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- 04/04/1946 (Creation)
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1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper
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On Friday, April 4, 1946, at about 11.15am, a 19.68-metre Vickers Wellington B Mk bomber crashed in the built-up area of St Publius Street, Rabat. The naval aircraft took off from the Hal Far Royal Air Force airfield. Four crew members and 16 residents died in the incident, a high peacetime death toll, and others were injured. Eighteen houses were destroyed or damaged and had to be evacuated, leaving 72 families homeless. This was the first air disaster in Malta of the post-war period.
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Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; print; Photographic Type: Gelatin Silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: Size TIFF: 6.55 MB; Size JPG: 250 KB; Resolution 600 dpi; 1219 x 1881 pixels; Bit depth: 24
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Internal relationship: Related to Michael Joseph Grima interviews and ephemera
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Photographer: n/a; Locality: Rabat, Malta; Site: St. Publius Street
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General keywords: Outbreak of war, Hunger, Food, Victory Kitchens, Rations, Italy, Gas masks, Bombs, Death, Sirens, Shelters, Rabat, Refugees, Air-raids, Bombings, Scabies, Famine, Army, Convoys, Prisoners of War, Internees, Aircraft, Black Market, Hospitals, Diseases, Clothes, Surrender of Italy, Gonzi
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Date of cataloguing: 20/09/2018