Boarding pass for 1961

Item

Code
WSI_0511
Title
Boarding pass for 1961
Description
This boarding pass was issued to Les Woolley, the UK team member for gas welding at the 1961 contest in Duisberg, Germany.
Les was 17, from Stoke on Trent. It was the first time he had flown. He recalls the aircraft was an Airspeed Ambassador, popularly known as "Elizabethans" and operated by British European Airways until 1958. They were then sold to Dan Air who likely operated this flight as a charter from Gatwick, despite being labelled "First Class".
Item name
Boarding pass
Condition
Good
Source-name
Leslie Woolley
Source-country
UK-United Kingdom
Location
Owner's place
Event-type
Competition event
Event-range
Worldwide
Event-city
Duisburg
Event-country
DE-Germany
Format
Physical
Language-text
English
Item sets
Document