G-AUHI was on the register from May 1928 until its crash at Golden Grove, South Australia on September 4 that year. Based In Queensland, it had been flown to Adelaide via Darwin by C.W.A. Scott, who later flew DH88 Comet G-ACSS Grovenor House to win the 1934 MacRobertson Trophy Air Race. The passenger was RAF Air Marshall Sir John Salmond. G-AUHI crashed in bad weather when leaving Adelaide. Scott was seriously injured and his engineer later died from his injuries. Salmond was not onboard having completed his travels on the DH50 at Adelaide two days earlier.

Qantas built aircraft. It was not repaired after this accident.

Aircraft built by LASCO in Melbourne. Crashed at Waipali on October 16, 1937.

Built by Qantas as G-AUHE in 1928 and flew with the airline until it crashed near Winton, Queensland, on October 3, 1934. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

Built by Qantas under licence from de Havilland. Reregistered VH-UHE by August 1930. Crashed near Winton, Queensland, October 3, 1934. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

Qantas sold G-AUFW in 1931 by which time it was VH-UFW. Crashed at Capella, Queensland, on July 19, 1936. Qantas liked the DH.50 and built several some, like FW, with Siddeley Puma engines and others with Bristol Jupiter radials. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

VH-ULG was one of three DH.50s built by Qantas with Bristol Jupiter engines. Qantas also built four Puma powered DH.50A models. -ULG was sold in Papua New Guinea in 1935 and crashed at Chimbu on November 10, 1937. Photo from: State Library of Queensland