RAF in Camera - 1950s Wilson Keith
RAF in Camera - 1950s Wilson Keith For aviation, the 1950s was a fascinating decade. The 1950s saw the end of the Second World War veterans - Lancasters, Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Sunderlands. For…
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RAF in Camera - 1950s Wilson Keith
For aviation, the 1950s was a fascinating decade. The 1950s saw the end of the Second World War veterans - Lancasters, Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Sunderlands. For the Royal Air Force, it witnessed the transition from propeller to jet aircraft in the fields of fighter, bomber, trainer and transport aircraft.
This photographic record of the RAF during the period illustrates all the varied and wonderful array of equipment in use and also considers the important events of the decade including Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Kenya and the Suez Crisis.The decade also saw the beginning of the Cold War, which in turn led to significant developments in military aviation. They were replaced by the first generation of jet aircraft including the Vampire, Hunter, Javelin and, at the end of the decade, the English Electric P.1 - later named the Lightning. For the RAF this included the V-bomber force of
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