First England to Australia flight in 1919. Vickers converted Vimy bomber (G-EAOU), crewed by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith with his brother Lieutenant Keith Macpherson Smith as co-pilot and mechanics Sergeant W.H. (Wally) Shiers and Sergeant J.M. (Jim) Bennett. The Vimy left Hounslow Heath at 8.30 am on 12 November 1919. It flew via Lyon, Rome, Cairo, Damascus, Basra, Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta, Akyab, Rangoon racecourse, Singora in Siam, Singapore, Batavia and Surabaya, reaching Darwin at 4.10pm on 10 December 1919.
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