JH= High Wycombe at War Exhibition held at The Booker Aircraft Museum 18th 19th August 1990

The Exhibition included detailed sections relating to the furniture industries involvement in the production of Mosquito aircraft, the Molins Company development of the automatic firing 6lb cannon fitted to some Mosquito Aircraft, Davenport Vernon & Co Ltd. Service and repair to Vickers Wellington Aircraft, the Booker Airfield war time R.A.F. activity training Glider Pilots, along with major section on High Wycombe home front activities as well as the numerous aircraft recoveries from local crash sites undertaken in the area.

Gallery (1) In this Bucks Free Press news article Alexander King age 4 can be seen holding a scratch built wooden model of the Mosquito in front of a photographic display of Mosquito production in the town. He is wearing a WW2 period rescue workers helmet and like all children of the time carries his red Micky Mouse gas mask.

Gallery (2) Children practice the use of their Micky Mouse gas mask during World War 2. (I.W.M)

Gallery (3) Copy of a certificate showing workers involved in the repair of Wellington Aircraft at Davenport Vernon's works in High Wycombe. c 1940’s (A.R.S.)

Gallery (4) A QF 6-pounder 7-cwt anti-tank gun on its carriage with the Molins automatic 6Lb shell self-firing mechanism, seen here in front of a De Havilland Mosquito Mark XVIII ('Tsetse') of No. 248 Squadron RAF with armament fitted (I.W.M.)

Gallery (5) One of the many 21 E.F.T.S Glider Pilot course photos held in the Aircrew Remembrance Society/Booker Aircraft Museum Archives. (A.R.S)

Remembrance Day Is Everyday

JH= High Wycombe at War Exhibition held at The Booker Aircraft Museum 18th 19th August 1990