Landing of Parer and McIntosh, entrants in the 1919 air race. The last to depart was the only other entry to actually make it to Australia - Airco DH9 G-EAQM P.D. under the command of Lieutenant Ray Parer. Parer and his co-pilot Lieutenant John McIntosh departed London on 8 January 1920 and completed their flight in an epic 206 days later, earning Parer the sobriquet "Battling Ray Parer".,
Language
English,
Subject
aviators,
air races,
aeroplanes,
airstrips,
England-Australia Air Race, 1919,
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http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110137b.htm [Australian Dictionary of Biography : Parer, Raymond John Paul (1894 - 1967)],
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=England_to_Australia_flight [Wikipedia : England to Australia flight],