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Lot No. 1078

Auction No. 36
Category Airships
    Airmails
Est. $50
Status SOLD $25

 

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1921 British Airship R38 "In Loving Memory of Victims of the Disaster…" folded photocard. It fell blazing into the Humber on Aug 24 1921 whilst undergoing a test flight. This has a b&w photo of the airship on left of this fold-out plus newspaper cutting detailing the background to the disaster written by Jeremy Ploster. Important piece of airship history.

 

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