Aug 26, 2018
Archaeological item, Southern Cloud aircraft. Small metal purse frame with floral decoration on edge and sides, c. 1925-193. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, ma.as/400490
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Archaeological item, Southern Cloud aircraft. Small metal purse frame with floral decoration on edge and sides, c. 1925-193. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, ma.as/400490
Frame and clasp for women’s purse (2 pieces), recovered from Southern Cloud aircraft, maker unknown, 1925-1931. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, ma.as/400488
Southern Cloud Lookout near Tumbarumba
This Day In Wrecks
1931: The Southern Cloud disappears while flying for Australian National Airways from Sydney to Melbourne with 8 people on board. The wreckage of the Avro 618 Ten is found 27 years later in the Snowy Mountains.
1940: The MV Christiansborg is torpedoed by U-38, killing one crew member. The 24 survivors from the cargo ship were later rescued by the HMS Discovery II. Her wreck lies north of the Orkney Islands.
2011: A Trans Air Congo cargo flight crashes on approach to the airport in Pointe-Noir, Republic of Congo. All 4 crew members on the Antonov An-12 and 19 people on the ground are killed. (Conflicting fatality numbers were reported.) (video above)