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- R100 and R101: Airships at Cardington - The Higgins - 2nd October to 19th December 2010
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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- R101 at mooring mast
- R101 at mooring mast
- R101 and Cardington hangars
- R101 viewed over buildings
- R101 wreckage
- R101 wreckage being surveyed by French police
- Loading the coffins of the R101 victims
- Military salute for the R101 victims
- Funeral for the R101 victims at Cardington Hangar
- R101 memorial
- R101 memorial inscription
- R101 Ensign
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R101 Launch
- The First Diesel Engine Airship - The Illustrated London News 9th March 1929
- The New Giant British Airship R101 Ready to Fly - Daily Mirror 3rd October 1929
- Britain's Giant Airship Expected Over London Today - Daily Mirror 14th October 1929
- A Triumphal Trip Over London - The Evening News 14th October 1929
- Through Many Eyes - The Evening News 14th October 1929
- How She Set Off - The Evening News 14th October 1929
- Traffic Held Up - The Evening News 14th October 1929 Late Extra Edition
- Through Many Eyes - The Evening News 14th October 1929 Late Extra Edition
- How R101 Set Off on her First Flight - The Evening News 14th October 1929 Late Extra Edition
- R101 Commander Tells Story - Daily Mirror 15th October 1929
- R101 Proves Ship of Luxury - Daily Mirror 15th October 1929
R101 Crash
- R101 Crashes - Daily Herald 6th October 1930 (Photo)
- Warship to Bring Victims Home - Daily Herald 6th October 1930
- Airmen Who Lost Their Lives - Daily Herald 6th October 1930
- Trouble at Start of Trip - Daily Mail 6th October 1930
- Sluggish Start and Slow Journey - Daily Mail 6th October 1930
- 46 Dead in Disaster to R101 - Daily Mirror 6th October 1930
- General View of Wreckage - The Times 6th October 1930 (Photo)
- R101 Victims to Have a Public Funeral - Daily Express 7th October 1930
- Welcome News for Wives of Survivors - A Village in Mourning - Daily Mirror 7th October 1930
- Three R101 Survivors - Daily Express 8th October 1930 (Photo)
- The Tragic Train Arrives in London - Daily Express 8th October 1930
- R101 Dead Borne Home Across Seas Swept by Storms - Daily Herald 8th October 1930 (Photo)
- Hushed Multitude at Victoria - Daily Herald 8th October 1930
- Vigil in Silent Station - Daily Herald 8th October 1930
- R101, Funeral of the Crew - Bedfordshire Times 10th October 1930
- R101 Victims Buried with Triumphant Salutes from the Sky - People 12th October 1930
- Eye-Witness of R101- Sunday Pictorial 12th October 1930
- Planes Last Salute Over the Grave - Sunday Pictorial 12th October 1930
- 75,000 People - Sunday Pictorial 12th October 1930
- French Tribute to R101 Heroes - Bedfordshire Standard 29th September 1933
- In Sacred Memory - Bedfordshire Times 12th January 1979
- People Line the Route - Bedford Record October 1980 (Photo)
- Coffins of the 48 Victims Lie in State - Bedfordshire Times October 1980 (Photo)
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