A pair of vintage photographs of Kingsford Smith's famous monoplane the 'Southern Cross' (VH-USU), damaged in a night landing at Mascot Aerodrome after participating in the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 19 March 1932
The 'Sydney Morning Herald' for 21 March 1932 describes the incident: 'Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith, after returning from participating in the display of illuminations at the Harbour Bridge on Saturday night, suffered a mishap at Mascot in which the 'plane "Southern Cross" was damaged. He made a good landing in the..... More