photo via Barry Davidson
BA Trident 3 G-AWZB
DE HAVILLAND SEA VENOM NF Mk20, WK379 at Hatfield – thanks to John Freeman for some very accomplished photographic detective work.
DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE T.55 Lebanese Air Force L151
some maps of Hatfield from Steve Balfour
and some more photos of the tower, factory and airfield
Steve Balfour has sent in these pictures of the old Light Beacon at Hatfield.
Victor 1 XA930 carrying out a RATO at Hatfield, believed to be July 1960
Hatfield dated 1930s
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I visited Hatfield Open Day in July 1962 and during the climb up the stairs to the tower I noticed an office with the sign “J Cunningham, Chief Test Pilot” on the door. It rather freaked me out; sadly he wasn’t there.
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I spent the first 11 years of my life living in east St Albans. Only now looking at the Jeppesens chart do I realise how close we were to the airfield.
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