Taking flight in Salisbury
An album containing over 200 photographs belonging to Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael “Bird” Irwin (1894-1930), captain of the airship R101, is to be offered for sale at Netherhampton Salerooms in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on May 16.
Irwin was killed while trying to save the airship which crashed in France. Many of the photographs w…