A crowd greets the Smith Brothers and their crew upon arrival in Australia on 10 December 1919
Details:
Title
A crowd greets the Smith Brothers and their crew upon arrival in Australia on 10 December 1919,
Photographer
Young, Mayse, 1913-,
Photo number
PH0200/0186,
Collection
Mayse Young Collection.,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
0000-00-00,
Description
A crowd around the first plane England-Australia which arrived on 10 December 1919 flown by Capt. Ross Smith, Lt. Keith Smith, Sgt. Jim Bennett, Sgt. Wally Shiers. A Vickers Vimy G-EAOU, it finished first place in the Eng-Aus air race, prize 10,000 pounds. Ross and Keith Smith were subsequently knighted and the sergeants promoted. See PH0200/185,