27th April 1946

Jersey Airport welcomes first private plane

The war was over, the Channel Islands had been liberated, and personal travel was becoming practical again. Finally, Nottingham-based airman TW Shipside and his wife could take their first flying holiday in six years. They completed the 275-mile journey from their home airport to Jersey in just over two and a half hours.

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Other events that occured in April

01
German staff wrongly dismissed during First World War
The managers of a Jersey hotel were ordered to pay compensation after they dismissed staff when profits tumbled during the First World War.
02
Channel Islanders liberated from prisons across Germany
Channel Islanders who had been sent to prisons in Germany during the Occupation were liberated in April 1945.
03
The Durrells debuts on ITV
ITV serialised the stories of Gerald Durrell's childhood in Corfu in The Durrells, which debuted in April 2016.
04
Occupation prisoner Paul Desire Gourdan is born
Paul Gourdan was one of the many islanders who was transported to mainland Europe to serve a prison sentence during the Occupation.

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The States makes it illegal for anyone in Jersey to own a nuclear weapon
A law passed by the States makes it illegal for anyone in Jersey to possess a nuclear weapon unless they genuinely didn't realise what it was.

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