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Place    From 29/3/1920  To 30/9/1959

Croydon airport

Categories: Aviation, Transport

Croydon airport

Croydon was London's first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 - 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first in the world. and have visited the museum. And Londonist, bless them, have posted .

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Croydon airport

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Croydon aircraft

{On an information board attached to the terminal building, behind the plane:...

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Croydon airport opening

There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either...

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Croydon airport terminal building

Croydon's Heritage Croydon airport terminal building, 1928 - 1959, one of the...

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Siv Ulla Engstrom

Siv Ulla Engstrom

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Harrow Green School - Wellington Bomber crash

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Lady Maud Hoare DBE

Lady Maud Hoare DBE

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