City of Basra & City of Delhi. 1932 (Jan) First flight covers from South Africa to England (5) or Southern Rhodesia (and reposted from Salisbury to Kenya franked 1/6) involved in both crashes (two with signs of water damage and air mail labels washed off), and five further covers carried on the subsequent service from South Africa, South West Africa (2), Nyasaland or Southern Rhodesia, all recovered from the "City of Delhi". "City of Basra" was carrying the first air mail on the South Africa to England route when it crashed near Salisbury on January 29th. The mails were transferred to "City of Delhi" (flying the first return flight from South Africa) but this flight was also forced down during a storm, landing in a bog 55 miles from Broken Hill on February 4th. The mails were taken into Broken Hill and completed their journey from there in "City of Baghdad". (11).