The Machinery and Technical Transport Limited was an international shipping and forwarding agent based at Ling House, Dominion Street, London. In 1935, one of their gold deliveries were stolen from the strong room of Imperial Airways at Croydon Aerodrome in one of the largest thefts of gold bullion of the time, the Croydon Aerodrome robbery.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Duckenfield, Mark (2004). The Monetary History of Gold: A Documentary History, 1660-1999. Taylor and Francis. p. 413. ISBN 9781851967858.
  2. ↑ The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review: A Record of the Carrying Trades of the World. Carriers Publishing Company. 1929.
  3. ↑ The World's Carriers Year Book and Diary. The Carriers Publishing Co., Ltd. 1942.
  4. ↑ Cluett, Douglas; Nash, Joanna; Learmonth, Bob (1980). Croydon Airport: The Great Days, 1928-1939. Sutton: London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services. p. 42. ISBN 0950322482.
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