BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION AND QANTAS, 1940-1945. - Short 'C' Class Empire Flying Boat, G-AFCZ "Clare" of BOAC, moored at Gibraltar after flying King George of Greece and Sir Stafford Cripps to the colony for a visit. On 12 October 1941, "Clare" made BOAC's first flight to Cairo, routed through Lisbon, Gibraltar and Malta. She was destroyed by fire off Bathurst, West Africa, on 14 September 1942 George II, King of Greece, Cripps, Richard Stafford, British Overseas Airways Corporation

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