What is recorded here
Memorial to Shortstown crewmembers of the R-101 is shown as a memorial on the public map of Bedford. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
The Memorial to Shortstown crewmembers of the R-101 commemorates those who lost their lives in the 1930 airship disaster, one of the worst peacetime air disasters in British history. It honours the crew based at RAF Cardington, near Bedford, who were involved in the ill-fated transatlantic flight of the R-101.
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