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Lieutenant-Colonel Allister Mackintosh Miller DSO OBE (editor & compiler)Donaldson's Air Travel
Donaldson's Air Travel Handbook (1948)
Donaldson’s Publications, Johannesburg, hardcover, foreword by the Hon. F.C. Sturrock, Minister of Transport, illustrated with maps, diagrams and advertisement, histories of operating companies, high commissioners, ministers and representatives overseas, routes, towns, bibliography, index, 192 pages, 145 x 225mm, condition: very good.
The editor & compiler, Lieutenant-Colonel Allister Mackintosh Miller DSO OBE , was a South African aviator and M.P. who recruited an astonishing 2000 pilots (from the Union) for the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) during 1916 -1917. The pilots were known collectively as "Miller's Boys". He also flew on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller founded Union Airways, South Africa’s first commercial mail and passenger carrier, later to amalgamate with South West African Airways (1932) to become, South African Airways. (1934). This handbook was issued with the compliments of South African Airways.
Donaldsonƒ??s Publications
Johannesburg
1948
145 x 225mm
Donaldson's Air Travel Handbook (1948)
Donaldson’s Publications, Johannesburg, hardcover, foreword by the Hon. F.C. Sturrock, Minister of Transport, illustrated with maps, diagrams and advertisement, histories of operating companies, high commissioners, ministers and representatives overseas, routes, towns, bibliography, index, 192 pages, 145 x 225mm, condition: very good.
The editor & compiler, Lieutenant-Colonel Allister Mackintosh Miller DSO OBE , was a South African aviator and M.P. who recruited an astonishing 2000 pilots (from the Union) for the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) during 1916 -1917. The pilots were known collectively as "Miller's Boys". He also flew on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller founded Union Airways, South Africa’s first commercial mail and passenger carrier, later to amalgamate with South West African Airways (1932) to become, South African Airways. (1934). This handbook was issued with the compliments of South African Airways.
Donaldsonƒ??s Publications
Johannesburg
1948
145 x 225mm
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