Fastest Day Bombing Squadron In The World! 1931

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Full title reads: "Andover. Fastest Day bombing squadron in the world - remarkable pictures of the Hawker 'Hart' (Rolls Royce engine) flying at 180 m.p.h. with full load - beating all others by nearly 30 m.p.h.!!"

Andover, Hampshire.

Fast travelling shots of group of RAF (R.A.F. Royal...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8174
Sort Number:
31/028
Time in/Out:
01:22:00:00 / 01:24:18:00
Canister:
31/28
Film ID:
767.03
Issue Date:
06/04/1931

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