charles kingsford-smith
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Photobiography of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's lifeTRANSCRIPT
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Photobiography
Born in Hamilton, Queensland, 1897
Served in World War 1 and shot down two planes
Was awarded a Military Cross
Purchased a De Havilland DH6 plane and offered joy rides and performed hazardous movie stunts
Was hired by QANTAS as one of their five pilots to operate an airmail service
His dream flight across the Pacific Ocean came true on May 31st 1928
Jim Warner (navigator), Charles Ulm (co-pilot), Charles Kingsford-Smith (pilot) and Harry H. Lyon (navigator)
Oakland, California
Brisbane, Queensland
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Completed in 83 flying hours
Welcome home party in Sydney, Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith made sixteen more historic fights in the following seventeen years
On the 8th of November 1935 Charles along with co-pilot Tommy Pethybridge took off from Allahabad for Singapore.
They were never seen again.