RECORD-BREAKING PLANE DAMAGED.—One of the Royal Air Force Wellesley bombers which recently established a world long-distance record on the formation flight from Ismailia (Egypt) to Darwin, was damaged when making a forced landing at Richmond. This picture shows the three planes of the flight when leaving England for Egypt to prepare for the record attempt.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 5
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55RECORD-BREAKING PLANE DAMAGED.—One of the Royal Air Force Wellesley bombers which recently established a world long-distance record on the formation flight from Ismailia (Egypt) to Darwin, was damaged when making a forced landing at Richmond. This picture shows the three planes of the flight when leaving England for Egypt to prepare for the record attempt. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 30 November 1938, Page 5
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