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  • Early 1940s - Roy Chaplin and Sydney Camm at Claremont House, Esher. Source: Jon Chaplin
  • 13th November 1942 Notice to Hawker managment and workers on the success of the Hawker Hurricane in World War Two. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • 1943 - Langley
  • 1943 - Langley
  • Circa 1943 - Experimental fitters. Source: Richard Stark
  • Cerca 1943 or 1944 Party at Ter-Fyn, Kingston Hill, the home of Ethel and Neville Spriggs. Source: Ann Bott
  • December 1943 Neville Spriggs and family at Buckingham Palace to receive an O.B.E. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • December 1943 Party to celebrate Neville Spriggs's O.B.E. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • December 1943 Party to celebrate Neville Spriggs's O.B.E. Note that there is food and drink but in 1943 no cigars. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • December 1943 Party to celebrate Neville Spriggs's O.B.E. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • 1944 - Hawker Aircraft Design Department outside Claremont House, Esher
  • 1944 - Hawker staff associated with the Hurricane. Photograph taken at Langley on the roll-out of 'The Last of the Many'. Source: Hiles Family Archive
  • 1944 - Hawker staff associated with the Hurricane. Photograph taken at Langley on the roll-out of 'The Last of the Many'. Source: Hiles Family Archive
  • 1944 - Hawker staff associated with the Hurricane. Photograph taken at Langley on the roll-out of 'The Last of the Many'.
  • April 1944 - Meeting between Hawker Aircraft and Rolls-Royce at Coombe Martin, Kingston Hill. Rolls-Royce were pushing to Camm and his team the jet engine as the power unit of the future. Sydney Camm was the photographer.
  • 1944 - Hawker Inspectors taken in the Central View Room at Canbury Park Road. Source: George Cottrell
  • 1944 - Workers at Canbury Park Road
  • 1944 - Tool Room staff at Canbury Park Road
  • 1944 - Langley staff with 'The Last of the Many'. Source: Colin Bedford
  • 1944 - Langley Staff with 'The Last of the Many'. Source: Hiles Family Archive
  • 1944 - Langley staff with 'The Last of the Many'.
  • 1944 - Langley staff with 'The Last of the Many'. Source: Keith Neale
  • 1945 - The Royal Aeronautical Society's Advisory Committee. Formed in 1941 this committee provided advice and guidance on aviation policy to the Minister of Aircraft Production.
  • 1945 - Jim Berryman in the Design Office at Canbury Park Road. Source: Jim Berryman
  • Season 1944-45 - Hawker F.C.
  • 1945 - Design Office football team at Claremont House. Source: Jim Berryman
  • Wednesday 16th January 1946 - Event at Langley
  • Cerca 1946 Hawker social gathering possibly at the Griffin Hotel, Kingston. Source: Jon Chaplin
  • Circa 1946. Peter Jefferson and Gordon Jefferson in the Experimental Drawing Office at Canbury Park Road. Source: Gordon Jefferson
  • Winter 1946/47 - Sydney Camm and Bill Humble on the deck of HMS Victorious off the coast of Greenock, Scotland, during the deck trials of the Sea Fury.
  • Circa 1947 - Langley workers on a pub crawl. Source:George Cottrell
  • 1948 - Sir Frank Spriggs and Sydney Camm at the SBAC show, Farnborough
  • 1948 Visit of Queen Elizabeth to Hawker Aircraft at Langley. Source: Jennifer Clarke
  • Circa 1948/49 - Production Drawing Office, Canbury Park Road.
  • 1949 - The Hawker Siddeley Board
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