Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 2257 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Ronald Maddison of Durham, RAF
Covering Dates: 1952-2021
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Ronald Maddison of Durham, RAF (Ref: D/X 2257/1-2)Ref: D/X 2257/1
Photograph of group of RAF Repair and Inspection of Fighter Aircraft Section at RAF Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, c.1952
Includes:
2nd row 5th from left: Airplane Mechanic Dave Brady, service number 3137669, rank S.A.C.
Top row centre of the gap in the hangar doors: Ronald Maddison [of Durham]
Ronald Maddison volunteered to go to Porton Down one weekend, was given deadly nerve agent and died within hours, 1953. There was an enquiry into his and other deaths in 2006.
(1 photograph, 21cm x 15cm, black and white)
Ref: D/X 2257/2Astral, The Magazine of the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association, volume 7, issue 13, Spring 2021
The magazine includes an article by Dave Brady about the photograph
(1 booklet, printed)
