Surrey Flying Services

Based in Croydon, Southsea, Yarmouth and Portsmouth 1919-34

1921: "The five-seater Avros carried nearly 500 passengers in one day last week - some flying!"

1922: "Surrey Flying Services have been having a busy time lately. They have been erecting another Avro to add to their joy-ride fleet and, with this completed, have now started on the erection of a D.H. 9."

June 1922: "There is now too much work for the one Avro. Mr. Yule (sic), who has been engaged for the last three years  piloting machines in Norway, has joined the Surrey Flying Services as pilot, and will be in charge of the new Avro when it is away on joy-riding excursions. During the week-end, Capt. Muir has been at Leighton Buzzard, taking up joyriders in connection with a carnival that is being held there."

April 1931: "Mr. E. Smith, well known as a pilot of Surrey Flying Services, was killed instantaneously when he and his companion, Mr. C. M. Brown, who was the owner of the machine, crashed in the centre of some cross-roads in Wallington. The machine was an Avro Avian, G-EBZD, which originally belonged to Airways Publications, Ltd., but was sold to Mr. Brown some time ago."

June 1930: "Surrey Flying Services have had three joy-riding machines constantly in commission over the week-end, during which period they carried over 1,000 passengers, in addition to which 20 pupils are under dual instruction on the Avian, and the D.H.9 is kept busy on Continental work."

 And here is a splendid photo of 'William Alfred Pask of Tailor, Reepham, Norfolk and daughter Rosa' about to enjoy their ride in an Avro 536, which was sent to me by his grand-daughter Enid. Probably at Yarmouth, almost certainly in the 1920s:

Pilots:

- Capt A F Muir

- A B H Youell (1922-23)

- Mr E Smith

Aeroplanes:

Royal blue fuselages with white letters, and silver wings with blue letters.

- 1919 Avro 504K G-EAIR which crashed Hayling Island Aug 1923;

- 1919 Avro 536 five-seater G-EAKM which crashed Taplow Jul 1928;

- 1919 Avro 536 five-seater G-EAKP;

- 1921 Avro 504K G-EAWI which crashed Croydon Sep 1921;

- 1921 Avro 504K G-EAWJ;

- 1922 Avro 548 G-EBBC;

- 1922 Avro 504K G-EBDP;

- 1922 Airco D.H.9 G-EBEP, which crashed Surrey Nov 1928;

- 1923 Avro 504K G-EBFW which crashed Yeovil Sep 1926;

- 1923 Avro 504K G-EBHM which crashed Port Talbot Jun 1927;

- 1923 Avro 504K G-EBII;

- 1924 Avro 548A G-EBIV;

- 1926 Avro 536 five-seater G-EBOF;

- 1926 Avro 536 five-seater G-EBOY;

- 1927 Avro 536 five-seater G-EBRB whcih crashed Barry May 1928;

- 1927 D.H.60X Moth G-EBSO which crashed Brooklands May 1932;

- 1927 Avro 536 G-EBTF;

- 1927 Avro 594 Avian III G-EBVA (later sold to Geoffrey Shaw);

- 1928 Avro 504K G-EBYW;

- 1928 Avro 504K G-EBZB;

- 1928 Avro 504K G-AAAF;

- 1928 Avro 548 G-AABW;

- 1929 Airco D.H.9 G-AADU;

- 1929 Avro 504K G-AAGB;

- 1930 Avro 504K G-AAYM;

- 1930 Avro 504K G-ABAY