Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photo number

PH0238/1630,

Collection

Peter Spillett Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1931-06-01,

Location

Parap, Darwin,

Description

Messrs Jolly, Dudley Kelsey and Fawcett posing in front of Jim Mollinson's DH60G VH-UFT at Darwin, probably 6 June 1931 and prior to a midnight crash on take-off on a solo Australia to England. Mollison was originally to commence the flight from Derby, WA, however maps were unreliable and he diverted to Darwin. The aircraft crashed at midnight 6 June 1931 and following repairs in Sydney Mollison departed for Wyndham and then England on 25 July, departing Wyndham on 29 July 1931.,

Notes

Date:1931-06,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/13020,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/13020

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/733955,