© Fred Pedley

Footage of the Avro Tudor I and II prototypes at Boscombe Down, and in production at Woodford filmed by Fred Pedley on 16mm cine film in 1946 and later narrated by John ScottWilson of British Aerospace. This film features many of the key players involved in the development of the Tudor and Avros other aircraft, including test pilot Sidney Albert (Bill) Thorn and Avro's chief designer Roy Chadwick CBE, Roy and Bill would sadly die during a test flight of the Avro Tudor II one year later.

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