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Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940

An artist's impression of two Short Sunderlands rescuing the crew of the torpedoed merchant ship Kensington Court, 1940. On 18th September 1939 Kensington Court was stopped by U-32 with 13 shots of gunfire about 120 miles west of Lands End. The ship later sunk and the master and 34 crew members were rescued by a Sunderland aircraft. The two pilots, F/Lt Thurston M.W. Smith and F/Lt John Barrett were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for their feat. The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber developed for the RAF by Short Brothers. It took its name from the town, later city, of Sunderland in northeast England. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

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Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, 1859.Artist: Elizabeth Barrett

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, September-October 1859. Letter written from Siena by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry F Chorley, the critic, sending an additional stanza for her poem A Tale of Villa Franca with the reason for the its omission from the copy recently printed in the Atheneum (24th September) and discussing the state of Italian politics since the Battle of Solferino. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899)

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