59 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | February 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 408694Submit Correction |
| View count: | 218 |
Sold to the Thai air force in 1953. It had operated mainly in Papua New Guinea while in Qantas service. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | February 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | February 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 408694Submit Correction |
| View count: | 218 |
Sold to the Thai air force in 1953. It had operated mainly in Papua New Guinea while in Qantas service. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | February 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGTI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | [ AL541 ] |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 408403Submit Correction |
| View count: | 632 |
Reregistered VH-EAI in June 1947. Operated by Qantas but owned by BOAC. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGTI |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | [ AL541 ] |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGTI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | [ AL541 ] |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 408403Submit Correction |
| View count: | 632 |
Reregistered VH-EAI in June 1947. Operated by Qantas but owned by BOAC. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGTI |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | [ AL541 ] |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AIH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25491/14046 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 407719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 253 |
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1949. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AIH |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25491/14046 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AIH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25491/14046 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 407719Submit Correction |
| View count: | 253 |
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1949. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AIH |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 25491/14046 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| Aircraft Name: | Inlander |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 407241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 257 |
VH-AEC after being assembled at Sydney airport. It was the first US-built aircraft acquired by Qantas. Crashed at Condamine, Queensland, on February 12, 1948. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| Aircraft Name: | Inlander |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 407241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 257 |
VH-AEC after being assembled at Sydney airport. It was the first US-built aircraft acquired by Qantas. Crashed at Condamine, Queensland, on February 12, 1948. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 July 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| 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): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Sydney |
| City / Airport: | Camooweal (YCMW / CML)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 400295Submit Correction |
| View count: | 263 |
VH-USE seen here connecting with DH50 VH-UFA which was operating the Qantas service to Tennant Creek. Photo from David Caughey Collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Camooweal (YCMW / CML)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| 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): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Sydney |
| City / Airport: | Camooweal (YCMW / CML)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 400295Submit Correction |
| View count: | 263 |
VH-USE seen here connecting with DH50 VH-UFA which was operating the Qantas service to Tennant Creek. Photo from David Caughey Collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Camooweal (YCMW / CML)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| 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): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 September 1934 to 24 September 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 386970Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1327 |
Delivered to Australia by air, leaving Croydon on 24 September 1934.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 September 1934 to 24 September 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| 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): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 September 1934 to 24 September 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 386970Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1327 |
Delivered to Australia by air, leaving Croydon on 24 September 1934.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 13 September 1934 to 24 September 1934 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 628 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 628 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| 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): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Canberra |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 310529Submit Correction |
| View count: | 954 |
Crashed at Darwin on October 9, 1944 while on loan to Qantas by the RAAF. The RAAF had impressed it in 1940. Photo from: Archerfield Jet Base
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| 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): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Canberra |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 310529Submit Correction |
| View count: | 954 |
Crashed at Darwin on October 9, 1944 while on loan to Qantas by the RAAF. The RAAF had impressed it in 1940. Photo from: Archerfield Jet Base
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1947 to December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 309017Submit Correction |
| View count: | 231 |
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
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AXL |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2071 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1947 to December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1947 to December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 309017Submit Correction |
| View count: | 231 |
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
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AXL |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2071 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1947 to December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 288829Submit Correction |
| View count: | 256 |
Originally built as a C-47A-20-DK, serial 42-93008. Served with the RAAF as A65-45, callsign 'VHCIB'. Acquired by Qantas in December 1946, registered VH-EAK(1). Seen here at an unknown location in New Guinea probably late 1940s. Sold to the Royal Thai Air Force in October 1953, becoming L2-13/96. Crashed in January 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 288829Submit Correction |
| View count: | 256 |
