In the 1920s the British government was hoping airships would provide a means of transport to the far-flung Empire. Two vehicles were being trialled: the R100 and the R101. On its first overseas flight the R101 crashed at Beauvais, north of Paris. Of the 54 people on board 48 were killed.
The R100 had successfully crossed the Atlantic but was immediately grounded and in 1931 scrapped.
No film exists of the crash (though you may be familiar with the horrific Hindenburg footage) but there is .
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Crash of the R101 airship
Plaque unveiled by Angela Smith Baroness Smith of Basildon, together with mem...
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Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Lloyd Richard Hall was born on 28 November 1960 and died, aged 20 years, on 18 January 1981 in a fire at party being held at 439 New Cros...
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