The retirement photos of Mr Harry Povey presented 1958 to commemorate his 35 years of service with the de Havilland Company. To include seventy five photographs which illustrate Povey's working life, achievements and the aircraft and engines he worked on at the de Havilland factory. Also to include three Telegrams which relate to the first and second flights of the Canadian built Mosquito in 1942. Harry Povey (b.1890 d.1967) was until his retirement in 1958 production manager at de Havilland as well as being a director. Before his promotion to Production Manager he was Chief of Engines and Propellers. Povey's greatest achievement was organising rapid production of the Mosquito in Britain and in Canada. Once arriving in Canada in 1941 he had a year to complete this project. Post war he was mainly concerned with the production of the Comet airliners. The first album with three pages of signatures eighty two in total including C.L. Walker Chief Engineer H. de Havilland brother of Geoffrey, snr. Geoffrey de Havilland jnr. R.E. Bishop senior member of the board, Pat Fillingham who test piloted the Hornet a faster single seater hot-rod Mosquito. Peter Bugge test pilot. Also J. J. Hearle, J.K. Brown, Clarkson, Sturgen, P.F.L Hall, Allan, G.K Carlson, C.C. Walker, Bishop, Stanley Rudge, R.G. McCoy, E.R. Owen, G.W. Trevelyan, Ian Bishop, Martin Sharp, John E. Walker W. Wilson, P.G. Hodgkinson, Pike, Clarke, John Wilson, R. King Seen in the photographs with Povey are Prince Phillip during factory visits, also John Cunningham the WW2 night fighter ace. (2 albums) Many thanks to Martin Bourne and Graham Dodgson for their help in cataloguing this lot.