In this section, there are a number of short articles and other links relating to the 1916 - 1939 era. Please click on the photographs below to access the articles.
Click on the picture on the left to read an article that first appeared at www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk concerning the crash of Hawker Hart K2455 on 8 August 1938 which, at the time, was carrying none other than Air Cdre Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet RAF DSO OBE.
The Flying Shuftis
Squadron Leader W H H Smith RAF (Ret’d) recalls his experiences with the Armstrong Whitworth Atlas in the Thirties, during his service with 208 Squadron - whose badge earned it the nickname ‘The Flying Shuftis’. Click on the picture on the right to read the article, which first appeared in the March 1990 edition of ‘Aeroplane Monthly’.
Centenary Formation Video
Click on the picture on the left to view the YouTube video of the historic mid-air formation between a 208 Squadron Hawk (XX350) and the Shuttleworth Collection’s Bristol Fighter flown by Paul Shakespeare (opens in a new window).
