Territory Stories

Kingsford Smith

Details:

Title

Kingsford Smith,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0177,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1931-04-25,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Kingsford Smith handing over the first experimental Eng-Aus airmail to Postmaster Hurtle Bald. The mail was retrieved from Koepang NEI after Imperial Airways DH66 Hercules G-EBMW 'City of Cairo' crashed there on 14 April (Kingsford Smith, Allan, Hewitt). Kingsford Smith flew Fokker F.VIIb/3m VH-USU 'Southern Cross' Australian National Airways. Bald was killed in the first Japanese air raid attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes, mail planes, Kingsford-Smith, Charles, Sir, 1897-1935,

Digital format

5000 x 3238 pixels ; 24bpp : 48.57Mb.,

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/10070/15363,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/736535