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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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Elke Etha Kuhne

Elke Etha Kuhne

Elke Etha Kuhne was born on 17 March 1945 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, the daughter of Dr Lothar Kuhne and Ruther Kuhne. Both our Picture Source and the Clipper Crew website gives more infor...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Germany, Scotland

1 memorial
Czechoslovak Air Force Association

Czechoslovak Air Force Association

When Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Nazis, more than two thousand Czech airmen joined the Royal Air Force to fight the Germans, and many took part in the Battle of Britain.

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Community / Clubs, Czechoslovakia

1 memorial
WW2 aircraft crash

WW2 aircraft crash

The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night.   Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire.  It was one o...

Event, Aviation

1 memorial
Jerry Don Avritt

Jerry Don Avritt

Jerry Don Avritt was born on 30 July 1942 in Marion County, Kentucky, USA. He was one of the three children of Thomas Lee Avritt (1914-1987) and Eva Marie Avritt née Goode (1917-1994). His siblings...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Morton Air Services

Morton Air Services

A very early independent British airline. Eventually absorbed into British United Island Airways.

Group, Aviation

1 memorial