Bidspirit auction | Scarce 1969 Air Race cover

Scarce 1969 Air Race cover S3aA London - Sydney signed Flt Lt Kingsley. S3aA London - Sydney Air Race - Green Flown cachet Signed Flt Lt T Kingsley. 17 Dec 69 BFPS 1105 London - Sydney Air Race - Green Flown cachet Flown Gatwick to Sydney ( details on the cachet) Signed Personally Flt Lt T Kingsley. Backstamped GPO Sydney 126. Flight Lieutenant Kingsley ended up on a beach on Flores Island, still further east along the chain. They had to offload the aircraft to lighten it, and Kingsley's two fellow crew members, Rhys Evans and Gibson, staggered six miles through the jungle to the only airstrip at Maumere on the north coast of the island. Kingsley then made a thoroughly hazardous full-power take-off along the beach and flew to Maumere to pick them up. They reached Darwin at 12:50 pm on 26 December. Good condition Est.