Rare EJA2dx Anniv De Havilland DH 100 flown Signed Sir A Marshall Plus 4 Test Pilots
20 Sep 98 - Hatfield - 55th Anniv.of De Havilland flown from Hurn airport in de Havilland
Vampire.Reflown from Cambridge Airport home of Marshall Aerospace in Cessna
172S G - HERC owned by Cambridge Aero Club on a special sortie to commemorate
the 100th Birthday of Sir Arthur Marshall. Pilot Iain Young. 55th
Anniversary De Havilland DH 100 First
Flight 20 September 1943
Personally Signed by
Sir Arthur Gregory George Marshall (4 December
1903 - 16 March 2007) was a British aviation pioneer and businessman, Marshall
Aerospace. Marshall's company built under subcontract the famous droop nose for Concorde
He learned to fly in 1928, and shortly thereafter created an airstrip
near his family's Cambridge home, which by 1929 had turned into a full-fledged
airfield. Six years later, Marshall and his father, David, bought the land
where the present Cambridge Airport now
stands and started Marshall Aerospace.
During World War II, Marshall's played a key role in training over 20,000
pilots and flying instructors.
Under Sir Arthur's guidance, the firm became the UK's largest aircraft
repairer, fixing or converting 5,000 planes during the war. Over the years,
such major airplane manufacturers as De
Havilland, Bristol, Vickers and English Electric have entrusted Marshall's with
the servicing of their aircraft.
Marshall's company built under subcontract the famous droop nose for Concorde
Leslie Victor Worsdell OBE DFC with
39 Sqn in Malta involved in attacking
Italian shipping for which he was
awarded the DFC. Marshall of Cambridge Chief Test Pilot 1945 - 1977.
Herbert Edward Tappin DFC &
Bar. Wg Cdr H E Tappin DFC took part in
the Dieppe raid and the Channel dash Flying Instructor Commissioned late 1940 posted to 52 O.T.U. Deben DFC* 3 Sqn 157 Sqn 256 Sqdns Marshall of Cambridge
Test Pilot 1945 - 1961.
Douglas Page Flew Stirling
from RAF Tuddenham Suffolk with 90 Sqn ,then Lancasters at RAF Feltwell flew 30
Mission. Marshall of Cambridge Test
Pilot 1952 - 1982.
Iain Young Chief Test Pilot Marshall Aerospace 1997 -
Present. flew with 28 Sqn at Kai Tak Hong Kong.
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0136 of 250. Rare Additionally Signed by Sir Arthur Gregory George Marshall
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