Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0178,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1931-11-25,

Location

Darwin,

Description

A crowd around plane AVRO Ten VH-UNA 'Southern Sun' Australian National Airways carrying first all Australian Aus-Eng air mail Departed 23 November for England but crashed on take-off at Alor Star, Northern Malaya on 26 November Crew and passengers unhurt, engines salvageable but rest a write-off Mail undamaged (Allan, Boulton, Callaghan, Brinsmead).,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,