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Letter from Ross Smith following World War I to his mother, Persian Gulf [PRG 18/17/54/2] • Manuscript

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Summary

Letter from Ross to his mother, Jessie Smith, while on active service during World War I. Written at Chabahar, Persian Gulf. Ross speaks of plans of arriving in India the following afternoon in the Handley Page bomber after flying to Karachi and two days later arriving in Delhi. Also mention of the aeroplane flying well with the Rolls Royce engines purring along for well, with the longest air time being seven hours from Damascus to Baghdad.

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Physical description

1 letter (2 pages) : handwritten ; 0.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

10 December 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
Handley Page (bomber)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices
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

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4,061 x 5,167 pixels (21.0 MP)

Size

62.97 MB

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