CS.5 Deperdussin training aircraft on loan from the Australian War Memorial to the RAAF Museum at ...

Accession Number P10875.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Date made c 1964
Conflict Period 1960-1969
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

CS.5 Deperdussin training aircraft on loan from the Australian War Memorial to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, beside a Sabre A94-935. The Deperdussin was one of two 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.