DC-2 production at the Douglas factory, Santa Monica, California, February 1934 (Boeing)

Newly built DC-2 (PH-AJU) at the Douglas factory, Santa Monica, California (Boeing)

Newly built DC-2 (PH-AJU) at the Douglas factory, Santa Monica, California

Newly built DC-2 (PH-AJU) at the Douglas factory, Santa Monica, California

Douglas Aircraft Company President Donald Douglas Wills Jnr and KLM pilot Koene Parmentier, Santa Monica

DC-2 (PH-AJU) being hoisted to the deck of the S.S. Statendam at New York, bound for the Netherlands

DC-2 (PH-AJU) fuselage being unloaded at Waalhaven Dock (Rotterdam)

DC-2 (PH-AJU) fuselage being unloaded at Waalhaven Dock (Rotterdam)

DC-2 (PH-AJU) unloaded at Waalhaven Dock (Rotterdam)

DC-2 (PH-AJU) being hauled from the Waalhaven docks (Rotterdam) to the nearby airport for reassembly by the Fokker company

DC-2 (PH-AJU) publicity flight after reassembly in the Netherlands

Passengers return after a publicity flight from Rotterdam to Amsterdam on the KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU), September 1934

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) fully reassembled after being shipped from the United States

The reassembled KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) at Waalhaven Airport. It had not been named 'Uiver' at this time

German aviatrix and passenger on the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2, Thea Rasche and KLM manager for Germany, Harry Laponder

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) publicity flight over Rotterdam

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) publicity flight over Rotterdam

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) publicity flight over Rotterdam

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) publicity flight over Rotterdam

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) crew, L > R: Cornelis van Brugge (Radio operator), Koene Dirk Parmentier (Captain), Jan Johannes Moll (First Officer) and Bouwe Prins (Flight Engineer) (Air France-KLM)

KLM DC-2 (PH-AJU) crew, L > R: Cornelis van Brugge (Radio Operator), Koene Dirk Parmentier (Captain), Jan Johannes Moll (First Officer) and Bouwe Prins (Flight Engineer) (Air France-KLM)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 First Officer Jan Moll (L) and Captain Koene Parmentier (R)

Race markings being painted on the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 in final race livery prior to departure for Mildenhall

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew about to depart for Mildenhall.

KLM Captain Koene Parmentier in the cockpit of the 'Uiver' DC-2

KLM Captain Koene Parmentier and First Officer Jan Moll in the cockpit of the 'Uiver' DC-2

KLM Radio Operator Cornelis van Brugge in the 'Uiver' DC-2

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 and Pander S4 at Schiphol airport before leaving the Netherlands for Mildenhall (Air France-KLM)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Waalhaven Airport

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 departing for Mildenhall

Crowds at Waalhaven Airport to see the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 depart the Netherlands

Crowds at Waalhaven Airport to see the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 depart the Netherlands

Reassembled KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Schiphol Airport

Colonel Roscoe Turner's Boeing 247D on the deck of the SS Washington at Plymouth dock, October 1934

Boeing crew, Clyde Pangborn, Roscoe Turner and Reeder Nichols on the deck of the SS Washington (Martin Nichols collection)

Colonel Roscoe Turner's Boeing 247D being loaded in the United States for shipping to England

Amy Mollison (Johnson) and Jim Mollison with their de Havilland DH.88 'Black Magic' under construction at Hatfield aerodrome

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 and the Boeing 247D 'Warner Brothers comet' at Mildenhall

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Mildenhall

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Mildenhall

German aviatrix Thea Rasche, passenger on the Uiver DC-2, arriving at Mildenhall

British aviators Charles Scott and Tom Campbell Black with their de Havilland DH.88 'Grosvenor House'

Australian Ray Parer with his Fairy Fox I (finished 12th)

Americans Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn with their Boeing 247D

Flying Officer Harold Gilman and amateur pilot James Baines at Mildenhall. Tragically the pair were killed when their aircraft crashed in Italy

Amy Mollison (Johnson) and Jim Mollison with their de Havilland DH.88 'Black Magic'

Amy Mollison (Johnson) and Jim Mollison in their de Haviland DH.88 'Black Magic' about to depart Mildenhall (did not finish)

British aviators Charles Scott and Tom Campbell Black with their DH.88 'Grosvenor House'

Aircraft mechanic Don Young (L), Clyde Pangborn (C) and Roscoe Turner (R). Reeder Nichols at rear.

