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1919 air race, Airco DH9 G-EAQM P.D.
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| Title: | 1919 air race, Airco DH9 G-EAQM P.D. |
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| Date taken: | 02 August 1920. |
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| Description: | Landing of Parer and McIntosh, entrants in the 1919 air race. The last to depart was the only other entry to actually make it to Australia - Airco DH9 G-EAQM P.D. under the command of Lieutenant Ray Parer. Parer and his co-pilot Lieutenant John McIntosh departed London on 8 January 1920 and completed their flight in an epic 206 days later, earning Parer the sobriquet "Battling Ray Parer". |
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Australian Dictionary of Biography : Parer, Raymond John Paul (1894 - 1967)
Wikipedia : England to Australia flight |
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