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6-11 Aug.1919 (AAMC.20a) Adelaide - Minlaton special postcard carried by Captain Harry Butler in his "Red Devil" Bristol Tourer; with hand-written message. Exceptional condition.AAMC:$550.
Henry John 'Harry' Butler AFC (1889 – 1924) was an early Australian aviator, an air force officer, and a World War I flying ace. When he flew this air mail from Adelaide across St Vincent Gulf to Minlaton on 6 August 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere.
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