Photograph - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MT GAMBIER-MELBOUNRE FLIGHT (CHEROKEE AIRCRAFT AT ESSENDON AIRPORT), 1967

Physical description

50th Anniversary of Mt Gambier-Melbourne flight, Feb. 1917 (Cherokee aircraft at Essendon Airport), Re-enactment of flight by pilot John Hardingham. A. Cherokee aircraft on tarmac, on back b. Cherokee aircraft with Mrs V I Perkin (Basil's sister), Mr Luscombe (PMG Department) and a mailbag sitting on tarmac. Handwritten ID on backs plus PMG stamp with negative ID number, V1867/2

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