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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 1231.PDF
JUNE 2OTH, 1946 FLIGHT 635 OPERATION FLY-PAST More Photographs of R.A.F/s Share in the Victory Celebrations : Exhibition in Qreen Park Meteors pass over beflagged London in what can only be called Sperry horizon weather. Clouds were down below 1,000ft. and visibility very restricted. The ground contingents of the R.A.F. and R.A.F. Regiment marching past the King and Queen on the saluting dais in the Mall. sshals of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder (Chief of <r Staff) and Sir Sholto Douglas (C.-in-C. British Forces in Germany), in line abreast in their armoured cars. A line of aircraft in ^evexhfbffei6n staged by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in Green Park. It was open td the public from June 8th to 16th, and a very repre- sentative selection of aircraft was on show. While all types came in for enthusiastic comment—especially by the youthful male element—particular interest was shown in the jet-propelled fighters of which there were a Gloster Meteor and a de Havilland Sea Vampire. An air photograph tiken from one of the flypast aircraft of marching columns and en- thusiastic crowds round the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace. Although rain was teeming down at the time, very few cesple in the crowds left to seek shelter.
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