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| Picture No |
13467510 |
| Date |
1928/29 |
| Description |
The Royal Air Force to the rescue in Afghanistan |
| Details |
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. |
| 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 |
| Credit Line |
Mary Evans Picture Library |
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