Items sent by Solomon Islands Philatelic Bureau when returning the following file: WPHC MP No.2482 1926 Proposed Seaplane flight to Pacific Islands by Royal Confidential Australian Air Force. a) Photograph of DH Dove of Megapode Airways flying over Point Cruz taken by Ted Marriott. b) Directorate of Overseas Surveys Map of the British Solomon Islands marked with the route of the 1926 RAAF flight. c) Photocopies of two despatches from WPHC MP No. 2482/1926 relating to the arrival and departure of the RAAF plane at Tulagi. November 1926. (See WPH files 104 and 340). , 1926 - 1926

File — Carton: 3029868

Identifier: MSS Archives. 2003/01. WPHC 19. WPHC 19. Series 19/I. File 19.

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

I. Papers relating to Civil Aviation in the South Pacific. 1946–1969. II. Records relating mainly to Marine and Naval Affairs. 1879–1956. III. Records relating mainly to administrative matters. 1901–1969. These records form part of the Western Pacific Archives (MSS & Archives 2003/1).

Dates

1926 - 1926

Creator

From the Collection: Great Britain. High Commission for Western Pacific Islands (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Much of the Western Pacific Archives (WPA) is subject to UK Crown copyright legislation. With attribution you are free to transcribe, translate, index and quote from published or unpublished Crown copyright material from the WPA as extensively as you wish. You may also reproduce copies of Crown copyright material for purposes of private study, non-commercial research or education. Please contact Special Collections regarding other uses including publication.