Boeing 247D crew, L>R: Aircraft mechanic Don Young, co-pilot Clyde Pangborn, radio operator Reeder Nichols, pilot Roscoe Turner and race official (Martin Nichols collection)

Dutch crew of the Pander S4 (L>R) Gerrit Geysendorffer, Dirk Asjes and Pieter Pronk

Dutch crew of the Pander S4 , (L>R) Pieter Pronk, Gerrit Geysendorffer and Dirk Asjes (Jackling Collection)

Flight Lieutenant Donald Shaw beside his British Klemm Eagle (did not finish)

Charles Scott and Tom Campbell Black chatting with HRH the Prince of Wales

Bellanca 28-70 'Irish Swoop' (withdrawn before start) and KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 in the hangar at Mildenhall

Horse-drawn sweeper at Mildenhall

HRH the Prince of Wales inspects the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 in the hangar at Mildenhall

Visitors inspect the Pander S4 'Panderjager' at Mildenhall

de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Black Magic' (did not finish) and DH.88 Comet G-ACSR (finished 4th). Granville Gee Bee R-6H at rear (did not finish)

Lambert Monocoupe D-145 'Baby Ruth' at Mildenhall (did not finish)

Royal Aero Club banquet held for competitors and officials at Grosvenor House, London (Smithsonian)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 in the hangar the night before the race start

Jimmy Melrose and his de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth at Mildenhall

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being inspected at Mildenhall

British aviators Charles Scott and Tom Campbell Black in their de Havilland DH.88 'Grosvenor House'

Ground crew with Colonel Roscoe Turner's Boeing 247D at Mildenhall

de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House' being pushed into a hangar at Mildenhall

The Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' taxiing at Mildenhall

Australian Ray Parer with his Fairey Fox I at Mildenhall (finished 12th)

Clyde Pangborn and Colonel Roscoe Turner with their Boeing 247D at Mildenhall

Harold Brook with his Miles M.3 Falcon at Mildenhall (finished 10th)

de Havilland mechanics weighing a DH.88 at Mildenhall

New Zealanders Henry Walker (L) and Malcolm McGregor (R) with their Miles M.2F Hawk Major 'Manawatu' at Mildenhall

Airspeed AS.8 Viceroy, crewed by Captain T. Neville Stack and Sidney Turner (did not finish)

Owen Cathcart-Jones and Ken Waller with their de Havilland DH.88 (finished 4th)

de Havilland DH.88 Comet G-ACSR flown by Owen Cathcart-Jones and Ken Waller (finished 4th)

de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House' at Mildenhall

Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' at Mildenhall

Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' at Mildenhall

de Havilland DH.88s 'Grosvenor House' (Scott/Campbell Balck) and G-ACSR (Cathcart-Jones/Waller) at Mildenhall

The King, HRH George V and HRH Queen Mary meet race officials and competitors at Mildenhall

State-of-the-art radio communications at Mildenhall

Airspeed AS-8 Viceroy flown by Capt T. Neville Stack and Sidney Turner (did not finish)

Pander S4 'Panderjager' at Mildenhall (did not finish)

Lockheed Vega 'Puck' flown by Australians Jimmy Woods and Flt Lt Donald Bennett (did not finish)

Lockheed Vega 'Puck' being fuelled at Mildenhall (did not finish)

British Klemm Eagle ‘The Spirit of Wm. Shaw & Co Limited’ flown by Flt Lt Donald Shaw (did not finish)

Airspeed AS.5 Courier flown by Sqn Ldr David Stodart and Sgt Pilot Ken Stodart (finished 6th)

Fairey IIIF 'Time and chance' flown by F/O Cyril Davies and Lt. Cdr. Clifford Hill at Mildenhall (finished 11th)

Fairey IIIF 'Time and chance' being weighed at Mildenhall (finished 11th)

