File:StateLibQld 1 128619 Sir Keith McPherson Smith.jpg
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English: Sir Keith McPherson Smith
Sir Keith Macpherson Smiith, aviator and engineer, was born in Adelaide in 1890. In 1914, he went to Great Britain trained as a pilot and flying instructor and was accepted into the Royal Flying Corp. He received his commission and served during WW I as an aerial gunnery officer. After the war, he and his brother Ross made a flight from England to Australia in a Vickers Vimy aircraft. He was the navigator and the assistant pilot. For their effort he shared ina prize of £10,000 and he and his brother were knighted. In 1923 he joined the staff of Vickers Ltd. and became their Australian representative. (Information supplied with photograph.). |
| Date | circa 1919 |
| Source | Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland |
| Author | Contributor(s): F. A. Whitehead |
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This image has been digitised by the State Library of Queensland, and provided to the Wikimedia Commons as part of a cooperative project. The original photograph is in the public domain. The metadata has been released by State Library of Queensland under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 license.
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