Squadron was formed in the First World War, as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, on 1st September 1917. It flew Pups, Spads and SE5s during the war, becoming an RAF squadron on the formation of the RAF on 1st April 1918, before being disbanded on 7th August 1919. On the outbreak of hostilities of World War Two, 92 Sqn reformed on 10th October 1939, flying Blenheims before converting to Spitfires. It transferred to North Africa, and for some time flew as part of 244 Wing RAF. After the war, the squadron was disbanded on 30th December 1946. On 31st January 1947, the former 91 Squadron was redesignated 92 Squadron, flying the Meteor before re-equipping with the Sabre and then the Hunter. While flying the Hunter in 1960, the squadron was designated as the RAF's aerobatic squadron, with the name Blue Diamonds, a name the squadron carried on after tranferring to the Lightning. The squadron then re-equipped with Phantoms, before being disbanded on 1st July 1991. It was reformed from a rserve squadron on 23rd September 1992, and became No.92 (Reserve) Squadron, flying the Hawk aircraft before being disbanded once more on 1st October 1994.

Duke became one of the vice presidents of the Eagle Club, formed by the Eagle magazine, in 1950, and many schoolboys from that era came to know of Duke through this association. It is speculated that " Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" may have been inspired by Duke's achievements. [6] Two things were certain: the crash had nothing to do with supersonic flight but related entirely to that one manoeuvre, and the disaster was in no way John Derry's fault.

While other recollections of the day are few, I can still see one of the engines from John Derry's aircraft careering towards and over the top of us (it came down in the crowd on the embankment some way behind). Not sure yet who Sandy is (update from Tony Jeffries Sandy is Ken Royce Sands) , Butch is Robert J. D. Jeffries and Stinker is thought to beFlying Officer F.T.D.or Percy Drinkwater Strong, (42277) an original member of 112 Sqdn that sailed with the Sqdn on the Argus to the Middle East,this picture would have to have been taken sometime after 31 September 1941 as both Ken Sands and Robert (Bob / Butch) Jeffries arrived in the Squadron on that date.

Käsmann, Ferdinand C.W. Die schnellsten Jets der Welt (The Fastest Jets in the World) (in German). Berlin: Aviatic-Verlag GmbH, 1999. ISBN 3-925505-26-1. On September 6 1952 at the Farnborough Air Show he was to fly the supersonic Hawker Hunter jet fighter. He was scheduled to take off at the end of a display by the new de Havilland DH 110. As John Derry and his observer Alan Richards flew over the airfield at high speed, the DH 110 disintegrated, killing 28 spectators and the aircraft's crew. Sarah and Helen, daughters of Terry and Mary Binns who lived at Number 15 for nearly 50 years, presented flowers to Gwendoline Duke during the ceremony. Tangmere Aviation Museum provided support for Anthony in organising the plaque and you can visit the museum to see the Hunter Hawker in which Neville Duke broke the air speed record. He soon discovered that the Tomahawk was far inferior to the Spitfire: in four sorties 14 of them were lost against the superior German fighters.In the space of six days, Duke was shot down twice and forced to crash land in the desert before being rescued.His score started to mount, however, and by the end of the year he had destroyed at least four aircraft and damaged others.The squadron re-equipped with the superior Kittyhawk and with eight confirmed victories Duke was awarded a DFC. Thousands of spectators watched as a De Havilland 110 aircraft broke the sound barrier and then disintegrated in the sky above them and fell to earth.Created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1876 for William Neville, 5th Earl of Abergavenny. Extant. Young, Charles Robert (1996). The Making of the Neville Family in England, 1166-1400. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85115-668-2. The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Neville Duke Way, Tangmere, Chichester, PO20 2AT is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2021. GA X, FR259. Kittyhawk Mk III, short tail. Flight Sgt Randolph Charles Carlyle Smith J16175 RCAF , 8/11/1942, a. George Neville, 1st Duke of Bedford, 1461–1483 III. George Neville, Archbishop of York, 1432–1476 IV. Thomas Neville, 1443–1460 D. Robert Neville, d. 1457, Bishop of Durham E. William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, 1410–1463

A. Edmund Neville H. Thomas Neville, c. 1410 I. Cuthbert Neville, c. 1411 J. Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny, 1414–1476I was actually surprised to read in your account that the air show continued because I think it upset us so much that we left and made our way home to Somerset. The coach returning to Coventry with the Armstrong Siddeley apprentices had nine empty seats and the sister of a close friend was among those killed. Sqn Ldr Duke was taken ill when he landed at Popham airfield near Winchester, on Saturday afternoon and collapsed a short time later.