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Dunstall Park, Gorsebrook Road, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/A86/1 Jun 1910 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows the first Chairman of the Midland Aero Club, Colonel J. H. Cooke, with his wife and daughter near an aeroplane. This was originally taken from a lantern slide.

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Royal Air Force Captain and crew of the ‘Libia’ Lancaster, location unknown

D-EXP/P/A86/12 1939 - 1945 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows Leading Aircraftman R. Stowe; Flight Lieutenant Feldon; Squadron Leader J. M. Tones; Flight Lieutenant B. Hamilton; Wing Commander C. M. Dunnicliffe; Squadron Leader R. W. Gross; Flight Lieutenant H. Blow; Flight Lieutenant E. Morgan;

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‘Libia’ Lancaster MK.1 LM224, Shropshire

D-EXP/P/A86/15 11 Aug 1946 Wolverhampton Archives

The plane completed a navigation training flight of 10,000 miles, leaving on the 30 July 1946 and returning 11 August 1946. The photograph shows the plane returning to base.

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Airphibian, Wolverhampton Airport

D-EXP/P/A86/16 15 Jul 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

This amphibious plane, owned and designed by Robert Fulton, was transporting a vital drug to treat Audrey Tames for tubercular meningitis, and upon landing at the airport, it was turned into a car to continue its journey to Stafford Infirmary.

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Sopwith biplane, location unknown

D-EXP/P/A86/17 27 Mar 1958 Wolverhampton Archives

The plane, possibly a Sopwith Camel, has Hong Kong written on the side.

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Tiger Moth, Halfpenny Green, Stourbridge

D-EXP/P/A86/18 25 Aug 1970 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows a television crew filming as a Tiger Moth landed in preparation for an air race.

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Brownhills, Walsall

D-EXP/P/A86/19 7 Sep 1971 Wolverhampton Archives

The article details the memories of Reg Barker, who recalled his father receiving a letter from pioneering aviator Claude Grahame-White in 1910. Roy Coates and Louis Paulhan are mentioned.