| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-USB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed Altair |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Altair |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 8D Altair |
| C/n (msn): | 152 |
| Aircraft Name: | Lady Southern Cross |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Melbourne - EssendonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1934 to September 1934 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 121699 |
| Photo Comment |
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Owned by famed aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, VH-USB left Australia by air in October 1934 for the US. In September 1935 it was shipped on to the UK where it became G-ADUS for an attempt on the UK-Australia record. It crashed into the Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar, on November 8, 1935. An undercarriage leg washed up on Aye island but otherwise no traces of the -USB, Smithy and copilot Tommy Pethybridge were ever found. This photo was added on 29 January 2019, and has since been viewed 1304 times. |