K. Zimmerman Charles Kingsford-Smith and Evert van Dijk Southern Cross Flight Manuscript 1930

Title	K. Zimmerman Charles Kingsford-Smith and Evert van Dijk Southern Cross Flight Manuscript 1930
Subject	Australia--Description and travel Voyages and travels Aviation Australia--History Short stories, Dutch German language--Writing
Category	3. World War I
Author	Zimmerman, K.
Keywords	Air plane
Current holder	State Library of Queensland
Date	1930
Link	https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99283113402061
Series number	28311
Item number	9.92831E+13
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright, Unrestricted access.
Country of origin	Germany Australia
Language	German English Dutch
Description from source	0.01 linear metres, 10 original photographs inserted into the manuscript relate to the text. Two newspaper clippings in Dutch also are included. Bound manuscript (25 x 20 cm.) in German entitled "Personliche Erinnerungen an die Southern Cross und an die Kuhnen Ozeanflieger Kingsford-Smith & van Dijk" [Personal memories of the Southern Cross and the Daring Ocean-aviators Kingsford Smith and van Dijk]. An English translation of the manuscript is included in this collection. These memories relate to the flight undertaken by Charles Kingsford-Smith, Evert van Dijk and Saul Smith, in the Fokker F. VIIb-3m Southern Cross from Portmarnock in Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to New York, in June 1930.
Physical format	Manuscripts Photographs Typescripts