Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Nov. 06, 1957 - WHISPERING GIANT BRITANNIA AIR LINER BLOWS UP. WRECKAGE CRASHES ON HOMES. Fifteen-people lost their lives when a Bristol Britannia Whispering Giant airliner - a prototype - crashed and blew up while on test flight near Bristol today. The aircraft exploded in a wood at Dowend, Bristol - 100 yards from a school. Keystone Photo Shows:- A mother holding her child - looks through the smashed window of her home at part of the wreckage which crashed onto some houses at Downend, Bristol today
Picture No
13183566
Media ID
46918928
Size
5107px x 3750px
(1.2MB)
Credit
(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
Source
Keystone
