![[G-ADPR being serviced after Jean Batten's return Australia-England flight was diverted to Naples]](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/xlarge/950/c7298960d04ae8d3f617555fffce87ac391c4950.jpg "[G-ADPR being serviced after Jean Batten's return Australia-England flight was diverted to Naples]")
[G-ADPR being serviced after Jean Batten's return Australia-England flight was diverted to Naples]
Maker and role
Unknown Photographer
Production date
1937
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Object detail
Accession number
MSS-2017-22.6
Maker
Description
Showing Batten holding paper as she stands dressed in flying gear next to Percival Gull G-ADPR. Three unidentified people appear to be working on the Gull plane. [Frederick Meuser] can be seen to the left, with his back turned. Batten was flying to Rome when her flight was diverted back to Naples after bad weather.
Marks
"FOTO AGENZIA / NAPOLI / TELEFONO 25857 / C.P.E.C. 81263 / VIA CHIAIA, 209" -on verso of print. Stamped
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 photograph : black and white ; 18 x 23.5 cm
Credit Line
Unknown Photographer. 1937. [G-ADPR being serviced after Jean Batten's return Australia-England flight was diverted to Naples], MSS-2017-22.6. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Production place
Naples
Italy
Southern Europe
Europe
Italy
Southern Europe
Europe
Current rights
![[Envelope and correspondence between Mrs Y. M. A. Fowler-Meuser and the Shuttleworth Collection regarding Jean Batten photographs]; The Shuttleworth Collection of Old Warden Aerodrome](https://collection.motat.nz/records/images/medium/947/fec9db35e735c7dd1429b4cd5ff6bdec218842f5.jpg)
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