EPW015852 ENGLAND (1926). DH9A J7028 "Stag" undergoing flight trials at Stag Lane, Little Stanmore, 1926

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Details

Title [EPW015852] DH9A J7028 "Stag" undergoing flight trials at Stag Lane, Little Stanmore, 1926
Reference EPW015852
Date 16-June-1926
Link
Place name LITTLE STANMORE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 519685, 190284
Longitude / Latitude -0.27180739297857, 51.598195182216
National Grid Reference TQ197903

Pins

Tower (has now been removed) on top of Natwest bank and can be seen on Photo EPW017583

USTigger
Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 07:47:31 AM
Houses in Stag Lane

Class31
Tuesday 21st of August 2012 10:11:42 PM
Stag Lane houses as seen in photograph EPW017583

Class31
Tuesday 21st of August 2012 09:47:58 PM

User Comment Contributions

Hullo!



Thanks for taking a look at these ground shots of the Stag being flown about. They caused us some difficulty at the time we originally came to catalogue them, but your close examination has identified the detail on the Bank building which is the clincher for me. We'll update the catalogue entries and the details will appear here in due course, located to the fields in the top corner of the Stag Lane aerodrome, near to the lane.



The couple of shots of the aircraft in the air with no terrestrial reference cause a little difficulty - normally we wouldn't give them spatial data. It is important, however, to retain the association of this group of images so in this instance I will give them a grid reference.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloging Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Thursday 7th of March 2013 12:56:27 PM
Hi Glen37037,



That's part of our problem with this little group of photos of the Stag. We know it was tested at Martlesham and following this it spent time based at Stag Lane, but we don't know when after testing it was flown to De Havilland's north London base. Could have been straight away, or maybe not. The fact that Aerofilms were photographing it suggests Stag Lane, given their nearby offices; and the test pilot was one of Aerofilms' pilots. But we need more information to confirm the location!



Katy Whitaker

Britain from Above Cataloguer

Katy Whitaker
Tuesday 21st of August 2012 10:01:35 PM
Hi Katy

I think that I have resolved the location as Stag Lane from the houses in the background. I shall look at individual trees to confirm the photos without buildings in the background!

Class31
Tuesday 21st of August 2012 10:01:35 PM
View looking east.

Class31
Tuesday 21st of August 2012 09:58:19 PM
The 'Stag' was actually a DH9AJ, the J suffix referring to the Bristol Jupiter radial engine it was powered by. This aircraft first flew on 15th June 1926 so the photograph's date of 16th June 1926 might give a clue to where the aircraft was flying the next day.

Glen37037
Friday 29th of June 2012 02:00:54 PM