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Arrival from England [B 7560] • Photograph

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Summary

Arrival of Ross and Keith Smith, Sergeants WH Shiers and JM Bennett (mechanics) at Adelaide after flight from England. Sir Ross MacPherson Smith together with his brother Sir Keith MacPherson Smith became the first pilots to fly from England to Australia in 1919. The trip took 28 days and 135 flying hours. In 1915 he landed in Gallipoli, later awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was pilot for "Lawrence of Arabia". He was killed during a test flight of the Vickers Viking aircraft.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.8 cm x 11.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1920

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1890-1955
Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Air pilots -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

31/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,219 x 2,263 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

7.31 MB

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