Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation Official Civil Aircraft Accident Report for the Munich Air Disaster, 6th February 1958, the report complied by

Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation Official Civil Aircraft Accident Report for the Munich Air Disaster, 6th February 1958, the report complied by the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the enquiry into the accident to G-ALZU AS 57 Ambassador (Elizabethan) on 6th February 1958 at Munich-Riem Airport, the front cover bearing an official embargo stamp forbidding publication, broadcast or use on club tapes before 0030HRS GMT, Friday 13th March 1959, published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1959 for six shillings, the front cover inscribed in ink Gordon's copy, the typescript report covering circumstances of the accident, enquiry procedure, commission of enquiry personal, list of oral witnesses, general data regarding the aeroplane, details of the air crew and passengers, weather conditions, details of Munich airport, extensive accident details, conclusions, addendums and appendices, including accident photography and fold-out map of Munich airport, the report after conclusions bears an original ink signature of the aircrafts pilot Captain James Thain, person in command, who had survived the crash with only minor injuries. The captain's account of the accident inconclusion reads "When our V1 speed of 117 knots was reached I called V1 Captain Rayment (first officer, died in hospital from injuries 15th March 1958) then knew we were committed to the take-off. However, the aircraft failed to accelerate to the V2 speed for which he was waiting, he would have been wrong in attempting to fly under these conditions, and indeed, the fact that the tail bumper did not touch the ground, indicates that the aircraft was never at a sufficient angle of attack to fly.", paper wrappers damaged and distressed, marks and tape repairs with pen marks, internally good