Covind P. Nair, photographed just before he left Croydon on the first stage of his flight across the Atlantic. He intended to fly out via South America and back via the North Atlantic, but was killed when he crashed, near Rouen. France, on the first stage of his flight. He was the first Indian to attempt to cross the Atlantic by air.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 12
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62Covind P. Nair, photographed just before he left Croydon on the first stage of his flight across the Atlantic. He intended to fly out via South America and back via the North Atlantic, but was killed when he crashed, near Rouen. France, on the first stage of his flight. He was the first Indian to attempt to cross the Atlantic by air. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 12
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