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...
Elizabeth Christina Kelly was born on 12 December 1925 in Dublin, Ireland. As Elisabeth C. Kelly she married Robert A. Marsden in the 3rd quarter of 1957 in the Hackney Registration District, Lond...
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
In 1928 Marjorie Franckeiss, half-English and half-Italian and known as Madge, was a 20-year-old clerk who became a hero by rescuing 3 people from a flooded building. On the night of 6 January Mad...
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