Louis Blériot's Customs Arrival
I am trying to verify whether a family legend has a basis in fact or is just a romantic tale. My great-great uncle was a Customs Officer who apparently welcomed Louis Blériot to this country and logged in the aeroplane as a private yacht, this being the nearest classification he could come up with.
I have the name of my relative and would like to know if indeed he was present at such an auspicious occasion - would his name be on record and would that record still exist?
Many thanks,
GP (very tenuous links to the aviation world, but proud owner of a BOAC Junior Jet Club log, badge and metal tin which held all sorts of goodies)