ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA (CALCUTTA-MELB OURNE) CARRIED IN MUMBAI

zyphr_philately store England - Australia 1926 Carried Envelope from Calcutta to Melbourne ! Mr. Alan J. Cobham left the River Medway on June 30th, at 5 AM, with Mr. Arthur B. Elliot as Engineer, reached Naples at 7.40 P.M Left Naples July 1st, reached Athens same evening, and thence via Alexandretta reached Bagdad at 7.10 PM. on July 4th. Left Bagdad on the 5th for Bander Abbas, and raced to Basra, as Mr. Elliot was shot on the way from Bagdad. Reverse of Cover - Pix 4, 5 & 6. Reverse of Cover is signed by:  - Stephen H. Smith and  dated 3 / 12 / 26  & - has an inscription which reads "Genuine Originals" and signed  by  someone i cant recognize. ARTHUR B. ELLIOTT Arthur B. Elliott came to Feltwell about 1912/13 to live with his uncle, Mr. Lynes, who was employed on Feltwell Lodge Estate and lived in the gatehouse to that Lodge.  He attended Feltwell School for a short time and, on leaving, spent a few months as errand boy to Mr. Sier of Manchester House. He was an intelligent lad and eventually joined the RAF and then became Sir Alan Cobham's crack engineer.  He was killed by a stray bullet (in the Middle East) while flying with Cobham in the England-Australia Air  Race  of 1926. Mr. John Hutchinson, now of 16, Lodge Road, Feltwell, while serving with No. 84 Squadron near Basra, helped Elliott to change a propeller on Cobham's plane shortly before the Air Race, when Cobham flew over the proposed route... A RARE COVER ~ Not seen to often ! Please see ALL the Pix for details ! [BYGSP11(c)] <div style="text-align:center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://mostpopular.sellathon.com/?id=AC974128"><img src="http://www.sellathon.com/Resources/Images/countercredit.gif" border="0"></a></div>