On Saturday, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart was on her second Atlantic crossing when she was forced to land in a field near Derry (Londonderry) in her "Little Red Bus".
Ireland of the Welcomes was to the fore in the Irish Independent account on Monday, 23 May 1932:
"... the hospitality she had received after making her forced
descent, for two minutes later she was in the cottage of Mr and Mrs
Peter McCallion, who put their home at her disposal. Almost at the
same time Mr Gallagher arrived and persuaded Miss Earhart to accompany
him to his home, where Mrs Gallagher had tea already prepared."
There was no account of how the McCallions took to having the
Gallaghers scoop them in what must have been the tea party of their
lives!
As Irish251 points out in the comments below: "Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B is now preserved at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
Date: Saturday, 21 May 1932
NLI Ref.: INDH2848
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Trinity Mole 13 months ago | reply
More details on the visitor centre here:
www.derrytourist.com/details/amelia_earhart_centre.shtml
Irish251 12 months ago | reply
A photo that I took on a recent visit to Washington:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 12 months ago | reply
FrigateRN 12 months ago | reply
Wow, THIS really is a historic shot.