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Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photographer

Young, Mayse, 1913-,

Photo number

PH0200/0256,

Collection

Mayse Young Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1928-08-28,

Location

Darwin,

Description

Men around plane. DH50J G-AUHI 'Hermes' built and operated by Qantas. Flown by C. W. A. Scott it arrived at Darwin on 28 August 1928 from Hughenden, Qld, with Sir John Salmond RAF who was invited to carry out an inspection of RAAF and make recommendations to the Commonwealth Government. The flight left for Adelaide on 31 August. Flying back to Qld from Adelaide the aircraft crashed in fog. Mechanic George Nutson died from burns later the same day. Sott received burns to face and hands rescuing him.,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Digital format

4203 x 6000 pixels : 48bpp ; 147.78Mb, back 150.31Mb, jpeg 3.16Mb, back 2.12Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 11.2 x 16.3 cm.,

File type

image/tiff, image/jpeg,

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/10070/19281,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740960

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740956, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/740958,