Catalogue description Atlantic Voyage. July - August 1942. [by] R.M. Viney

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Details of 1922/C137
Reference: 1922/C137
Title: Atlantic Voyage. July - August 1942. [by] R.M. Viney
Description:

Account of Dick Viney's voyage from the U.S. during WWII, when the boat he was travelling on was torpedoed, and the passengers and crew spent a week in an open boat in the middle of the Atlantic until rescued. Viney had his 18th birthday during this time. Dick Viney was a founder member of the Alpine Climbing Group, and was killed along with Tom Bourdillon on the Jagihorn in 1956. [May 1943].
Date: 1942-1943
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 file (9 p.)
Physical condition: typescript
Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the AC by M.H. Westmacott, 1994

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