Yes, Alcock and Brown received a 10,000 pound prize for being the first to cross the Atlantic. OTOH according to the map flying from Newfoundland to Greenland they would have crossed the Labrador sea and not the Atlantic.
I’ve come across a number of historical events where popular ideas of the event bear little resemblance to the actual event. What you state is not necessarily a problem, but all I’ve seen so far amounts to conjecture for or against. My takeaway is that it remains a landmark event :-)
Interesting but inconclusive. I did find this on the BBC website
“In the years since, there has been much debate about whether the level of panic the broadcast actually caused has been overstated, or indeed how many people actually heard the broadcast, as opposed to reading the newspaper reports about it. But regardless, it remains a landmark moment in broadcast history, and a testament to the power of storytelling to capture the imagination of an audience. "
Now I’m wondering just how people behave in a real war with actual bombs falling. Mass hysteria and panic doesn’t seem to play a large part.
A toboggan and steep hill on a powder day. Very much resembled Calvin here. We crashed. Almost but didn’t quite burn. Not a do over!