Bibliographic record numberb2189953SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referencePRG 18/16/9
Details
TitleHandley-PageDate taken[1918]Description
Handley Page bomber aircraft, 0/400 C9700, flown by Ross Smith, General Salmond, General Borton, Sergeant Bennett, and Sergeant Shiers, from Egypt to Calcutta, India from 29 November 1918 to 17 December 1918, covering 4088 miles over 59 hours and 11 minutes. See PRG 18/6/8 for original photograph.
History/biography
From a collection of duplicate photographs and maps with notations on reverse, used in A. Grenfell Price's 'The Skies Remember' (Angus and Robertson Ltd. Sydney 1969). Includes comments regarding modifications to be made for entry into the book.