Remains of Hawker and Grieve's Sopwith
The remains of the Sopwith aeroplane Atlantic (picked up in the Mid Atlantic) from the ill-fated attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean by Harry George Hawker and Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve (May 18th - 19th, 1919) - displayed in Selfridge's Roof Garden. The attempt was borne out of a competition run by the Daily Mail, who awarded Hawker and Grieve a consolation prize of £5000
Picture No
10430653
Media ID
46563981
Size
5254px x 3327px
(10.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa late 1919
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