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British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. After the passing of the Civil Aviation Act 1946, European and South American services passed to two further state-owned ...
Douglas Rookes was a draughtsman, employed by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). He resigned from his union, the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsman (AESD), after a disagreement. BOAC and AESD had a closed shop agreement, and AESD threatened a strike unless Rookes resigned also from his job or was fired. BOAC ...
Pages in category "British Overseas Airways Corporation accidents and incidents" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
BA, which began in 1939 as the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), may not make it. A British court blocked the strike for now , but it could be in the wings.
People of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (11 P) Pages in category "British Overseas Airways Corporation" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
It all began, says British Airways, on August 25, 1919, when the world’s first scheduled international flight between London and Paris took off with one passenger, plus some Devonshire cream and ...
The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting, Kent, in southeast England, killing five people outright, with a further three dying from injuries received. The aircraft had been operating a scheduled international flight to ...
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