCSB with the RAF Gliding & Soaring Association in 1974 and was wrecked at Cosford (EGWC) on 4 March 2000 when the pilot suffered a heart attack during the take-off tow.

Small powerful racer designed by Frank Barnwell and built to promote Bristol's Jupiter engine. The sole example is seen here fitted with its initial 510-hp Jupiter VI with cylinder head helmet fairings. It dropped out of the 1926 King's Cup race with fuel feed problems. Rebuilt for the next edition of that event as the Bristol 99A, it crashed on 26 July 1927 when its new turbocharged Jupiter VI failed just after take-off from Filton. The pilot, Capt Frank Barnard, lost his life.

Linton Gin demo-team aircraft.

Built in 1955 as a Heron 1B. In use with DeHavilland until February 1960. To Leeward Islands Air Transport in February 1960 as VP-LIB. To Jamaica Air Service/Brisith West Indian Airways in August 1965 as 6Y-JED. to Prinair in November 1967 as N553PR. To Caribbean Aircraft Development Corporation in February 1979. Seems to be converted(?) to a Heron 2 in March 1980, again with Prinair. To American Casa in december 1984. To the IRS in August 1985. To Dorado Wings in September 1985. Seized by a US disctrict Court in 1987. To a private owner, later withdrawn from use and stored at San Juan, PR.

East Midlands University Air Squadron

First flown on 30 April 1951, then untitled. Appeared at 1951 Paris Air Show. Used for deck landing trials and sent to the Netherlands for flood rescue relief in 1953. To Williamson diamond mine in Tanganyika in 1958 but returned. Used for trials until 1969, titled 'Westland Sycamore' by 1963. Other registrations VR-TBS, G-48-1. Preserved in Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society

delivered 8 August 1962 and scrapped 15 February 1971 at No.27 MU RAF Shawbury.

First flown in December 1944, the Brigand attack aircraft suffered from various technical issues although it was used in combat operations over Malaya and Aden. The T.Mk.5 was a radar operator trainer, used, as seen here, by No 238 OCU. Photo from: Royal Air Force

The Sycamore prototype seen with the first Meteor T.7, G-AKPK. This must have been in 1948. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

An early Stirling Mk.V, presumably pictured on 27 June 1944. An unarmed transport variant of the outdated Stirling bomber, the Mk.V had an upward-hinging glass nose and a cargo door on the starboard side of the fuselage. 162 examples were built, most of them after the end of the war in Europe.

Haltons were a dozen Halifax C.8 transport aircraft, converted to interim airliners for BOAC. The first was G-AHDU, ex PP310, christened Falkirk at Radlett on 18 July 1946. Later they were operated on the Berlin Airlift by Bond Air Services, transporting mostly fuel oil in their ventral cargo panniers. G-AHDU scrapped at Southend during 1950. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Awaiting delivery to the Guyana Defence Force (G.D.F.)

The Portsmouth Aerocar was a twin-boom utility aircraft seating five or six people and first flown from Portsmouth on 18 June 1947. Although considered promising, it was overweight and financing could only be found in India which caused problems as India gained independence that summer. Only this prototype, powered by Cirrus Major engines, was completed.

The Wyvern saw limited operational service with the Royal Navy, the Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop engine proving troublesome.

Another photo of the prototype of the large Ensign airliner, a type that the Brits seem to have had high hopes for just before World War II. It was not a long-range aircraft. Photo from: Armstrong Whitworth

The Warwick C3's were used by the RAF as transport aircraft. 100 C3 frames were built. In 1946, this particular aircraft was fitted with Sabre VI engines and serving as an engine test-bed. Photo from Vickers