Aircraft Photo of VH-UUB | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express | Holyman's Airways | AirHistory.net #119585
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-UUB
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 86 Express
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 86 Express
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 86A Express
C/n (msn):2326
Operator Titles:Holyman's Airways
Aircraft Name:Loila
Location
City / Airport:LauncestonMap
Region / Country:Tasmania, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YMLT   IATA: LST   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:September 1935 to December 1936
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 119585
Photo Comment

VH-UUB became part of the ANA fleet at the end of 1936. Impressed into RAAF as A31-3 in 1940. In 1941 it was flown to Egypt to be used as an air ambulance. Destroyed at Heliopolis on April 19, 1942, when struck by a Beaufighter that had swung off the runway on takeoff.

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