EULAC_6239 Suitcase "A brown suitcase used for travel by a Barbadian. On one side of the item is a sticker with the acronym B.O.A.C, which stands for British Overseas Airways Corporation. This was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. It would eventually merge with the British European Airways (B.E.A) to become in 1971 the British Airways, which has been active to this day." This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693669. English SOCIAL HISTORY 3D Object SOCIAL HISTORY IMAGE University of St Andrews EULAC Kristin Watkins "A brown suitcase used for travel by a Barbadian. On one side of the item is a sticker with the acronym B.O.A.C, which stands for British Overseas Airways Corporation. This was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. It would eventually merge with the British European Airways (B.E.A) to become in 1971 the British Airways, which has been active to this day." 13.08335845009128 -59.60223061248064