Archive

Stills Gallery

A century of photographs — the aviators, the aircraft, the diary, and the slow journey to find them.

Part One

Bill early years

Bill Lancaster, RAF

Bill Lancaster

Bill Lancaster portrait — Bill Lancaster, portrait

Bill Lancaster

Bill Lancaster with his mates — Bill with his mates

Bill Lancaster in the cockpit — Bill in the cockpit

Kiki and Bill Lancaster

Kiki and Bill Lancaster in India — Kiki and Bill, India

Bill kisses Kiki farewell as Chubbie observes — Farewell — Bill kisses Kiki, as Chubbie observes

Bill Lancaster and Jessie Maude 'Chubbie' Miller — Bill & Jessie Maude “Chubbie” Miller

Bill Lancaster and Chubbie Miller, Launceston 1928 — Bill & Chubbie, Launceston 1928

Bill Lancaster and Chubbie Miller — Bill & Chubbie

The love triangle, Miami 1932 — The love triangle — Miami, 1932

Pat, Kiki and Nina — Pat, Kiki & Nina

Part Two

The Aircraft

Bill and Chubbie with the Red Rose, Croydon 1927 — The Red Rose, Croydon 1927

The Red Rose in flight, 1927 — The Red Rose in flight

Bill in the Red Rose, 1927

Bill in the Red Rose, Croydon 1927 — Bill in the Red Rose, Croydon

The Red Rose, first flight — Red Rose — first flight

Bill and Chubbie at the RAF base — Bill & Chubbie at the RAF base

The Red Rose crash — The Red Rose, crashed

Bill, Charles Kingsford-Smith and Chubbie in front of the Southern Cross — Bill, Kingsford‑Smith & Chubbie

Bill Lancaster next to his Avro Avian 'Southern Cross Minor' — Bill & the Southern Cross Minor

Bill Lancaster in the Southern Cross Minor — In the Southern Cross Minor

Bill just after landing in Canada — Just after landing, Canada

Part Three

The Sahara

Wreckage of the Southern Cross Minor in Algeria — The wreckage, Algeria 1962

Wreckage of the Southern Cross Minor — Discovered by the French Foreign Legion

Southern Cross Minor in the Sahara — The Sahara Desert

Bill Lancaster's last diary, in its box — The diary, in its box

Bill Lancaster's last diary, page — From the diary

Diary page — From the diary

Diary page — From the diary

Diary page — From the diary

Bill Lancaster's grave — Bill's grave

Nina Squires, daughter of Bill Lancaster, in London — Nina Squires & the wreckage, Australia House, London

Restored Southern Cross Minor wreckage at the Queensland Museum — Restored — Queensland Museum

John with the Southern Cross Minor, 1975 — John with the wreck, 1975

Part Four

The Filmmaker's Journey

Andrew Lancaster in a Tiger Moth, Queensland — Andrew in a Tiger Moth, Queensland

Andrew Lancaster in a Tiger Moth — Tiger Moth, Queensland

Andrew and Noni in an Avro Avian — Andrew & Noni in an Avro Avian

Andrew and Noni replicate Bill and Chubbie — Replicating Bill & Chubbie

Andrew Lancaster and Noni Couell, Minneapolis — Andrew & Noni, Minneapolis

Andrew on a train — On the road