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Carlow County - Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP TM)


Pat Purcell Papers
Despatch by Aeroplane.
1920

By kind permission of Mr Michael Purcell


Carlow Sentinel, June 1920.

Despatch by Aeroplane.

On Monday morning at 10.30 o' clock an aeroplane hovered over the town of Carlow and after a short time was seen to descend near the military barracks; it did not land , however, but dropped something in the shape of a small bag in the vicinity of the barracks and then went away.

It is believed that it contained dispatches to the British military stationed in the town

The plane used was probably a De Haviland DH9A.

Picture inserted by M. Brennan sourced from the De Havilland Photographic Gallery
http://www.johnjohn.co.uk/compare-tigermothflights/html/dehavilland_photo_dh9a.html

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Transcribed by M. Purcell c2011.
Old newspapers in the PPP.

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