ROYAL TRAGEDY
Duke Of Kent Killed
Flying Boat Crash North Of Scotland
Was En Route To Iceland
An extraordinary message states: Air Commodore the Duke of Kent was killed on active service when a Sunderland flying boat crashed north of Scotland. , All the members of the crew of the Sunderland flying boat, which was on its way to Iceland, lost their lives. The Duke, who had flown many thousands of miles, was the first member of the Royal Family to cross the Atlantic by air.
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Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 4
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85ROYAL TRAGEDY Evening Star, Issue 24283, 26 August 1942, Page 4
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