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Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/29

Vickers Vimy and crew being approached by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/30

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7-8/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/31

Vickers Vimy surrounded by well wishers at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7-8/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith and James Bennett the Vickers Vimy

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/32

Ross and Keith Smith (centre) and James Bennett (right, behind wing), posing with the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vickers Vimy, Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/33

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track, at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/34

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track, at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Digging out the Vimy at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/35

Digging out the Vickers Vimy utilizing bamboo matting track at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Towing the Vickers Vimy at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/36

Natives towing the Vickers Vimy along bamboo matting track at Surabaya, Indonesia, 7/12/1919.

Bamboo matting runway at Surabaya

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/37

Aerial photograph of bamboo matting runway at Surabaya, Indonesia, 8/12/1919.

Native onlookers at Bima

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/38

Native onlookers at Bima, Indonesia, 8-9/12/1919.

Ross Smith at Bima

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/39

Ross Smith at Bima, Indonesia, drinking milk from a coconut.

Keith Smith at Bima

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/40

Keith Smith at Bima, Indonesia, drinking milk from a coconut.

View of Port Darwin from Vickers Vimy

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/41

View of Port Darwin from the Vickers Vimy, just before landing 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/42

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/43

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/44

Crowds gathered to view the Vickers Vimy landing at Port Darwin 10/12/1919.

Ross Smith at Darwin

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/45

Ross Smith standing by the Vickers Vimy after landing at Darwin, 10/12/1919.

Vickers Vimy crew carried shoulder high by the Darwin crowd

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/46

Ross and Keith Smith, James Bennett and Walter Shiers being carried shoulder high by the Darwin crowd, 10/12/1919.

Photograph of painting of Vickers Vimy and crowd.

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/47

Photograph of a painting of a crowd gathered to view the Vickers Vimy at Darwin.

Ross Smith, Bennett and Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/48

Ross Smith, James Bennett and Walter Shiers at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/49

Ross and Keith Smith with James Bennett, standing by the Vickers Vimy at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919..

Ross and Keith Smith with Bennett at Cobbs Creek

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/50

Ross and Keith Smith and James Bennett at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, having a meal break and stop after one of the propellors of the Vickers Vimy cracked, 14-17/12/1919.

Ross and Keith Smith with Walter Shiers at Cobbs Creek

Smith, Keith Macpherson, Sir, 1919-1920, Photograph, PRG 18/7/51

Ross and Keith Smith with Walter Shiers enjoying a meal break by the Vickers Vimy at Cobbs Creek, Northern Territory, 14-17/12/1919. Caption from Ross Smith's book '14,000 miles through the air': Our camp while mending the broken propeller in the Northern Territory of Australia. From right to left - Captain Sir Ross Smith, Sergeant W.H. Shiers, Sir Keith Smith. Photograph by J.M. Bennett.