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Actions	Painting of Roy Chadwick by Edmund Miller. Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePainting of Roy Chadwick by Edmund Miller. ReferenceYA1992.130 CreatorMiller, Edmund British artish, known to have been active 1987-1991. Miller was a member of the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA), serving as chairman for a time. Date 1991 Scope and ContentThe painting shows Roy Chadwick at Woodford Aerodrome in front of a number of aircraft he designed for A. V. Roe & Co. Archival historyDonated by Peter Clegg. LevelItem Repository nameScience and Industry Museum Associated people and organisationsChadwick, Roy British Aircraft designer, born in Farnworth in 1893. Chadwick worked as a draughtsman at British Westinghouse in Trafford Park whist attending school and at age 18, in 1911, he began work at A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd as Alliott Verdon-Roe's personal assistant. He was appointed Avro's Chief Designer in 1918. Chadwick designed a number of planes for AVRO, including the Avro F in 1912, the WW1 light bomber and training plane, the Avro 504, the Avro Avian and the Lancaster bomber. Chadwick died on 23 August 1947 in a crash during the takeoff of the prototype Avro Tudor 2 G-AGSU from Woodford Aerodrome. Miller, Edmund British artish, known to have been active 1987-1991. Miller was a member of the Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA), serving as chairman for a time. SubjectAircraft, Aeronautics Conditions governing accessOpen access. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Related object Papers relating to Roy Chadwick Collection of Papers and Photographs relating to Roy Chadwick Research Notes relating to AVRO Aircraft Hydraulics Systems

TitlePainting of Roy Chadwick by Edmund Miller.

ReferenceYA1992.130

Date

1991

Scope and ContentThe painting shows Roy Chadwick at Woodford Aerodrome in front of a number of aircraft he designed for A. V. Roe & Co.

Archival historyDonated by Peter Clegg.

LevelItem

Repository nameScience and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisationsChadwick, Roy
Miller, Edmund

SubjectAircraft, Aeronautics

Conditions governing accessOpen access.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

Related object

Papers relating to Roy Chadwick

Collection of Papers and Photographs relating to Roy Chadwick

Research Notes relating to AVRO Aircraft Hydraulics Systems