ZUM4839677: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum airport, Kolkata, India - on the journey to London.. There were no survivors of the Forty-three passengers and crew. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - The tail end of the fuselage of the Comet which was found about 150 yards from the main wreckage, near Calcutta. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839701: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum Airport, Kolkata, India.. There were no survivors of the passengers and crew numbering Forty-Three.. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - Part of the wreckage of the Comet - after the crash, near Calcutta during the weekend. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839784: May 04, 1953 - At the final game of the German Soccer Championship Eintracht Frankfurt and FC K? With in Frankfurt am Main on Sunday in front of 65,000 spectators to compete. The game ended with Eintracht winning 2:0. Pictured Left: The go-ahead goal for Eintrachtis is scored. Pictured Right: Gawliczek (K? ln) during an artistic kick. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839812: May 05, 1953 - SILENCE AT SUEZ: Anglo-Egyptian talks over the protection of the vital Suez Canal have been suspended without agreement. The single land bridge between the Eurasian land-mass and Africa, with front and back doors on two seas, the Canal Zone has unsurpassed port and transportation facilities, is a fully equipped technical and military base, and is a vital 90-mile natural pivot of defense-offensive strategy for the Middle East. Picture shows: Corner of the huge British arms dump of Tel EL Kebir in the Suez Canal Zone. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4839888: Preparation of the debarkage in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D Day or D Day): in a storage camp of the American army, soldiers check the protective covers of these 40 m-m-m-m anti-air aircraft waiting to be returned to the various American units in Great Britain. Photography beginning 1944. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4839969: Preparation of the debarkage in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D Day or D Day): American Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr (1900-1949) inspects an air base of the 9th USAF (United States Air Force) in Great Britain and talks with a mechanic sergeant of the base. Photography beginning 1944. / Bridgeman Images