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R101 airship

Catalogue reference: Z 996

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This record is about the R101 airship dating from 1930.

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Reference
Z 996
Title
R101 airship
Date
1930
Note
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Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Acc.8010

Deposit by Mr F J Fossey, Great Eversden, Cambridge via Cambridgeshire Record Office

Administrative / biographical background

The R101 airship from Cardington crashed in Beauvais , France on the 5th October 1930. 45 of the 48 people on board were killed. They were buried at St Mary's Church, Cardington on 11 October.

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R101 airship