Kingsford Smith, Charles, Sir, 1897-1935
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Smith, Charles Kingsford, Sir, 1897-1935
Smithy, 1897-1935
Kingsford-Smith, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir, 1897-1935
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Air pilots
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Sources
found: His Story of "Southern cross" ... 1928.
found: Historical souvenir record, 1978:t.p. (Sir Charles Kingsford Smith)
found: Smithy, 1999:t.p. (Charles Kingsford Smith) p. 1 (born 9 Feb. 1897)
found: LC database, Nov. 10, 2016(heading: Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935; usage in works by him: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, C.E. Kingsford-Smith; usage in works about him: Charles Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith)
found: Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, viewed Nov. 10, 2016(Smith, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford, aviator; known colloquially as Smithy; referred to as Kingsford Smith in article; b. Feb. 9, 1897, Brisbane, Australia; in 1903 the Smith family moved to Vancouver, Canada; there they adopted the composite surname Kingsford Smith; this was an unconventional though practical measure that enabled ease of identification in a new country; Kingsford Smith returned to Australia, Jan. 1921; on Nov. 6, 1935, he began an England-Australia journey; after passing over Calcutta about midnight on Nov. 7, heading for Singapore, he and companion J.T. "Tommy" Pethybridge were lost at sea on Nov. 8, probably in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Burma, where one of the wheels of their plane was washed ashore two years later)
found: Australian dictionary of national biography WWW site, viewed Nov. 10, 2016(Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles Edward)
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1980-08-11: new
2016-11-15: revised
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