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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
British Overseas Airways Corporation (2 C, 6 P) British South American Airways (1 C, 1 P) British United Airways (1 C, 1 P) C. Caledonian Airways (1 C, 1 P) Court ...
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 ...
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.
On 25 December 1954, a British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing 377 Stratocruiser crashed on landing at Prestwick Airport, Scotland; 28 of the 36 on board were killed.
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