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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/122284| Title: | The air crash disaster in Rabat 70 years ago |
| Authors: | Attard, Eddie |
| Keywords: | Vickers Wellington (Bomber) Search and rescue operations -- Malta -- Rabat Aircraft accidents -- Malta -- Rabat -- History -- 20th century Aircraft accident victims -- Malta -- Rabat Vickers Wellington B Mk Bomber Crash, Rabat, Malta, 1946 Air bases -- Malta -- Ħal Far Rabat (Malta) -- History Ta' Qali (Malta) -- History Malta -- History -- British occupation, 1800-1964 Campbell, David, Sir, 1869-1936 Gonzi, Michael, Archbishop of Malta, 1885-1984 Dalrymple-Hamilton, Frederick, 1890-1974 Miller, Reggie, 1898-1970 |
| Issue Date: | 2016-04-03 |
| Publisher: | Allied newspapers Ltd |
| Citation: | Attard, E. (2016, April 3). The air crash disaster in Rabat 70 years ago. Sunday Times of Malta, pp.34. |
| Abstract: | The first post war air disaster in Malta occurred on 4 April 1946 in a built-up area of St. Publius, Rabat. Four crew members and 16 residents died in the accident and 72 families were homeless. The Vickers Wellington bomber took off from Hal far air field and witnesses reported seeing smoke billowing from the plane before the cash. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/122284 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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