VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent

VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent to Dowty Equipment – Dec 1941

George, Duke of Kent, died on 25 August 1942, at the age of 39, along with thirteen others, on board RAF Short Sunderland flying boat W4026, which crashed into a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, while flying from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to Iceland on non-operational duties.

VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
VIP Visit by HRH Duke of Kent - Dec 1941
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub

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