British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1946-1954
Historical Note
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines was an Australian-New Zealand-United Kingdom formed airline that operated trans-Pacific flights from 1946 to 1954, with headquarters based in Sydney, Australia. It was taken over by Qantas in 1954.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection
Collection — Folder: One
Identifier: 2016-08-24
Content Description
This small collection consists of materials related to Dorothy "Dottie" Lewis Simpson's flying career and some commercial airline ephemera. It is unclear if Dottie or her daughter Anne collected the ephemera. Material documenting Dottie Simpson includes her U.S. Army Air Corps wallet with her private pilot's license, medical certificate, and CAA identity card. Her pilot's flight log is also included and primarily covers 1944-1946 but has notations dating as late as 1997. The commercial ephemera...