Air Crash, Aracaju, Brazil

Ref: G3508
  • £150.00

ARACAJU BRAZIL. 1935 cover to Glasgow that was on the Latecoere 28 flying boat that left Bahia, Brazil, en route to Chili and Toulouse and disappeared. Mail bags were found washed up on the beach near Aracaju but no trace of the plane was ever found. An explanatory label ‘It is regretted that this / packet was damaged by sea water / following disaster to the aeroplane in which it was being / transported.’ Has been attached to the cover. A very uncommon crash cover.