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Lt Col Vincent Crane Richmond OBE FRAeS

Photograph at the Lt Col Vincent Crane Richmond OBE FRAeS blue plaque

Lt. Col. Vincent C Richmond OBE 1893-1930. The designer of the ill-fated R101 airship lived here as a boy, attending the nearby Selwyn Avenue school. He was one of 48 who perished when the R101 crashed near Beauvais, France in October 1930. Richmond Crescent was named in his honour

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