Vehicle    From 1975  To 1988

DHC Dash 7

Categories: Aviation

Countries: Canada

DHC stands for De Havilland Canada. It was a turboprop-powered airliner with STOL (short take-off and landing) capabilities. It first flew in 1975 and remained in production until 1988. The plane was designed to be able to land in airports with short runways in city centres.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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DHC Dash 7

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Heron Quays Station

This plaque marks the spot where on Sunday 27 June 1982, Captain Harry Gee of...

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Lady Maud Hoare DBE

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Irja Syhnove Skabo

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WW2 aircraft crash

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The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night.   Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire.  It was one o...

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Royal Naval Air Service

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Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

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