AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 21 Aug.1936 roughly opened cover London-Melbourne, participant in the famed 'Desert incident', where Horsa on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways service flight IE473 (departed Aug.22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, a consequence of the airfield lights not having been switched on, the pilots becoming lost and making a forced-landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells.
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AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 21 Aug.1936 roughly opened cover London-Melbourne, participant in the famed 'Desert incident', where Horsa on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways service flight IE473 (departed Aug.22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, a consequence of the airfield lights not having been switched on, the pilots becoming lost and making a forced-landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells.

Estimate
A$1,000–1,250
Realised
A$750
Closed 24 Aug 2020, 02:00 View at the house ↗
727-729 High Street, Armadale, VIC 3143
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30 Sept 2026, 03:04
Last seen
30 Sept 2026, 03:04
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