| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-AOR |
| 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): | 2042 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Lae (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: AYLA IATA: LAE Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 585022 |
| Photo Comment |
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Qantas sold this aircraft in 1953. It crashed at Tingalpa, Queensland, on October 24, 1954. Two of the three people on board were killed. Ironically, the flight was to scatter the ashes of a deceased neighbour. The ship in the photo is the Tenyo Maru, sunk during World War II when the Japanese occupied Lae. It finally slipped under the surface during an earthquake in the 1970s. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library This photo was added on 11 July 2023, and has since been viewed 215 times. |