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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Z 996
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Title (The name of the record)
- R101 airship
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc.8010
Deposit by Mr F J Fossey, Great Eversden, Cambridge via Cambridgeshire Record Office
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e4f4bab7-755b-4de4-a80a-8abcb4f36770/
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R101 airship