Papers and photographs [manuscript]. [1930-1988]

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Papers and photographs [manuscript]. [1930-1988]

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Chiefly photographs relating to aviation in Australia and in particular, repairing aircraft. Includes photographs of aircraft crashes on Mount Macedon, Vic. and at Cook's River, N.S.W.; aircraft repair operations at Essendon, Vic. and of Singapore in the 1930s. Collection includes a pilot chart of the Indian Ocean (1930) and photocopies of letters by Jimmy Woods (1933), Allen Metherall (1987-1988) and Lance Hicks (1988).

14 cm. (1 box)

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7072469

Libraries Australia

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Metherall, Allen.

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Colquhoun, Frank (Frank Bertram)

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Colquhoun, Dave.

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Woods, Jimmy, 1893-1975.

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Airman. Joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and served with RAF in Egypt in 1918. Commercial pilot in New Zealand and Scotland before joining West Australian Airways in 1924, flying on the north-west routes. In 1929, joined in the search for Kingsford-Smith who crashed in the Kimberleys. Completed the England-Australia Centenary race in 1934. Joined McRobertson Miller Airlines, 1934-1947, then formed his own company, Woods Airways in 1947. From the description of Papers. 1903-1988....

Colquhoun, Frank

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Frank Colquhoun was one of the first aviation apprentices in Australia. He worked as a mechanic and pilot for McRobertson Airlines and later joined Australian National Airlines. From the description of Papers and photographs [manuscript]. [1930-1988] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791614 ...