Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Jan. 01, 1957 - Whispering Giant - Britannia air liner crashes. Wreckage lands on houses. Fifteen people lost their lives when a Bristol Britannia Whispering Giant airliner - a prototype crashed and blew up while on a test flight near Bristol today. The aircraft exploded in a wood and parts crashed on housed at Downend. The machine narrowly missed a school. photo shows Pieces of the wreckage alongside houses at downend - Bristol - after the crash today
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13179709
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46924522
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5522px x 4437px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone Pictures USA
