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SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowrys Pass

SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowrys Pass

SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowrys Pass. The Union Airways De Havilland Puss Moth 'The Springbok' piloted by Captain William Frost Davenport, when flying from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town on Friday 13th Nov 1931, the pilot encountered a severe storm and crashed on the slopes of a mountain and caught fire 18 miles from Cape Town. This badly charred cover to Cape Town has a mimeo explanatory note and was forwarded in an ambulance cover dated 21.NOV.31 (8 days after the crash).

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