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Auction: 20112 - Stamps and Covers of the World e-Auction
Lot: 2617

(x) South Africa
1936 (26 Sept.) London-Johannesburg Schlesinger Air Race
Flying Officer A.E. Clouston
Envelope from Portsmouth to Newport bearing ½d. and showing illustrated flight cachet, marked "Crashed, engine failure, Felixburg Rd., Southern Rhodesia 3rd. Oct, 1936 A E Clouston". Nierinck 360930D

Note: Clouston crashed his Miles Hawk VI due to engine failure at Felixburg near Bulawayo. En route he had experienced oil pressure loss and made two forced landings

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