THE R101 AIRSHIP DISASTER - CASUALTIES.
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     On October 5th 1930 the British built airship "R101" crashed into a

     hillside near Beauvais in France killing everybody on board.

              The following are listed as having been killed:-


     ATHERSTONE N.G.              Lieut Cdr.
     ATKINS G.K.
     BISHOP P.                    Major
     BLAKE R.
     BRANCKER Sir Sefton          Air Vice Marshall   RAF
     BUCK J.                      Lord Thomson's attendant
     BURTON C.A.
     BUSHFIELD A.
     CHURCH S.
     COLMORE R.B.B.               Wing Commander      RAF
     ELLIOTT F.                   Wireless Operator
     FERGUSSON C.J.
     FORD H.E.
     FOSTER P.A.
     GENT W.R.                    First Engineer
     GIBLETT M.A.                 Mr
     GRAHAM E.A.                  Cook
     HASTINGS A.C.
     HODNETT F.
     HUNT G.W.                    Chief Coxswain
     IRWIN H.C.H                  Flight Lieut        RAF
     JOHNSTON E.L.                Sqdn Leader         RAF
     KEELEY S.T.
     KEY T.A.
     KING W.H.
     LITTLEKIT M.F.
     MASON C.H.
     MEGGINSON J.W.               Galley Boy
     MOULE W.
     NORCOTT A.W.J.
     O'NEILL W.H.L.               Sqdn Leader
     OUGHTON L.F.
     PALSTRA W.                   Sqdn Leader         R.A.A.F
     POTTER W.A.
     RADCLIFFE W.G.
     RAMPTON M.G.
     RICHARDSON A.J.
     RICHMOND V.C.                Lt Colonel
     ROPE F.M.                    Sqdn Leader
     RUDD E.G.
     SAVIDGE A.H.
     SCOTT G.H.                   Major
     SCOTT S.E.
     SHORT G.W.
     STEFF M.H.                   Flying Officer
     TAYLOR C.E.
     THOMSON                      Lord                Air Minister
     WATKINS A.H.

     Documents on the R101 are held in the Public Record Office in Kew

     under AIR 3,5,& 11. Photographs of the wreckage are under AIR5/1070

     via 6/573/1/.

     Transcribed at Auckland, New Zealand  April 21, 1993, Ted Wildy