Aircraft Photo of VH-ABU | De Havilland D.H. 80A Puss Moth

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-ABU
Aircraft Original Type:	De Havilland D.H. 80 Puss Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:	De Havilland D.H. 80 Puss Moth
Aircraft Version:	De Havilland D.H. 80A Puss Moth
C/n (msn):	2022

Location
City / Airport:	Melbourne - EssendonMap
Region / Country:	Victoria, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	November 1956
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:	857119

Photo Comment
Rare colour image of this aircraft. Registration cancelled in 1961 after which DH.80 changed hands and moved many times, Restored to static condition for the Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg, Queensland. It has been displayed since 2008 as CF-AFK, which was the DH.80 in which Bert Hinkler was killed in Italy in 1933. Photo by: Barrie Colledge This photo was added on 19 October 2025, and has since been viewed 59 times.

Photo Comment

Rare colour image of this aircraft. Registration cancelled in 1961 after which DH.80 changed hands and moved many times, Restored to static condition for the Hinkler Hall of Aviation, Bundaberg, Queensland. It has been displayed since 2008 as CF-AFK, which was the DH.80 in which Bert Hinkler was killed in Italy in 1933. Photo by: Barrie Colledge

This photo was added on 19 October 2025, and has since been viewed 59 times.

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