Plaque: First British public airmail flight
Erection date: 2002
Inscription
{Around an illustration of a hot air balloon:}
Croydon Road Recreation Ground 9th August 1902
Britain's first public airmail flight Beckenham - Leeds Castle - Godmersham - Dover
Pilots M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron, Dr Francis Alexander Barton.
Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society 2002
Site: First British public airmail flight (1 memorial)
BR3, Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Croydon Road
The plaque is on the grass beneath the group of trees in the photograph.
