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Plaque Commemorating East-West Atlantic Flight

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Plaque Commemorating East-West Atlantic Flight
<B>Copper Plaque Commemorating First East-to-West Transatlantic Flight,</B></I> 6” diameter, ca. 1928, carries facing portraits of aviators Gunther von Huenefeld, Hermann Kohl and James Fitzmaurice above their Junkers monoplane, <I>Bremen.</B></I> Pierced for hanging, excellent condition. Two Germans and an Irishman flew west from Ireland on April 12, 1928, nearly a year after the Lindbergh crossing, and successfully landed in Labrador the following day.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)