28 Sep 1927

South Africa
  • Lieutenant Dick Bently of the South African Air Force landed his D.H.60X Moth aircraft after making the first solo flight from Great Britain to Cape Peninsula, South Africa. He had left London on 1 Sep 1927. ww2dbase [Cape | AC]



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