October 5, 1930
Appearance
The flagship, British rigid Airship R101 crashes in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage, killing 48 of the 54 people on board.
Deaths
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson PC (13 April 1875 – 5 October 1930) - British Secretary of State for Air, was killed in the R101 disaster.
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