ODIHAM 15TH JULY 1953 RAF CORONATION REVIEW

[jargon]

NEVER HEARD OF THIS REVIEW UNTIL COMING ACROSS A NOTE ON IT IN 'THE MILITARY AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN - SOUTHERN ENGLAND - KENT, HAMPSHIRE, SURREY & SUSSEX' BY KEN DELVE. THE BOOK HAS THE YEAR AS 1954 BUT I SUSPECT IT IS A MISTAKE, MOST NOTES ON LINE HAVE IT AS 1953

300+ ON THE GROUND AND JUST UNDER 650 IN THE AIR, NOT AN EXACT QUANTITY, BUT I GUESS GETTING THAT QUANTITY TOGETHER AGAIN IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.





www.forces.net/news/raf/our-archive-raf-coronation-review-1953 THE VIDEO ON THIS ONE IS WELL WORTH A WATCH



www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/nos10.html

REGARDS

JOHN

[rh226]

Wonderful find, John.

To think that this was just the RAF, as the RN had already had their equivalent.

Sadly, this can never happen again as the total on display/flying that day is more than the current aviation strength of the entire UK armed forces.