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Picture added on 16 January 2009
Thats a De Havilland Fox Moth! The windows behind the engine are the clue, it was a small passanger compartment for 4 folk.
Added by Graham Macdonald on 20 January 2009
De Havilland Fox Moth bought by Midland and Scottish Air Ferries in Feb 1932 and according to a paper cutting was part of the first scheduled air services in Scotland.
Added by William Watters on 20 January 2009
Yes William, it was a DH-83 Fox Moth, re-registered VH-ABU and acquired by Australian Air Force in 1941. Had a chequered career of crashes and repairs, finally re-registered VH-GAV and crashed in Borneo
Added by Tom Scott on 21 January 2009
Correction to my last blurb. G-ACCT was registered in Australia as VH-ABU January 1938 and taken over by RAAF in September 1941. Later with QUANTAS, Air Ambulance and Missionary. Crashed at Bulolo, Papua New Guinea in April 1949.
Added by Tom Scott on 22 January 2009
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