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This photograph shows the damage done to the "Southern Cross" when it landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the aeroplane's wing was damaged during taxiing 4 February 1933.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Av 70
Date
February 1933
Digitisation ID
2009N_Av70_TRA_2284
Held In
Coolstore

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Palmerston North

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