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Croydon Air Crash 1938
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Soundtrack is currently missing for this item.
Croydon, London.
Various shots of the scene of the crash of a small private de Havilland DH.84 Dragon aeroplane near Croydon (London) Airport. It flew into telegraph wires and came down on a railway embankment. A man works to fix the wires...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 16352
- Sort Number:
- 38/017
- Time in/Out:
- 01:44:38:00 / 01:45:15:00
- Canister:
- 38/17
- Film ID:
- 955.57
- Issue Date:
- 28/02/1938
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The crash occurred on 26 February 1938.
The plane involved was a de Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Reg. No. VH-UZX.
Shame the soundtrack is missing for this.