大象传媒 - WW2 People's War - Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

by Derek Page

You are browsing in:

Archive List > Outbreak of War 1939

Contributed by听: Derek Page
Article ID:听: A3479754
Contributed on:听: 05 January 2005

A friend and I were discussing the old Croydon Airport and I mentioned that was where Neville Chamberlain landed with the Angle-German Declaration. I understood that he left his aircraft with one hand clutching his umbrella and the other the Anglo-German declaration, proclaiming the famous words "peace in our time".

My friend disputed this and said the airport he landed was Heston in North London. He said people presumed this as Croydon was the London airport at the time.I have checked this on the Web and both airports are mentioned in various articles but it could only be one of them where he stated the famous words.

Is it possible to confirm which site he actually landed.

漏 Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.

Forum Archive

This forum is now closed

These messages were added to this story by site members between June 2003 and January 2006. It is no longer possible to leave messages here. Find out more about the site contributors.

Message 1 - Neville Chamberlain

Posted on: 06 January 2005 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper

Yes, he landed at Heston Airport. There are numerous reliable sources for this. See, for example, "The Gathering Storm" - Volume I of Winston Churchill's "The Second World War".

听

Message 2 - Neville Chamberlain

Posted on: 06 January 2005 by Derek Page

Peter

Many thanks for the confirmation that NC actually landed at Heston.

Regards

Derek

This story has been placed in the following categories.

Recommended story
What's this?

Story with photo

Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the 大象传媒. The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. For any other comments, please Contact Us.

	大象传媒 Homepage 大象传媒 History
WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site

	Contact Us