| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Brisbane |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Jakarta - Halim PerdanakusumaMap |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: WIHH IATA: HLP Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | February 1935 to June 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142617 |
| Photo Comment |
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The QEA DH.89 fleet was used to connect at Singapore with Imperial Airways flights from the UK. Empire flying boats replaced the DH.89s and Qantas sold -USD to MMA in Western Australia in July 1938. In January 1939 it was sold to Tata and Sons, India, as VT-AKZ. It would be impressed into the RAF as AX800. Soon after returning to civil operations it was struck off the Indian register. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 21 May 2019, and has since been viewed 655 times. |