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Letter from Ross Smith during World War I to his mother, Palestine [PRG 18/17/34/5] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, during his active service during World War I. Written in Palestine. Mentions difficulties of flying at higher altitude of 19,000 feet in his Bristol fighter aircraft, being awarded Captaincy and a Bar, being known as the 1st Squadron Australian Flying Corps instead of 67th and other happenings.

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Physical description

1 letter (8 pages) : handwritten ; 0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

12 March 1918

Creator

Smith, Ross Macpherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Smith, Jessie, 1860-1947
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, Australian
Airmen -- South Australia -- Correspondence

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General notes

To view records of further correspondence in this series do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/17.

Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,090 x 5,013 pixels (20.5 MP)

Size

61.53 MB

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