| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- List of Plates -- Maps -- 1958 Timeline -- Preface -- 1. FATALITÀ -- 2. THE CREW -- The Captain: Frank Foster -- First Officer: Geoffrey Wright -- Radio Officer: James Bannon -- Flight Attendant: Rosemary Bevan -- Flight Attendant: Terence O'Grady -- 3. THE PASSENGERS -- The Group -- The Model: Eugenie Kawaja / Jane Buckingham -- The Journalist: Patricia Watson -- The Photographer: Brian Fogaty -- The Freelance Journalist: Leslie King / Lee Benson -- The Couples -- The Bride and Groom: Charles and Diana Cubitt -- The Farmers: William and Margaret Buchan |
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The Spy and the Executive: Mary Mathieson and Robert Allan -- Friends -- The Lady and the Widow: Lady Jenny Weir and Frances Miller -- The Radio Technician and the Teleprinter Operator: Colston Luxton and Robert Bruce -- Colleagues -- The Lawyer and the Accountant: John Prince and Reuben Silburn -- Singles -- The Steelworker: John Booth -- The Soldier: Robert Chalmers -- The Hotel Manager: Arnold Davies -- The Sailor: Richard Golden -- The Sales Manager: George Kimble -- The Nursing Sister: Sheila Lane -- The Maltese Visitor: Mary Vassallo La Rosa -- The Novitiate: Garth Marshallsay |
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The Boilermaker: John Vella -- The Tea Broker's Daughter: Eveline Yuille -- 4. AFTERMATH -- 5. THE INQUIRY -- 6. CLOSURE -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Table of Contents |
| Summary |
'The Flight of The Arctic Fox' tells the riveting story of the lives of thirty-one passengers and crew on board a BEA Vickers Viscount flying from London to Naples in October 1958. Following a mid-air collision with a jet fighter over Nettuno in Italy, everyone on board died, including the author's brother, who was a member of the crew. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aircraft accidents -- Italy.
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Aircraft accidents. |
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Italy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Grady, Rory The Flight of 'the Arctic Fox' London : Conrad Press, The,c2021 |
| ISBN |
1839783745 |
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9781839783746 (electronic book) |
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