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BOAC Ashtray

Technical Information

Catalogue No: C0983
Category: Corporate/Business
Object Type: Promotional Item
Object Name: BOAC Ashtray
Part No: None
Serial No: None
Manufacturer: Unknown
Division: Unknown
Platform(s):
Year of Manufacture: circa 1948
Dimensions: Width (mm): 99
Height (mm): 22
Depth (mm): 99
Weight (g): 278
Location: Cupboard CJ (Display 5) [Main Store]
Inscription(s):

None

Notes:

Made from an alloy melted down from the 'Cassiopeia' a Shorts flying boat broken up at Rochester.
It is inscribed:
"BOAC
Imperial Airways
Short C Class
1938-1948"
and has a central Speedbird logo. Donated by Martyn Boughton.
Flying Boats

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