The Society's Aviation Heritage Collection contains countless artefacts, documents and photographs established from over five decades, which include aircraft crash site investigations and recovery, aircraft preservation and memorial construction to name but a few. A large percentage of the collection relates to the Society's work in Europe and in particular France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Although most work is mainly related to aviation subjects the act of remembrance remains paramount in all our work, from the construction of memorials to the recovery of missing airmen.
Many other subjects relating to 20th century history have also been encountered during our research work and these are also recorded here.
Alloy skinning painted red unit coulours
Crashed 12th August 1944 Believed to have collided with a 392 Bomb Group B-24 that crashed at Cheshunt during assembly for mission to Versailles (Buc). The Fortress crashed at Forty Green, Whitehouse Lane, Lude Farm, Buckinghamshire.
Large piece of bomb shrapnel recovered from the crash site.
B-17G 42-3536 crashed 9th March 1944.
Items recovered in this lot include a piece of flak jacket armour plate, .50 cases, airframe related parts and others.
Artefacts here included handle, release hook, airframe parts, flare base, electronic & hydraulic parts.
Larger artefacts included engine caseing, hydrauli parts, and others.
Smaller airframe fragments.
Artefacts include Wittek clamp, Perspex, variety of airframe parts and others.
Artefacts recovered from B-17G 42-3536 include - parachute hook & buckles, flying helmet buckle, cockpit instrument remains, ball turret ring remains, and other airframe parts.
Collection of Artefacts recovered from the crash site, including Engine Rocker, Airframe parts, small Bakelite pulley wheel.
322nd Bomb Squadron - 91st Bomb Group.
Engine Rocker recovered from the crash site.
322nd Bomb Squadron - 91st Bomb Group.
Various pipes found at the crash site of Mustang 44-13728
Various pipes found at the crash site of Mustang 44-13728
Rudder balance weight from Mustang 44-13728
Remains of fuel tank, Merlin engine and various Bakelite & other fragments.
Alloy aircraft skin, structural parts recovered from the crash site of Mustang 44-13728
Merlin engine case fragments & molten alloy parts.
Frequently Used Sources used in Support and illustration of Society Remembrance site pages
Organisations :
I.W.M. (Imperial War Museum) C.W.G.C. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) P.R.O. (Public Records Office) (National Archives) N.A.A. (National Archives of Australia) The Air Forces Memorial Runnymede Panels (WW2Talk) Chilton Aircraft Preservation Society Archives (David King & Alexander D King) Booker Aircraft Museum Archives, (David King & Alexander D King) Aircrew Remembrance Society Archives
Publications, Authors, Records, Reference works, Press & Press Photography :
Bomber Command Losses (W.R. Chorley All Volumes) Fighter Command Losses (Norman L. R. Franks All Volumes) Air-Britain Serials, Individual Aircraft Files & Publications, Ai-Britain, Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939-1945 (Ray Sturtivant, I.S.O. with Mick Burrow) After The Battle Publications The Blitz Then And Now Volumes 1,2 & 3, The Battle Of Britain Then And Now, The Battle Of France Then and Now, (Editor Winston G. Ramsey, Assistant Editor Gordon Ramsey) Bomber Losses Middle East & Mediterranean (David Gunby & Pelham Temple) Coastal Command Losses (Ross McNeill,) The Nuremberg Raid (Martin Middlebrook), The Source Book (Ken Delve) Mighty Eighth war Diary (Roger A. Freeman) The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Roger A. Freeman) Daily Telegraph (Harry Flower War Correspondent), Kent Messenger, Planet News, Fox Photos,
Aviation Artist & Profile Illustrators:
Robert Taylor, Mark Postlethwaite, Adam Tooby, Robert Tomlin, Simon Atack, Roy Grinnell, Gerald Coulson, Nicolas Trudgian, Keith Aspinall, Iain Wyllie, Ivan Berryman, Darryl Legg
Individual contributors & Historians:
We at the Society strongly encourage proper crediting of all materials used on our pages. This includes clearly acknowledging both the creators and the original sources.
If you discover any of your work featured without appropriate credit, please contact us immediately — we are committed to resolving such issues promptly and respectfully.
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