Horatius - Imperial Airways Air-Liner - G-AAXD
Horatius - Imperial Airways Air-Liner - G-AAXD - Handley Page H.P.42. It was impressed into RAF service in the Second World War. Returning from France on a transport mission on 7 November 1939, the aircraft could not find its destination of Exeter due to bad weather and was forced to make an emergency landing at Tiverton Golf Course; during which, it hit two trees and was destroyed
Picture No
13925030
Media ID
45770553
Size
5466px x 3517px
(1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Rohan et Cie, Book Stall, Terminal Aerodrome, Croydon postcard
Date
1932
