| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-AXL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2071 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - ArcherfieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YBAF IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | May 1947 to December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 309017 |
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VH-AXL was fitted with two small porthole windows either side of the cabin when delivered to QEA. It had been an ambulance aircraft with the RAAF and was sold to the Flying Doctor Service. AXL was operated by Connellan Airways with these portholes but it is not known if they were installed by the RAAF or by Connellan postwar. Qantas refitted the standard DH84 glasshouse and sent the aircraft to Papua New Guinea. It crashed there at Karanka on September 21, 1951. Note the Qantas hangar still has its wartime camouflage. Photo from: Archerfield Jet Base This photo was added on 9 December 2020, and has since been viewed 231 times. |