Originally built as a C-47A-20-DK, serial 42-93008. Served with the RAAF as A65-45, callsign 'VHCIB'. Acquired by Qantas in December 1946, registered VH-EAK(1). Seen here at an unknown location in New Guinea probably late 1940s. Sold to the Royal Thai Air Force in October 1953, becoming L2-13/96. Crashed in January 1980.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 22 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 to 1949 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 273057Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1713 |
Withdrawn from use in 1950. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAJ |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 22 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 to 1949 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 22 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 to 1949 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 273057Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1713 |
Withdrawn from use in 1950. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAJ |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 22 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 to 1949 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 251936Submit Correction |
| View count: | 232 |
While operating a scheduled airline service from Wau to Bulolo and Lae, VH-EBQ crashed in Huon Gulf, 4 miles south of Lae Aerodrome while attempting to land at Lae in low cloud and rain. Originally thought to be due to VFR flight into bad weather, the centre propeller (seen here) was subsequently found to have shed a blade in flight and torn the engine out of its mounts, causing the pilot to lose control.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 251936Submit Correction |
| View count: | 232 |
While operating a scheduled airline service from Wau to Bulolo and Lae, VH-EBQ crashed in Huon Gulf, 4 miles south of Lae Aerodrome while attempting to land at Lae in low cloud and rain. Originally thought to be due to VFR flight into bad weather, the centre propeller (seen here) was subsequently found to have shed a blade in flight and torn the engine out of its mounts, causing the pilot to lose control.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 251935Submit Correction |
| View count: | 431 |
While operating a scheduled airline service from Wau to Bulolo and Lae, VH-EBQ crashed in Huon Gulf, 4 miles south of Lae Aerodrome while attempting to land at Lae in low cloud and rain. Originally thought to be due to VFR flight into bad weather, the centre propeller was subsequently found to have shed a blade in flight and torn the engine out of its mounts, causing the pilot to lose control.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Photo ID: | 251935Submit Correction |
| View count: | 431 |
While operating a scheduled airline service from Wau to Bulolo and Lae, VH-EBQ crashed in Huon Gulf, 4 miles south of Lae Aerodrome while attempting to land at Lae in low cloud and rain. Originally thought to be due to VFR flight into bad weather, the centre propeller was subsequently found to have shed a blade in flight and torn the engine out of its mounts, causing the pilot to lose control.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBQ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5003 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 16 July 1951 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)Website |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UXB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| C/n (msn): | 7513 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 219194Submit Correction |
| View count: | 309 |
Seen here after a ground-loop. Sold to Connellan Airways before it was repaired. Flew on with that airline until 1950 and then retired.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UXB |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| C/n (msn): | 7513 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UXB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| C/n (msn): | 7513 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 219194Submit Correction |
| View count: | 309 |
Seen here after a ground-loop. Sold to Connellan Airways before it was repaired. Flew on with that airline until 1950 and then retired.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UXB |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 90 Dragonfly |
| C/n (msn): | 7513 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clifton |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 216176Submit Correction |
| View count: | 428 |
Badly damaged during a night training landing at Rose Bay on January 18, 1944. Seen here after being brought ashore. Assessed as not worth repairing and scrapped. Qantas photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clifton |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 216176Submit Correction |
| View count: | 428 |
Badly damaged during a night training landing at Rose Bay on January 18, 1944. Seen here after being brought ashore. Assessed as not worth repairing and scrapped. Qantas photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGID |
| Fleet number: | 3 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 182 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Rigel Star |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1943 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 204627Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1256 |
Used to connect Australia with Sri Lanka during World War II. Known as the Double Sunrise service as the sun rose twice during the non-stop flights that lasted up to 32 hours. G-AGID scuttled near Rottnest Island on January 30, 1946. When explosives failed to sink it, gun fire was used. G-AGID had flown to its final resting place because a bridge prevented it being towed there. That meant making it airworthy again for its final flight. The Catalinas has been retired when Liberators took over the route. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/ State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGID |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 182 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1943 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGID |
| Fleet number: | 3 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 182 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Rigel Star |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1943 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 204627Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1256 |
Used to connect Australia with Sri Lanka during World War II. Known as the Double Sunrise service as the sun rose twice during the non-stop flights that lasted up to 32 hours. G-AGID scuttled near Rottnest Island on January 30, 1946. When explosives failed to sink it, gun fire was used. G-AGID had flown to its final resting place because a bridge prevented it being towed there. That meant making it airworthy again for its final flight. The Catalinas has been retired when Liberators took over the route. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/ State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGID |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 182 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1943 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGFM |
