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THE BENTLEY PRIORY BATTLE OF BRITAIN TRUST APPEAL CHARITY AUCTION
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Kwangchow to Shanghai; it was whilst working with the
Chinese that he was to suffer his first air accident since 1939,
‘Lady Luck had flown with him. Even during the traumatic
War years and in the quest for transonic flight, he never had
a serious accident involving injury. He had always been able
to control his aircraft, sometimes in very dangerous
circumstances. Furthermore, he had enjoyed robust health
throughout his life. It seemed to most aviation enthusiasts
that this legendary figure was invincible.
Then on a winter’s day in 1975, just before dusk, at the
Hawker Siddeley airfield at Dunsfold, south-east of Guildford
in Surrey, the Finger of Fate beckoned him. Earlier he had
flown a party of Chinese, including their Minister of
Transport, from Hatfield. The Harrier had been performing
in its inimitable fashion, creating a spectacular volume of
noise which had sent flocks of birds scurrying from the
airfield.
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