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R101
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Bedfordshire Times 12th January 1979
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In Sacred Memory of
THE OFFICERS, CREW and
PASSENGERS of the British Airship R.101
which Crashed in France on
Sunday Morning OCT 5th
1930
with a loss of 48 lives including
Lord Thomson, Air Minister
and Sir Sefton Brancker Air Vice
Marshall
May Their Souls Rest in Peace
Sacred to the memory of the men who died
Flower-bedecked coffins being taken to Cardington Church escorted by the RAF. The bodies were picked up at St. Johns Station, Bedford.
Crowds line the route as the funeral passes on its way to the crash victims last resting place.
Bedfordshire Times 12th January 1979
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