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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/293/5 (1-4)
Hierarchy Browser Number350/7/25/1/13
TitleLetters from Gustav Hamel (1889-1914)
DescriptionItem 705:73 BA14450/293/5 (1) being a letter sent from The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 166 Piccadilly, London, sending thanks for the postcards received and apologising that he cannot accept the invitation.
Item 705:73 BA14450/293/5 (2) sent from Pump House Hotel, Llandrindod Wells [Wales], thanking Lady Coventry for his stay at Croome [Court, Worcestershire] and thanks for helping getting his aeroplane away. A pencil note on the letter by [Col] O. D. Smith states that Hamel 'flew his plane to Croome, landing on North Front. The ground was so hard that the aeroplane brakes could not act. The aircraft ran into a tree guard and damaged a wing'.
Item 705:73 BA14450/293/5 (3) sent from 1 Clarges Street, Piccadilly [London] gives thanks for the invitation but already has plans for dinner that night.
Item 705:73 BA14450/293/5 (4) is a newspaper article taken from a Worcester newspaper, being an account of the day Gustav Hamel's plane landed at Croome Court.
Date4 Nov 1913-4 Mar 1914
CategoryCorrespondence
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