TSR.2 Memories Project

Collecting recollections of an icon

TSR.2 – Photo Album index

Click on the reference number to see each individual Photo Album in pdf format. The suffix letter indicates the revision number. These are sets of photos, drawings or artworks I have been sent, captioned with information avaialble. Additional material - new items, additions to the sets or additional written information or corrections, always very welcome. Some of the files are greater than 1MB in size.

General Documents

501a TSR.2 cutaway drawing, sent in by Roger Ford, one time English Electric apprentice

502a Reproduction of a "Flight" magazine reprint of 9 April 1964 - "TSR.2, Producing a major weapon syetem for the RAF". Reproduced by kind permission of Flight International, original supplied by Joe Bond.

503a "Harold Wilson tells TSR.2 workers - Your jobs are guarenteed under Labour" - Election leaflet, 1964. Supplied by Kevin Farnworth

504a Submitted by John Rawlings, whose family firm made detailed scale TSR.2 part-models for testing at the RAE. Uploaded 22 October 2007.

505b 'The Sandy Burns collection', a series of 12 photos, the first 6 taken at Boscombe Down in late-Deecmber 1964/early-Janaury 1965, sent in by one of Sandy's daughters, as a tribute to a former Warton colleague, a world-renown aerodynamicist. Uploaded 13 July 2010, with small amendment January 2011. NB, now 2.6MB. Further information, particularly as to the names of the people pictured, would always be very welcome.

506a The 'Air Pictorial' cover of February 1965 with the famous Wren cartoon illustrating the destruction of the TSR.2, the P-1154 and the HS.681. From Graham Dives. Uploaded 27 January 2011.

507a The programme for the 11 June 1966 RAeS Open Day at Warton, at which the photo at File 551 was taken. It recalls the names of the Warton test pilots of the day as well as the aircraft they flew. Also from Graham Dives. Uploaded 31 January 2011.

XR219, the first TSR.2

510a Early days flying

515a In winter's sunshine

520a Dancing on foam

525a Flight ten

530a Arrival at Warton, Flight 14, February 22, 1965, after going supersonic for the one and only time en route from Boscombe Down. Photos contributed by Bob Nash. Uploaded 22 February 2008

XR220, the second aircraft

540a XR220 falls off a lorry - pictures and words from Len Ridgway

After cancellation

550b Warton Open Day, June 1965 (?)- pictures from Gareth Jones

551a A picture of XR219 taken at the RAeS Open Day at Warton on 11 June 1966 from ex-EEA Acton and Warton apprentice Graham Dives. Up-loaded 14 January 2011, see also 507.

570b1 TSR.2 fuselages being cut up at Samlesbury in 1965, contributed by T. Elliott. Up-loaded 7 August 2007.

Components and equipment

580a HF Radio Contrioller, pctures from John Rendell

581a Olympus 22R jet pipe, pictures from John Branch

582b Ferranti Terrain Following Radar, Canberra and Dakota trials aircraft, from Bill Blain. 2MB - updated August 10 2008

583a Designing and testing the main undercarriage, from Robert Cook. Up-loaded 7 August 2007.

People

590b A file of several shots, including a group shot of Warton ESD contributed by Alan Daniels

591a As far as I am aware this has not been seen before, the BAC team with XR220 at Boscombe in February 1965, courtesy Ian Drummond - are you on it? Uploaded 21 September 2009 (1.1MB to give clarity to the faces).