Archive Area Page about the 1968 plane crash


On August 9 1968 there was a plane crash in Germany of British Eagle Viscount G-ATFN, “City of Truro” in which all 44 passengers and 4 crew perished. Amongst the 44 passengers were 13 from the Merseyside area, and amongst them; a group of 8 young women, all in the prime of their lives, from the Catholic Ramblers Association.

The article below appeared in Friends of Liverpool Airports magazine. Thanks to FoLA for permission to reproduce this article.


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Also Here is a link to the LCRA 80th Anniversary Party

Click Here for a downloadable pdf about the plane crash

Click Here for a photo about the plane crash
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