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  • Al Deere, New Zealand.
  • Leutnant Albert Striberny at the controls of his Messerschmitt Bf 109E.
  • Robert Stanford-Tuck.
  • Flt/Lt. 'Bill' Green.

Gallery

Ever since our early days at Langley, the museum has attracted people from all walks of life and from many countries around the world.

Some of the notables to have visited us are shown here, they include Royalty, Film and TV stars whilst, perhaps more importantly, a 'Few' of 'The Few'.

Sir Michael Gabon with museum curator David Brocklehurs, 2020 visit to support the new memorial statue project. Prince Michael of Kent with museum curator David Brocklehurs, visit 2015 W/Cmdr 'Bob' Foster, S/Ldr 'Lucky' Lusty and W/Cmdr 'Bob' Doe at the Museum during the summer of 2000. Air Commodore Al Deere at the museum in 1991. F/Lt Bill Green and actor David Jason, visit 2011. Left to right: W/Cmdr. 'Paddy' Barthropp, W/Cmdr. 'Mac' MacKenzie, Sqdn/Ldr. 'Hawkeye' Lee, F/O Leslie Smith, W/Cmdr. Tom Dalton-Morgan, Air Commodore Clive Baker and Lt. Cmdr. Robert Walsh FAA. W/Cmdr Paul C. P. Farnes and Museum Chairman, Dave Brocklehurst MBE in the Stuart-Buttle Memorial Hangar. S/Ldr Tony G. Pickering who flew with 32 and 501 Squadrons in the Battle of Britain. Neville Croucher, 'Nev' flew some 800 hours in Hurricanes during WW2. W/Cmdr 'Geoffrey' Page at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum in 1990. F/Lt Leslie H. Allen on one of many visits to the Kent Battle of Britain Museum at Hawkinge, served as a Sgt Air Gunner with 141 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. F/O John J. Booth who flew with 600 Sqn during the Battle of Britain and was taken at the Kent Battle of Britain Museum at Hawkinge in 1990. F/Lt Gerald Robinson MBE in front of the recovered remains of three Boulton Paul Defiants of 264 Sqn which were shot down in combat on 28 August 1940. He served in that  squadron as a P/O Air Gunner throughout the Battle of Britain. Left to right: W/Cmdr Paul Farnes, S/Ldr Geoffrey Wellum and F/O Kenneth Wilkinson. W/Cmdr Robert Stanford-Tuck Flt/Lt. 'Bill' Green and F/O 'Ken' Wilkinson. F/Lt. Keith R. Aldridge, formerly of 501 Squ. Keith stands in front of a Battle of Britain Motion Film replica of a Hawker Hurricane in the colours of a 501 Sqn machine. S/Ldr Tony G. Pickering on one of his many visits to the Museum.
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