PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-1-724 (G261.001)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kingsford Smith Fails to Set New Record from Britain to Australia. (Sydney) Rengo Arrived Today. The famous Australian aviator Major Kingsford Smith, who departed from Windham on September 23 to break the record set by former RAF pilot Charles William Scott in April of nine days and three hours from Britain to Australia, was forced to make an emergency landing near Smyrna, Greece. Having failed, he returned to Britain on the 9th (see foreign news transmission). Photograph: Major Kingsford Smith storing his spare propeller as he prepares to set a new record (from his departure from Sydney)."

CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

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