Avro Lancaster presentation ceremony : group of four men standing beside Lancaster

Object detail

Accession number

11-0192

Production period

1960s

Description

Four men standing in front of the wing and nose of the Avro Lancaster. The two men in the middle are in uniform, the two men on the outside for in suits. The uniformed man on the left is M. le Capitaine Veyrat, Military Air Attache of Noumea and Senior Officer of Lancaster Crew. Merv Sterling and his son are standing on either side of the French crew members. Merv Sterling is holding a camera in his hands about waist level, his son has a camera hanging around his neck. Behind the group part of a sign is visible. It reads: Museu. ....pot .nd T..echno... In the background is the right side of the Lancasters nose and part of the right wing.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 photograph : ; 21 x 26 cm.

Credit Line

1964. Avro Lancaster presentation ceremony : group of four men standing beside Lancaster, 11-0192. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Western Springs
Auckland City
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Avro Lancaster Veyrat, M. Le Capitaine Sterling, Mervyn David, 1917-

Collection type

Institutional Archives Walsh Memorial Library

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Photograph Coat Aircraft Gesture Aerospace manufacturer Vehicle Propeller Suit Aircraft engine Airplane

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