Southern Cemetery the grave stone of John Alcock Sir John William Alcock shot close up

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Southern Cemetery the grave stone of John Alcock Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (5 November, 1892 – 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Manchester `uk
Photo credit: © Mark Waugh / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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