This photo was taken at the Douglas plant at Santa Monica on 22 November 1948 as BCPA's first DC-6 VH-BPF was about to leave on its delivery flight to Australia. (left to right) Captain A.A. Barlow (BCPA), Bert Foulds (Douglas), Keith Stuart (BCPA Navigator), Eric Pearson (BCPA Radio Operator), John L. Watkins (TAA), Sir Arthur Coles (BCPA Chairman), J.W. Clynes (Douglas), Captain John W. Bennett (BCPA), Captain Harry G. Mills (BCPA), S. Perry (Pratt & Whitney), 'Smokey' Stover (Douglas).Photo: R. Barlow via Harry Moore Collection

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