6 June 1946.
Residents in the north of Ilford will have the best view of the Victory Parade celebration air pageant in which several Ilford Airmen will be flying.
The 600 aircraft of various types from 40 Squadrons will converge over Fairlop airfield and fly in a 60 mile long stream on a direct course for Buckingham Palace.
Those Ilford men taking part in the procession are: F/O Peaty of Clarondon Road, Seven Kings flying a Spitfire:
Flt Sergeant Toys of Otley Drive flying a Mosquito
and W/O Thompson of Kingston Road also flying a Mosquito.
13 June 1946
Thousands of people in cars went to Fairlop Aerodrome on Saturday expecting to see the Victory Parade start from there. Actually, they merely assembled over the airfield.
On their way to Fairlop 9 Vampire jet-propelled fighter planes flew over Ilford.
The picture above is an impression of Lancasters as they flew over.
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