Straight on Till Morning (38 page)

The ‘famous' picture of Beryl Markham.
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl's Vega Gull
The Messenger
outside the Percival Aircraft factory's hangar at Gravesend, Kent, August, 1936.
(B.M.E)

 

Captioned ‘The Great Adventure', this
Daily Mirror
front page photo showed
The Messenger
over Abingdon shortly after take-off.
(British Library)

 

Arrival in Nova Scotia:
The Messenger
embedded in a Balleine Cove peat bog. Beryl sustained only minor injuries and was able to continue her journey successfully in another aircraft.
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl's own caption reads: ‘At Louisburg, Nova Scotia a few hours after I landed.'
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl's triumphant wave on reaching New York.
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl's own caption reads: ‘Interview with the Mayor in New York.' Fiorella La Guardia offers a civic greeting.
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl waves from the deck of
The Queen Mary
as she returns to England, September 1936.
(Photosource)

 

The damaged
Messenger
being uploaded from the S. S. Coldharbour at London Docks.
(B.M.E)

 

Beryl wearing her famous white flying suit, shortly before her transatlantic flight.
(Bettman)

 

With Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on location for
Safari,
Hollywood, 1939.
(B.M.E)

 

Raoul Shumacher, Beryl's third husband, taken in New Mexico, 1943.
(British Library)

 

Beryl with her dog Rosie in the avocado orchard at the Santa Barbara ranch, 1946.
(V. Markham)