Flying Officer Cyril Davies and Lieutenant Commander Clifford Hill in their Fairey IIIF 'Time and Chance' (finished 11th)

Jacqueline Cochran's Granville Gee Bee R-6H 'Q.E.D.' being fueled at Mildenhall (did not finish)

Mechanic working on Granville Bee Gee R-6H flown by American aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran (did not finish)

American aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and her co-pilot Wesley Smith who flew a Granville Bee Gee R-6H 'Q.E.D.' in the race (did not finish)

Colonel Roscoe Turner in his Boeing 247D at Mildenhall

Squadron Leader James Hewett (L), Passenger and photogragher Frank Stewart (C), Flying Officer Cyril Kay (R) and their DH.89 Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' (finished 9th)

de Havilland DH.88 'Grosvenor House' at Mildenhall

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 on the starting line at Mildenhall

de Havilland DH.88 'Black Magic' on the starting line

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at the starting line, Mildenhall UK (Jackling collection)

The Pander S4 takes off from Mildenhall

Some of the 50,000 spectators watching the start of the 1934 race at Mildenhall

Tom Campbell Black and Charles Scott with their DH.88 'Grosvenor House' at Allahabad, India

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 refuelling at Rome

Pander S4 and de Havilland DH.88 'Black Magic' at Allahabad (India)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 refuelling at Karachi, India (now Pakistan)

Fuel supply point for competitors at Ranbang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)

Map in the Netherlands showing the progress of the KLM 'Uiver' during the race

American Express office in Paris showing the progress of the race competitors

de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' refuelling at Athens (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections)

de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' refuelling at Singapore (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 refuelling at Darwin (Northern Territory Library)

de Havilland DH.88 Comet flown by Owen Cathcart-Jones and Ken Waller refuelling at Darwin (Northern Territory Library)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being inspected by Darwin locals (Northern Territory Library)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being inspected by Darwin locals (Northern Territory Library)

Darwin airport as seen from the de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' (Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections)

Scott and Campbell Black arrive in their DH.88 'Grosvenor House' at Charleville (State Library QLD)

An exhausted Charles Scott being assisted after landing at Charleville, Queensland (State Library QLD)

Pilot of the de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House', Charles Scott, speaking with the official timekeeper at Charleville, Queensland

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Charleville on the evening of 24 October 1934 prior to departing for Melbourne (State Library QLD)

German aviatrix and journalist Thea Rasche, one of the Uiver passengers, arriving at Charleville, QLD (State Library QLD)

Charles Scott and Tom Campbell Black sharing a cold beverage while speaking to journalists at Charleville (State Library QLD)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Charleville on the evening of 24 October 1934 prior to departing for Melbourne (State Library QLD)

Boeing 247D 'Warner Brothers Comet' arriving at Charleville

Captain Roscoe Turner (C) and the Mayor of Charleville, Mr Oswald J. Allen (R)

The crew of the Boeing 247D, Pilot Roscoe Turner (L), Radio Operator Reeder Nichols (C), and co-pilot Clyde Pangborn (R) at Charleville (State Library QLD)

Pilot Roscoe Turner working one of the Boeing engines at Charleville (State Library of QLD)

Roscoe Turner working on an engine while Reeder Nichols refuels the Boeing 247D at Charleville (State Library QLD)

Tom Campbell Black (L) and Charles Scott (R) having lunch at Charleville (State Library QLD)

Pilot Owen Cathcart Jones meets locals at Charleville (State Library of QLD)

Owen Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller landing their DH.88 'The Green'Un' at Charleville (State Library of QLD)

Pilot Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller at Charleville (finished 4th) (State Library QLD)

Scott and Campbell Black checking the fuel levels of their DH.88 at Charleville (State Library QLD)

Jimmy Melrose's DH.80 Puss Moth being refueled at Charleville (State Library QLD)

ABC Radio 2CO announcer Arthur Newnham, who called for cars to go to the Albury Racecourse

Albury locals inspect bogged KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (ARM-84.119.01)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 bogged at Albury Racecourse (ARM-14.812)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 bogged at Albury Racecourse (ARM-14.812)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 bogged at Albury Racecourse

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 bogged at Albury Racecourse

