b'1551319THE LAST FLIGHT OF THESOUTHERN CROSS.A special envelope postmarked at RICHMOND on 18th July 1935 at the conclusion of the short flight from Mascot; signed by the pilot, Charles Kingsford Smith, bearing a perforated vignette and addressed to Ernie Crome. Accompanied by a QANTAS reproduction photograph of the Southern Cross in flight. Also, a B.D.V. cigarette card featuring CKS. (3 items).$500750 1320THE LOSS OF CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH & TOMMY PETHYBRIDGE:A scrapbook containing many newspaper1316cuttings regarding their flight from England1324to Australia, during which they hoped to break the speed recordWIDE WORLD PHOTOS: World War Two era original established by Scott & Campbell-Black a year earlier. The lossphotographs with attached details for possible publication. of contact with their aeroplane, the Lady Southern Cross, asSubjects include The Desert Patrol (Dec.1940), A Flying they flew through a storm between Allahbad and Singapore,Fortress Leaves the Ground (Nov.1940), Training Parachute is graphically described in these pages, as is the search, theTroops (Jan.1941), A Nazi Dernier being heavily attacked speculation about where they might be and whether they had(Jan.1941), Poles repay Nazis with bombs Nov.1940, Italian survived. The scrapbook also includes original telegrams: FARAir Activity on the Greek Front (Dec.1940), Camera Record EAST COMMAND INFORMED AIR MINISTRY TWO FLYINGof the Aerial Combat over Britain, etc. Various sizes; mixed BOATS ORDERED [TO] LEAVE SINGAPORE 2310 GMTcondition. (20 items).SEARCH COASTS ISLANDS ON ROUTE PENANG VICTORIA POINT, and SEARCH FOR FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN$200300 AIRMAN.BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FORCED DOWN IN BAY OF BENGALJAMES MELROSE ANOTHER1325AUSTRALIAN AIRMANABANDONDED HIS EFFORTANDAMERICAN WW2 WARPLANE PRODUCTION: A folder of ALSO ASSISTED IN TODAYS SEARCH. The scrapbook alsooriginal photographs from the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, contains other Smithy newspaper reports from earlier flightsthe Allison Division of General Motors, and a two-page text and experiences including the 1934 Trans-Pacific flight, the Maydocument from The Glenn L. Martin Company, mainly 25 x 1935 Trans-Tasman flight, the original text of a speech given by20cm. (15 items).John Stannage, etc. Would be hard to replicate.$5001,000$300400 1321 1326EUROPEAN AEROPLANES: A folder containing 1936-37WORLD WAR TWO R.A.A.F. PHOTOGRAPHS: A collection original photographs of Junkers planes including the JU86of various sizes, the largest being 22 x 32cm, depicting a crew Buckeberg, the plane under construction, the JU86 modelabout to climb aboard their plane at Wagga RAAF Station 1941, under construction for South African Railways & Harbours, thea trainee pilot, planes in flight, loading bombs, R.A.A.F. crews Dornier DO-18 flying boat, the DO-22, the Lufthansa HA-139departing from Sydney by ship, etc., some still in proof sheets Nordstern, the French flying boat Bretagne, the Focke-Wulfor strips. (38 images; slight duplication).FW-44, the Junkers JU-90 and the Arado AR76. (19 items,$200250 mainly approx. 12 x 17cm.).$2003001327WORLD WAR TWO ERA & LATER MILITARY AIRCRAFT:1322 A collection of original photographs issued by North American AIRCRAFT OF THE MID-1930s: A collection of originalAviation, Inc., Bell Aircraft Corp., Douglas Aircraft Corp., photographs, mixed sizes (the largest being 20 x 25cm),Lockheed, De Havilland, Vickers, Republic Aviation Corp., including Vought Pursuit, Scout Bomber, a Polish Single-seatBellanca Aircraft Corp., Seversky Aircraft Corp., etc. Mixed sizes fighter, a Miles Mohawk, a Hawk Trainer, a Beechcraft airlines,but mainly approx. 20 x 25cm. (20 items)North American NA16, a Burnelli UB-14, a Seversky P-35, a$200300 Lockheed 12, etc. (19 items).$2003001328AVIATION MEMORABILIA: photographs, postcards, 1323 documents, letters and printed ephemera contained THE CRASH OF THE AIRLINES OF AUSTRALIA STINSONin 10 folders.ON LAMINGTON PLATEAU, FEBRUARY 1937: A folderFolder titles include Wagga 1942, WWII RAAF, containing original photographs, some research material, aHELICOPTER. SHELL CO., C.L.S. DOUGLAS, STINSON cockpit photo and an original Pre-Announcement of the 1936ENVOY, PERCIVAL GULL, WWII PLANE ENGINES, Stinson MULTI-PURPOSE Reliant from the manufacturer inCRADLE TO GRAVE - WAR PLANE - 38, 39, 40 etc. Wayne, Michigan. (In the Australian Airmail Catalogue, the(10 folders). (225+ items).Lamington Crash is referenced as AAMC.704a). $5001,000 $250300 '