The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan
The Royal Air Force to the Rescue in Afghanistan. Illustration depicting aircraft of the RAF flying over mountainous terrain on a mission to rescue six hundred people of varying nationalities during the 1928-29 revolution in Afghanistan. Eighty-three journeys were made in fifty days by Vickers-Napier "Victoria" aircraft, each carrying two pilots and 23 evacuees. No lives were lost in the operation
Picture No
13467510
Media ID
48405070
Size
5161px x 3433px
(6.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From the original painting by courtesy of Sir Robert McLean, published in The Book of Knowledge, Volume I, part work published by The Waverley Book Company
Date
1928/29
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