KLM 'Uiver' flight engineer Bouwe Prins inspects the Uiver at Albury Racecourse (ARM-85.405.126)

Albury locals inspecting the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (ARM-11.190.06)

Ropes being attached to the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 (ARM-12.999)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being readied for takeoff from Albury Racecourse (State Library NSW)

Albury locals inspect the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (ARM-14.811)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 bogged on Albury Racecourse (Noel Jackling Collection)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (Dallinger Family)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (Dallinger Family)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (Dallinger Family)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse

KLM First Officer Moll, Captain Parmentier and passenger Thea Rasche at Albury Racecourse

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being hauled from mud at Albury Racecourse (ARM-12.998)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse (ARM-5.405.126.d)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being pulled from the mud at Albury Racecourse. First Officer Jan Moll in foreground

Albury townsfolk with the unloaded contents of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Albury Racecourse

Crowds at Albury Racecourse waiting for the departure of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 (E. Hooke)

KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 taxiing to drier ground after a failed first takoff attempt on Albury Racecourse

Stripped of all excess weight, the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 takes off successfully from Albury Racecourse

Wheel ruts left in mud at Albury Racecourse following the departure of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2

Mrs Parmentier speaking to her husband after the Uiver had landed at the Albury Racecourse

Scott and Campbell Black taxiing after landing at Laverton (State Library VIC)

Crowd greets Scott and Campbell Black at Laverton (State Library VIC)

An exhausted Scott and Campbell Black being greeted at Laverton

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 Uiver landing at Laverton after crossing the finish line at Flemington (State Library VIC)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 landing at Laverton (State Library VIC)

The KLM Uiver DC-2 taxiing into the hangar at Laverton (Lawton/Bishop Collection)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 Uiver taxiing after landing at Laverton (State Library VIC)

The Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' landing at Laverton (State Library VIC)

The Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' landing at Laverton (State Library VIC)

Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros Comet' taxiing into the hangar at Laverton with KLM DC-2 and DH.88 'Grosvenor House' (Lawton/Bishop Collection)

The Boeing 247D crew: Colonel Roscoe Turner, Clyde Pangborn and Reeder Nichols soon after their arrival at Laverton

The Duke of Gloucester presents the winners trophy to Scott and Campbell Black at Flemington. Sir McPherson Roberston at right (State Library VIC)

Charles Scott addressing the crowd at Flemington Racecourse (State Library VIC)

Charles Scott, Tom Campbell Black and Sir MacPherson Robertson on the podium at Flemington Racecourse (State Library VIC)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 in the hangar at Laverton (State Library VIC)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being serviced at Laverton (State Library VIC)

KLM pilots Jan Moll and Koene Parmentier at Laverton (State Library VIC)

1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners (L>R), B. Prins, C. van Brugge, K. Parmentier, T. Campbell Black, C. Scott, J. Moll, R. Turner, C. Pangborn, R. Nichols (ARM-11.190.47)

Parmentier and Moll with the honorary Consul for the Netherlands, F.H. Wright and KLM representative Kolonel Koopman (State Library VIC)

KLM Pilots Jan Moll and Koene Parmentier with race sponsor Sir MacPherson Robertson at Laverton (State Library VIC)

KLM Uiver Crew, (L>R) Cornelis van Brugge, Bouwe Prins, Koene Parmentier, Jan Moll at Laverton (State Library VIC)

L>R: Tom Campbell Black and Charles Scott (1st place), Koene Parmentier and Jan Moll (2nd place), Clyde Pangborn, Reeder Nichols and Colonel Roscoe Turner (3rd place) (State Library VIC)

Colonel Roscoe Turner and his lion mascot 'Gilmore' at the Menzies Hotel, Melbourne (State Library VIC)

Colonel Roscoe Turner meets a young lion at Melbourne Zoo (State Library VIC)

KLM pilots Jan Moll and Koene Parmentier reading congratulatory telegrams at the Menzies Hotel, Melbourne (State Library VIC)

Albury Mayor Alf Waugh inspecting the Uiver at Laverton (State Library VIC)

Crowds greet Scott and Campbell Black in Melbourne (State Library ViC)

