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Royal Australian Air Force Wapiti being taken aboard the research ship Discovery II at Williamstown Railway Pier, for use in a search for missing American explorers at the Antarctic

Stamped/inscribed on verso. H99.206/1289 is irregular shape, has crop marks and surface damage; image is a copy of H99.206/1292. H99.206/1290 & 1291 large photographs - previously stored folded leaving crease mark down centre. H99.206/1289, H99.206/1291, and H99.206/1292 are oversize photographs. Plane being hoisted on board the Discovery II, two men sitting in it - Wapiti being towed in the water by a rowing boat at Williamstown - Two men holding up one of a pair of skis which will be fitted on the plane for landing on ice.

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Date(s): 1932/1938

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