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1929
1929 - 0009.PDF
JANUARY 3, 1929 P Cta£i VICK (AVIATION) LIMITED The VICKERS "VICTORIA" (Twin Napier "Lion" Engines) TROOP CARRIER used by the ROYALAIR FORCE FOR THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS FROM KABUL to PESHAWAR "THE TIMES/' Monday, December 24, 1928. News has reached London that the women and children in the British Legation at Kabul were safely r moved yesterday by aeroplane to Peshawar. The transfer was carried out with the approval of the Afghan Government. The aeroplane, a Vickers-Victoria, took off from the Sharpur aerodrome, two miles from the Legation, at 10 a.m., and arrived with its passengers at Peshawar at 11.30 safely, having covered a distance of 160 miles in one and a half hour The type of aeroplane used to bring back the Legation women and children has two 450 h.p. engines (Napier Lion), and is known as the Vickers-Victoria troop carrier. These machines carry 22 or 23 fully armed infantry, two pilots and a gunner, and they can also be used as ambulances. They have been frequently used to remove the sick in Iraq. 'ICTOSiA 69OO Vl'CKEtt'S • MOUSE, WR LON OONv S.W. I • A! RC RAFT FACT OR V: Wfir&RtWCfe Save time by using the Air MaiL vii
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