Huge crowds gathered to see the race competitors in Melbourne (State Library ViC)

Huge crowds gathered to see the race competitors in Melbourne (State Library VIC)

Members of the public enthusiastically welcome Australian Jimmy Melrose in the Melbourne street parade (State Library VIC)

The gold MacRobertson Trophy presented to race winners Scott and Campbell Black

Albury Mayor Alf Waugh and Uiver passenger Thea Rasche at Laverton

Jimmy Melrose and his mother at Laverton

Jimmy Melrose (finished 7th) at Laverton (State Library VIC)

Danish pilots Lt. Michael Hansen and Lt. Daniel Jensen (finished 8th) at Laverton

Danish Lieutenants Michael Hansen (L) and Daniel Jensen (R) at Laverton (finished 8th)

Jimmy Melrose being congratulated by the Duke of Gloucester at Flemington Racecourse (State Library VIC)

Sqr. Ldr. David Stodart and his neice Fay Stodart at Laverton (finished 6th)

New Zealanders Henry Walker (R) and Malcolm McGregor (L) with their Miles M.2F Hawk Major 'Manawatu' at Laverton

Flying Officer Cyril Davies and Lieutenant Commander Clifford Hill greeted by Sir MacPherson Robertson (finished 11th)

DH.89 Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' at Laverton (finished 9th) (Lawton/Bishop Collection)

Miles M.3 Falcon flown by British pilot Harold Brook, accompanied by Miss Ella Lay, at Laverton (finished 10th)

Uiver passenger Thea Rasche and 'Warner Bros Comet' radio operator Reeder Nichols in Hawaii on their way to the USA after the race

David and Ken Stodart's Airspeed AS.5 Courier at Laverton (finished 6th) (Lawton/Bishop Collection)

Miles M.2F Hawk Major flown by McGregor and Walker (finished 5th) at Laverton (Lawton/Bishop Collection)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 takes off at Laverton to begin the return flight to the Netherlands (Museum VIC)

The Uiver preparing to leave Laverton (Museum VIC)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 prepares to leave Laverton and return to the Netherlands (State Library VIC)

The race-winning de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House' on display in Sydney, November 1934

The race-winning de Havilland DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House' on display in Sydney, November 1934

The very tired crew of the Boeing 247D at Laverton, Nichols (L), Turner (C), Pangborn (R) (State Library VIC)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Cootamundra on the return flight to the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Archerfield Airport (Brisbane)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Archerfield Airport (Brisbane)

Huge crowds meet the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Surabaya, Java

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew at Mascot aerodrome (Sydney) on the return flight to the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Darmo, Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Ander Airfield, Bandung, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Ander Airfield, Bandung, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at RAF Station Seletar, Singapore

Crowds in the Netherlands waiting for the arrival of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 at Schipol Airport (nederlands foto museum)

Return of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 to the Netherlands (nederlands foto museum)

Return of the KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 to the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew riding in a street parade after their return to the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew being met by their families and officials in the Netherlands (nederlands foto museum)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew being met by their families and officials in the Netherlands (nederlands foto museum)

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew being met by their families and officials in the Netherlands (nederlands foto museum)

KLM pilots Koene Parmentier and Jan Moll riding in a street parade after their return to the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew riding in a street parade after their return to the Netherlands

Captain Koene Parmentier addressing the crowd at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

KLM pilots Jan Moll and Koene Parmentier at the welcome ceremony in the Netherlands

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 crew at the welcome ceremony in the Netherlands after their return from Australia

Captain Koene Parmentier addressing the crowd at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam

Parmetier and Moll arriving at the Rotterdam City Hall

Honouring the 'Uiver' crew at the Rotterdam City Hall, 30 November 1934

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 being fuelled prior to leaving on the Christmas flight to Batavia from Schiphol, 19 December 1934

The KLM 'Uiver' DC-2 about to leave on the Christmas flight to Batavia from Schiphol, 19 December 1934

Rutbah Wells fort near the Uiver crash site in Iraq

The Uiver crash site in Iraq

The Uiver crash site in Iraq

The Uiver crash site in Iraq

The Uiver crash site in Iraq

The Uiver crash site in Iraq