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Brymon Airways

Categories: Aviation

Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon. Based in Plymouth, it was the first British airline to use the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 short take-off and landing airplane. Eventually it was merged with British Regional Airlines.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Brymon Airways

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Heron Quays Station

This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of...

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Chisenhale Works

Chisenhale Works

Built by Morris Cohen to produce veneer for the construction of Spitfire cockpits, as well as propellers and plywood for Mosquito aircraft. The plaque on the building says it existed from the 1930s...

Group, Aviation, Engineering

1 memorial
RAF Middle East Air Force Command lost in the Suez Canal Zone

RAF Middle East Air Force Command lost in the Suez Canal Zone

Men and women of Middle East Air Force Command who lost their lives in the Suez Canal Zone, 1945 -1956, and especially for those who have no known grave.

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Egypt

1 memorial
Comte Robert de Lesseps, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de guerre

Comte Robert de Lesseps, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de guerre

A Frenchman, born in Paris. One of the 13 surviving children of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 - 94), who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal. Robert was an early aviator but it was ...

Person, Aviation, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Naval Air Service

We can't find a date for when this was first formed; it seems to have come into existence gradually.  The use of aircraft for military and naval purposes was first discussed officially in 1908.  Tw...

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials
Hampden Bomber P4399 Crash

Hampden Bomber P4399 Crash

At around 4 am, the plane is thought to have got caught in an electrical storm when it was returning from a bombing raid on Cologne. Three of the crew and three civilians were killed after the plan...

Event, Aviation, Tragedy

1 memorial