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Telegram to Sir Freddie Laker expressing regret over Laker Airways failure, dated February 5, 1982

A telegram sent to Sir Freddie Laker at Victoria Station, London on February 5, 1982, expressing deep regret over the failure of his pioneering airline. The message is from Jean Blair and Jenny Bowes, two British citizens working in New York who had traveled with Laker Airways on numerous occasions and expressed that he would be sadly missed.

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