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Cable from Patrick Dolan (Hawker Siddeley group) to Mr Burroughs (Armstrong Siddeley...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/159

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This record is a file about the Cable from Patrick Dolan (Hawker Siddeley group) to Mr Burroughs (Armstrong Siddeley... dating from 12 June 1953.

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Reference
PA1716/5/3/159
Title
Cable from Patrick Dolan (Hawker Siddeley group) to Mr Burroughs (Armstrong Siddeley Motors): Fatal Crash of prototype Gloster Javelin
Date
12 June 1953
Description

The pilot, Peter Laurence, was killed whilst trying to crash land the Javelin, although he could have bailed out safely at 20,000 feet when the trouble began

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
AS Sapphire/Gloster
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a79984ae-a2bf-4ddf-939a-b8702daf587d/

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Cable from Patrick Dolan (Hawker Siddeley group) to Mr Burroughs (Armstrong Siddeley Motors): Fatal Crash of prototype Gloster Javelin