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This map indicates the localities where the aviators making international flights have come to grief. The continuous line shown is that of Mr. James A. Mollison’s record flight from Lympne to Cape Town in 4 days 17 hours, and the positions indicated are: (1) Victoria Falls, where the “Spirit of Fun,” an American monoplane, crashed, killing the pilot, Captain A. P. Dickson, and slightly injuring the passengers, Messrs. A. M. Loew and J. Rosthal; (2) Benguella, Portuguese West Africa, where Mrs. J. A. Mollison nee Miss'Amy Johnson) was forced down by engine trouble on her flight to Cape Town; and (3) the stretch between Duala, Cameroons, and Niamey, French West Africa, where Mr. Victor Smith, flying from Cape Town to London, is missing.

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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 48, 19 November 1932, Page 11

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This map indicates the localities where the aviators making international flights have come to grief. The continuous line shown is that of Mr. James A. Mollison’s record flight from Lympne to Cape Town in 4 days 17 hours, and the positions indicated are: (1) Victoria Falls, where the “Spirit of Fun,” an American monoplane, crashed, killing the pilot, Captain A. P. Dickson, and slightly injuring the passengers, Messrs. A. M. Loew and J. Rosthal; (2) Benguella, Portuguese West Africa, where Mrs. J. A. Mollison nee Miss'Amy Johnson) was forced down by engine trouble on her flight to Cape Town; and (3) the stretch between Duala, Cameroons, and Niamey, French West Africa, where Mr. Victor Smith, flying from Cape Town to London, is missing. Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 48, 19 November 1932, Page 11

This map indicates the localities where the aviators making international flights have come to grief. The continuous line shown is that of Mr. James A. Mollison’s record flight from Lympne to Cape Town in 4 days 17 hours, and the positions indicated are: (1) Victoria Falls, where the “Spirit of Fun,” an American monoplane, crashed, killing the pilot, Captain A. P. Dickson, and slightly injuring the passengers, Messrs. A. M. Loew and J. Rosthal; (2) Benguella, Portuguese West Africa, where Mrs. J. A. Mollison nee Miss'Amy Johnson) was forced down by engine trouble on her flight to Cape Town; and (3) the stretch between Duala, Cameroons, and Niamey, French West Africa, where Mr. Victor Smith, flying from Cape Town to London, is missing. Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 48, 19 November 1932, Page 11

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