Aerial Gallery

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215

ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Dartmouth, Devon, photographed in 1928. This officer training college was purpose built on this site in 1905 to a design by Sir Aston Webb. The college originated in 1863 and had previously housed students in hulks moored on the River Dart. Cadets as young as 13 were trained here in naval skills and leadership. Graduates from Dartmouth provided much of the officer corps of the Royal Navy through both World Wars. The present Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales and Duke of York all attended the college. Now known as the Britannia Royal Naval College, this building still provides a training base for naval officers of many foreign and commonwealth countries as well as the Royal Navy. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Milton Keynes 18693_02

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. One of the key features of Milton Keynes' urban layout is the distinctive grid pattern of its main transport routes. With main routes intersecting approximately every one kilometre, the grid pattern allowed planners to move away from congestion associated with traditional radial town plans. Initially roads were given numbers or letters which signified vertical (north-south) or horizontal (east-west) routes. All have since been named. Photographed in February 2000

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We Remember

RAF Battle of Britain flight performing a flypast over the First World War Memorial at Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire. November 11th 2018 marks 100 years since the armistice ending the 1914-18 conflict. The Battle of Britain flight provides an aerial display group usually comprising an Avro Lancaster, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane. The flight displays throughout the UK in remembrance of the fallen annd to commemorate the past of the RAF's Air Combat Power. The flight is based at RAF Coningsby

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