It was the practice for each entry of de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School students to be photographed. The official copies of these apparently no longer exist. Ken Watkins has compiled an album of all those submitted by former students. A low-resolution version of the album, currently Edition 12-1, can be viewed here. (Windows users can left click to open in this window, or right click and select ‘open in new window’.) There are still “missing” group photos and some faces remain unidentified on existing photos. If you were a former student, or a friend or relative, please do look at these images and let us know if you can help. The index to this album is reproduced below for rapid reference.

We also have a growing collection of informal group photos, both old and new. A low-resolution version of this album, currently Edition 12-2, can be viewed here.

Please note that due to the size of many of the original prints it may be necessary to zoom in or out of the screen image. The albums are available, at cost, on CD to Association members at a much higher resolution than in these on-line versions.

Ken is keen to expand further our collection of group photos, whether contemporary or more recent, formal or informal. Either send Ken a good copy (or an original if you are prepared to lend it to him) or a scan at 600 dpi, with black and white photos scanned in grayscale, please (colour in colour, of course!). Scanned files too large to be emailed can be sent on a CD. In whatever format, please send your photos to:
Ken Watkins, 2 Rue de Songeons, 60220 Campeaux, France.
Email: braynord@orange.fr

The formal photographs in Edition 12-1 are listed below, with new photos in red:

Page    Year and Location
3           1934 (Jun) Stag Lane
4           1936 (Sep) Hatfield
5           1938 (Sep) Hatfield
6/1        1943 (Apr) Salisbury Hall
6/2         Pre-1945 Intake & Staff, Hatfield
7/1        1945 Hatfield
7/2        1945 Hatfield
8/1        1945-46 Salisbury Hall
8/2        1946 Hatfield
9/1        1947 Hatfield
9/2        1948 Staff & students, Eng. Divn.
10/1      1949 (5 Jan) Hatfield
10/2      1949 (Autumn) Astwick Manor
11/1      1949 Lostock apprentices at Hatfield
11/2      1949 Astwick Manor D.O.
12/1      1948-49 Astwick Manor
12/2      1950 Astwick Manor
12/3      1951 Christchurch
13/1      1952 Christchurch
13/2      1953 Christchurch
14/1      1954 Christchurch
14/2      1956 Christchurch
15/1      1957 Christchurch
15/2      1958 Christchurch
16/1      1952 (19 May) Hatfield
16/2      1952 (1 Oct) Astwick Manor
17/1      1953 (4 Oct) Astwick Manor
17/2      1953 (4 Oct) Astwick Manor
17/3      1953 (4 Oct) Astwick Manor
18/1      1954 (29 Aug) Chester
18/2      1954 Sep intake, Astwick Manor
19/1      1956 (29 Apr) Astwick Manor
19/2      1957 Hatfield Technical College
19/3      1958 Hatfield Technical College
20/1      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
20/2      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
20/3      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
21/1      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
21/2      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
21/3      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
22/1      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
22/2      1957 (15 Jan) Astwick Manor
22/3      1960 Astwick Manor
23/1      1957 (Nov) Astwick Manor
23/2      1957 (Nov) Astwick Manor
24/1      c.1957 Hendon Technical College
24/2      1958 (Jun) Astwick Manor
24/3      1960 (Apr) Astwick Manor
25/1      1962 Hatfield Technical College
25/2      1962 Hatfield Technical College
26/1      1964 Astwick Manor
26/2      1964 Astwick Manor
26/3      1964 Astwick Manor
27/1      1964 Astwick Manor
27/2      1964 Astwick Manor
27/3      1964 Astwick Manor
28/1      1965 Astwick Manor
28/2      1965 Astwick Manor
28/3      1965 Astwick Manor
29/1      1965 (Oct) Astwick Manor
29/2      1965 Staff & Students, Chester