TRAGIC END TO MACHINE IN WHICH GREAT FLIGHTS WERE ACHIEVED.—The Southern Cross Junior, in which Kmgsford Smith made his solo flight from England to Australia and which was also flown by Guy Menzles in his sensational dash across the Tasman, crashed in Sydney yesterday and the two occupants were killed. One of them was Mr. Albert James, owner of the machine (inset). The 'plane is here shown as it was after Kingsford Smith's flight and in the swamp at Hari Hari after Menzies had sensationally landed on January 7.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 9
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89TRAGIC END TO MACHINE IN WHICH GREAT FLIGHTS WERE ACHIEVED.—The Southern Cross Junior, in which Kmgsford Smith made his solo flight from England to Australia and which was also flown by Guy Menzles in his sensational dash across the Tasman, crashed in Sydney yesterday and the two occupants were killed. One of them was Mr. Albert James, owner of the machine (inset). The 'plane is here shown as it was after Kingsford Smith's flight and in the swamp at Hari Hari after Menzies had sensationally landed on January 7. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 13 April 1931, Page 9
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