Deperdussin training aircraft under repair following a crash at Point Cook. This aircraft was one ...

Accession Number P10875.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Date made c 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Deperdussin training aircraft under repair following a crash at Point Cook. This aircraft was one of two Deperdussin aircraft used for training by the Australian Flying Corps before and during the First World War. In 1920 it was transferred to the Australian War Museum, as the Australian War Memorial was then known.