To Memory Of RAF Founder 1961

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Full title reads: "London. To Memory of RAF Founder".

London. Memorial to Lord Trenchard, founder of the Royal Air Force, unveiled.

SV procession with the Dr Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury on right of picture Prime Minister Harold Macmillan with another person is behind him. Top...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53753
Sort Number:
61/059
Time in/Out:
01:17:50:00 / 01:19:06:00
Canister:
61/59
Film ID:
1732.13
Issue Date:
24/07/1961

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  • The statue was unveiled on 19 July 1961.

    jamied 1st Oct 2012

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