Mosquito over Everest
Title
Mosquito over Everest
Description
A Mosquito flying over Everest. On the reverse a telex message with details about the event, various rubber stamps and references.
On a separate sheet 'Mosquito flying over Mount Everest'.
On a separate sheet 'Mosquito flying over Mount Everest'.
Date
1945-09-18
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Language
Type
Format
One b/w photograph
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
PMehlinB1610, PMehlinB1611, PMehlinB1612
Transcription
[photograph]
[page break]
08 772120 . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU
FASTEST BOMBER OVER HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
BRITAIN'S TWO-ENGINED, ALL-WOOD MOSQUITO, THE WORLD'S FASTEST BOMBER, BREAKS THROUGH HEAVY STORM CLOUDS OVER MOUNT EVEREST. THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 17 BELOW ZERO, BUT THE PLANE SUFFERED NO ICING.
[symbol]IA SPEC 80 MGS. CAN
CREDIT LINE (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO FROM ACME) 9/18/45 (EO)
[handwriting inserted on backing sheet]
REF. DEPT.
10- 2.45
N.E.A.
paf 735
[page break]
Mosquito flying over Mount Everest
[page break]
08 772120 . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU
FASTEST BOMBER OVER HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
BRITAIN'S TWO-ENGINED, ALL-WOOD MOSQUITO, THE WORLD'S FASTEST BOMBER, BREAKS THROUGH HEAVY STORM CLOUDS OVER MOUNT EVEREST. THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 17 BELOW ZERO, BUT THE PLANE SUFFERED NO ICING.
[symbol]IA SPEC 80 MGS. CAN
CREDIT LINE (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO FROM ACME) 9/18/45 (EO)
[handwriting inserted on backing sheet]
REF. DEPT.
10- 2.45
N.E.A.
paf 735
[page break]
Mosquito flying over Mount Everest
Collection
Citation
“Mosquito over Everest,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 21, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/29071.
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