A Shell Aviation Service International pump tanker refuelling a Douglas DC-6B aircraft

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Series[UMA-SR-000000037] Aviation photographsAccession[2008.0045] SHELL HISTORICAL ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2008004501173Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentA Shell Aviation Service International pump tanker being used by four men to refuel a Trans Australia Airlines U.S. made Douglas DC-6B aircraft at an unidentified airport in Australia, possibly Essendon, Victoria. The aircraft is VH-TAD, VHINH or VH-INU. This aircraft is called a DC7B in error, as T.A.A. did not operate this model. The four-engine DC-6B was a popular intercontinental long-haul pressurised passenger aircraft, which had excellent operating economics and could carry up to 107 passengers.
Inscription: "Photograph A. Refuelling Personnel. Left to Right: - F.G. Smith, G. Olley, J. Johnson, N.J. Bond. Douglas
DC7B" Stamped: "Sutcliffe Pty. Ltd. Commercial Photographer 94 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Cent. 1500" and "75 98"Access StatusAccess restrictions apply for some itemsRequest TypeRequest unitUnitBWP Album 0177Conditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright owned by the University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image please contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

Provenance

CreatorSutcliffe Pty. Ltd. Commercial PhotographerRolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorShell Australia LimitedRoleProvenance

Dates

Date1951-1970

Description Control

Previous System ID2008.0045.01173Format NumberBWP/28253

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Genre/FormPhotographic prints

Subjects

SubjectAircraftDouglas DC-6BShell Company of Australia

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