Territory Stories

Mail plane

Details:

Title

Mail plane,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0379,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1931-04-26,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Pilot Russell Tapp (left) handing mail to postmaster Hurtle (who was later killed in the bombing of Darwin). Plane HD61 Giant Moth VH-UJB 'Apollo' of Qantas. It arrived at Darwin from Brisbane with the first Australia-England experimental air mail. It was then flown by Kingsford Smith in the 'Southern Cross' (Fokker F.V11b/3m VH-USU) to Akyab (Burma) for transfer to Imperial Airways aircraft thence to England.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes, postal workers, De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth (biplanes),

Digital format

3548 x 5000 pixels : 24bpp ; 53.24Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/15668

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736869,