Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Fleet Air Arm In August 1940 R6886 was

In August 1940 R6886 was stationed at RAF Hornchurch

North American F-100 Super Sabre

The Sea Hawk last saw service in 1960

Most famous were the Flying Tigers

3 Tornado as the squadron disbanded in 2009

Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Fleet Air Arm In August 1940 R6886 wasHandley Page Limited Handley Page was Britain's very first aircraft manufacturing company, formed in 1909 by Frederick Handley Page. In 1912 the factory moved from Barking to Cricklewood Aerodrome. During the First World War Handley Page produced heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the Zeppelin yards. Between the wars Handley Page turned to transport aircraft, becoming Imperial Airways. At the onset of the next war, bomber production restarted