Sir Kenneth Cross in Sydenham

Sir Kenneth Cross in Sydenham

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Details

Location

Sydenham

Year

1965

Date

Production 04/02/1965

Length

46sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Sir Kenneth Cross arrives in Belfast to open the Aircraft Service Department of Shorts at Sydenham. 

Notes

Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth Brian Boyd Cross, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (4 October 1911 – 18 June 2003) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He played a major role in the RAF during WWII. After the war he went to the Air Ministry as Director of Weapons and then as Director of Operations (Air Defence). He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group in 1956, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command in 1959 and, following his promotion to air marshal in 1961, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Transport Command in 1963. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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