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Tom Campbell Black - Pioneer Aviator
Photo Album

"Grosvenor House" Tom Campbell Black and Charles W. A Scott's aircraft in the London to Melbourne MacRobertson Air Race in 1934. A De Havilland DH88, Comet, Serial No.G-ACSS. #34
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In the accident that took his life on the 19/9/1936 at Speke Airport, Tom Black was waiting to take off in his plane which was the same model as the one above, a "Percival Mew Gull" one of only six built. Serial No. G-AEKL, Miss Liverpool.
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The wreck of the R.A.F. Hawker Hart Light Day Bomber, Serial No. K3044, after it collided with Tom Campbell Black's plane, a Percival Mew Gull, Serial No. G-AEKL, at Speke Airport, on the 19/9/1936.
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An R.A.F. Hawker Hart Light Day Bomber.
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Tom Campbell Black [left] and C.W.A. Scott
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Tom Campbell Black [left] talking to the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII] in front of "Grosvenor House" the day before the London to Melbourne MacRobertson Air Race 19th. October 1934.
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