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1948 ROYAL / DEFENCE: Duchess of Gloucester visits the WAAF training depot at Hawkinge Aerodrome
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April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026
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0:28Now PlayingDate: 3rd June 1948
Location: Hawkinge Aerodrome
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: Gloucester:
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DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER Inspects the W.A.A.F. Training depot at Hawkinge Aerodrome. Inspects the girls on parade-ground. and takes salute at march-past
TEDDER - LORD Seen following Duchess of Gloucester during inspection of W.A.A.F. training station at Hawkinge aerodrome
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott), Royalty; Women's Auxiliary Air Force
peacetime, postwar, inspection
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