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BA1410/3/14: Fokker FVII-3M PK-AFC (Abel Tasman) at Wyndham after carrying the first air mail from the Netherlands to Australia, 16 May 1931
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BA1410/3/15: Fokker FVII-3M PK-AFC (Abel Tasman) at Wyndham after carrying the first air mail from the Netherlands to Australia, 16 May 1931
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BA1410/20: W.A. Airways plane, C.W.A. Scott's VH-UQA and PK-AFC Abel Tasman, Wyndham, 16 May 1931
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Summary
Fokker F VII-3m, "Abel Tasman", arrived at Wyndham 16 May 1931 carrying the first experimental air mail from Holland. The mail had been flown to Batavia where it was transferred to the Abel Tasman belonging to KNILM which continued via Koepang, Wyndham, Camooweal, Charleville, Brisbane and Sydney to reach Melbourne on 18 May 1931. Pilot Captain M.P. Pattist, mechanic S. Elleman, reserve pilot J.J. Moll.
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Title devised by cataloguer. Captions from album. Photograph BA1410/20 was donated as a loose photograph which was later found to have been originally mounted in album 3 (BA1410/3) with BA1410/14-15. Title devised by cataloguer. Captions from album.
Subjects
- Abel Tasman (Airplane) -- Photographs.
- Air mail service -- Western Australia -- Wyndham -- Photographs.
- Airplanes -- Western Australia -- Wyndham -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA1410/3/14-15
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