Comments on: The 1919 Air Race http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/02/13/the-1919-air-race/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Amanda Rebbeck (AWM) http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/02/13/the-1919-air-race/#comment-1526 Amanda Rebbeck (AWM) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:59:41 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/02/13/the-1919-air-race/#comment-1526 Hi Neil Thank you for your comment. You are quite right about Captain Howell being one of the 'forgetten men' of the England-to-Australia air race. Unfortunately the main reason for this is that the Memorial does not hold any items in its collection relating to Howell or his exploits as a pilot. We would be very interested however, in representing Howell in our collection, and to receive any historical material that you may be aware of that relates to him. In saying this i did manage to find one photograph of Howell amongst a donation of material relating to another First World War flyer. I've used this image to illustrate a post on Captain Howell, which you can read <a href="http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/08/19/captain-cedric-howell/#more-1306" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Regards Amanda Rebbeck Hi Neil

Thank you for your comment. You are quite right about Captain Howell being one of the ‘forgetten men’ of the England-to-Australia air race. Unfortunately the main reason for this is that the Memorial does not hold any items in its collection relating to Howell or his exploits as a pilot. We would be very interested however, in representing Howell in our collection, and to receive any historical material that you may be aware of that relates to him.

In saying this i did manage to find one photograph of Howell amongst a donation of material relating to another First World War flyer. I’ve used this image to illustrate a post on Captain Howell, which you can read here.

Regards
Amanda Rebbeck

]]> By: Neil Eddy http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/02/13/the-1919-air-race/#comment-1298 Neil Eddy Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:56:44 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2008/02/13/the-1919-air-race/#comment-1298 One of those who died in accidents during the race was Cedric ("Spike") Howell, an Australian who flew with 45 Sqn RFC/RAF in Italy and who scored 19 victories and was awarded the DFC, DSO and a MC. Spike is a bit of a 'forgotten man' and it would be nice to see him get some recognition. One of those who died in accidents during the race was Cedric (”Spike”) Howell, an Australian who flew with 45 Sqn RFC/RAF in Italy and who scored 19 victories and was awarded the DFC, DSO and a MC. Spike is a bit of a ‘forgotten man’ and it would be nice to see him get some recognition.

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