Breguet XIX: ….. & Aterrizando.

Also in a day like this another historic Spanish air raid came to an end. The only surviving example of the three Breguet XIXs of the “Escuadrilla Elcano” landed in 13 may, 1926 at Nichols Field, Philippines after a 17.100km staged flight full of incidents.

Always found this stupendous photo-document quite alluring. Received by the same flag which had thrown out the Spaniards from their former colony…

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