AUGUST 16, 1939 Retreiving the plane from Danish waters and Anthony Crossley predicts the begining of WW II as early as 1932

NY TIMES 8-16-1939 TWO STANDARD OIL MEN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH

Two Standard Oil Men Killed in Plane Crash; British M.P. Also Is a Victim in Denmark

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.    August 16, 1939

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 15.--Samuel J. Simonton of Allentown, Pa., and C.A. Casteillo, a Mexican, both representatives of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and Anthony C. Crossley, a member of the British Parliament, were among five persons killed in a plane crash in Denmark today.

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Source of images Danish Museum of Science and Technology, The Zonen Salvage Collection

THE BRIDGE OF DEATHS ~75th anniversary event

75 years ago The German invasion of Poland began on 1 September 1939. Setting forth the inevitability of WW II.

In 1932 Anthony Crossley British MP who died on board the above plane predicted the invasion of the polish corridor.

  



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