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G-ABTK Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta named Athena This aircraft was lost in a hangar fire in Delhi in 1936.

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nice piece of history: 1936 Imperial Airways "Athena" crash. A cover salvaged from the wreck of the Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth XV Atalanta Class plane "ATHENA G-ABTK" which caught fire on the 23rd September 1936 while taking off from Delhi. Sent from Manchester to Sydney, Australia, rated 1/3 (6dx2 (SG426) & 3d (SG444), all perfined "L G & S Ld"), handstamped "Salvaged from Air Iiner/ATHENA" cachet in black on arrival. Lightly singed at left and water damaged as usual.

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GB 1936 SG426,449 Cover -

1936 Imperial Airways "Athena" crash. A cover salvaged from the wreck of the Imperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth XV Atalanta Class plane "ATHENA G-ABTK" which caught fire on the 23rd September 1936 while taking off from Delhi. Sent from Manchester to Sydney, Australia, rated 1/3 (6dx2 (SG426) &...
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