Haunting photograph shows Rolls Royce pioneer's last moments before he was killed in Britain's first ever fatal air crash

The previously-unseen image (pictured), shows Charles Rolls' final few seconds before his Wright Flyer plane snapped in two 80ft in the air, causing him to plummet to his death.

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