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Signing Event at DHAHC Updated Thursday April 15, 2010
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The 18th April is a signing event for Pilots
and Navigators who flew during the war on operations and then became Test
Pilots flying de Havilland aircraft. Members of the ATA who delivered de Havilland aircraft from factories to operational stations. Pilots and Navigators who flew Mosquito's during the war. and Pilots who joined the RAF after the war who became Test Pilots and flew DH aircraft. Signing vouchers will cost £15.00 per item plus entrance fee Those attending will include the following (subject to availability)
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| W/Cmdr Hal Randall DFC
248 Sqn Beaufighter & Mosquito Pilot
Sgt Mike Saxby Nav 35 Sqn Lancaster, 692 Sqn, OCU, 14 Sqn. Mosquitoes
Fl Off Bill Green 305 Sqn
Test flew Mosquito /
Beaufighter.
Ken Lupton 141 Sqn Mosquito Navigator
Flt Lt Trevor Lawman 211 Sqn Burma. Mosquito Pilot
Sub Lt Derrick Edwards RNVR Pilot 835, 853, 728 FRU Sea Hornet. Mosquito, Mk 3, 16, 33, 34, 39.
Capt Fred Burkett 684 (PR) Sqn Pilot
Flt Lt Doug Gregory DFC Mosquito 141 Sqn Pilot |
Flt Lt Des Penrose
joined RAF in 1948 4 years test pilot RAE Farnborough, 1961 Joined DH as a development test pilot DH types flown 4, 51, 53, 60, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 94, 98, 100, 104, 106, 110, 112, 114, 115, 121, 125, 300+ types flown
John 'Tommy' Thompson, RAF, ATA & Test Pilot. Started flying career August 1940 RAF 18 Sqd Blenheims 1941. Hampden's & Blenheim's. Test Pilot 1942. Whitley's Mk 1 to 5, Hurricane's, Hinds, Prefect's, Magister's, Lysander, Anson's, Horsa Glider, Harvards, Spitfire's Mk1, 2, 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16,and 21 also Seafire's Mk 3, 15 & 17. 7th August 1945 Tommy left the RAF. During the 1970's when working for Hawker Siddeley Ron Clear and Tommy Thompson displayed the Mosquito
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Flt Lt George Aird AFC
joined RAF 1947
flew Vampire F1, FB5, FB9,Venom
FB1
Joined DH Test Pilot Hatfield
and Chester Test Pilot 1961/83 numerous types flown DH Sea Vixen, HS125,
Comet 1A, 2, 4,
1985 and 1987 delivered two
Mosquito B35's to the USA also flew RR299 at BAe.
Chief Military Test Pilot
flew the EE Lightning
Fl Off Reg Negus Mosquito 305 Sqn Navigator
Flt Lt Tony Rogers Mosquito 300, 303, 305 Sqn's Pilot
Flt Lt Charles Cambell Mosquito 141 Sqn Navigator
Flt Lt Ray Harington
Pilot 603, 235 Sqn Banff Strike Wing, 603 Beaufighters and his Nav
W/O Bert Winwood 603, 235 Sqn Banff
Strike Wing, 603 Beaufighters
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Flt Lt Ron Frost RAF who became a Test Pilot and flew the Mosquito TT35
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