| Alternate Serial: | FP244 |
| Fleet number: | 2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina IB |
| C/n (msn): | 831 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA / UK - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Altair Star |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | November 1942 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 203807Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1565 |
Provided by the RAF during World War II for Qantas to operate non-stop flights between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon). At the end of the war, the RAF ordered G-AGFM scuttled, not scrapped. A bridge over the Swan River prevented it being towed to sea. So the RAF ordered the aircraft by made airworthy again. On February 26, 1946 it was flown to the sea near Rottnest Island where it was sunk with explosives. Except for a wingtip float which had detached and drifted off. It had to be dispatched with a tomahawk. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGFM |
| Alternate Serial: | FP244 |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina IB |
| C/n (msn): | 831 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA / UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | November 1942 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGFM |
| Alternate Serial: | FP244 |
| Fleet number: | 2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina IB |
| C/n (msn): | 831 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA / UK - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Altair Star |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | November 1942 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 203807Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1565 |
Provided by the RAF during World War II for Qantas to operate non-stop flights between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon). At the end of the war, the RAF ordered G-AGFM scuttled, not scrapped. A bridge over the Swan River prevented it being towed to sea. So the RAF ordered the aircraft by made airworthy again. On February 26, 1946 it was flown to the sea near Rottnest Island where it was sunk with explosives. Except for a wingtip float which had detached and drifted off. It had to be dispatched with a tomahawk. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGFM |
| Alternate Serial: | FP244 |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina IB |
| C/n (msn): | 831 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA / UK - Air Force |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Perth - Nedlands Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | November 1942 to July 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1180 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 201799Submit Correction |
| View count: | 662 |
Operated to Japan in support of the Australian occupation troops. Roundel a requirement. Scrapped c1952.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAU |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1180 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1180 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 201799Submit Correction |
| View count: | 662 |
Operated to Japan in support of the Australian occupation troops. Roundel a requirement. Scrapped c1952.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAU |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian 1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1180 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - International (YBBN / BNE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1948 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.878 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cooee |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1938 to December 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 199751Submit Correction |
| View count: | 406 |
VH-ABF over Brisbane where Qantas was headquartered at the time. When air services between Australia on the one side and the UK and Africa on the other were cut during World War II, Cooee was unable to get home. Likewise, BOAC's G-AFPZ was trapped on the Australian side, so a swap was arranged. -ABF became G-AFBL in July 1942 and continued with BOAC until scrapped in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABF |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.878 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1938 to December 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.878 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cooee |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1938 to December 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 199751Submit Correction |
| View count: | 406 |
VH-ABF over Brisbane where Qantas was headquartered at the time. When air services between Australia on the one side and the UK and Africa on the other were cut during World War II, Cooee was unable to get home. Likewise, BOAC's G-AFPZ was trapped on the Australian side, so a swap was arranged. -ABF became G-AFBL in July 1942 and continued with BOAC until scrapped in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABF |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.878 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | May 1938 to December 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USG |
| 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): | 2311 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Area: | Ilfracombe / Barsdale Station [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 November 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 189830Submit Correction |
| View count: | 512 |
VH-USG was being delivered to Qantas when it crashed soon after departing Longreach killing the three crew and one passenger. As can be seen in the photo, the fin had failed. The problem was a defective fin-trim mechanism and similar faults were found in the rest of the Qantas DH86 fleet. Poor quality control at DH to blame. -USG was neither registered in the UK nor Australia at the time but was being ferried on a UK Certificate of Airworthiness. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2311 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Area: | Ilfracombe / Barsdale Station [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 November 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USG |
| 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): | 2311 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Area: | Ilfracombe / Barsdale Station [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 November 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 189830Submit Correction |
| View count: | 512 |
VH-USG was being delivered to Qantas when it crashed soon after departing Longreach killing the three crew and one passenger. As can be seen in the photo, the fin had failed. The problem was a defective fin-trim mechanism and similar faults were found in the rest of the Qantas DH86 fleet. Poor quality control at DH to blame. -USG was neither registered in the UK nor Australia at the time but was being ferried on a UK Certificate of Airworthiness. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2311 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Area: | Ilfracombe / Barsdale Station [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 15 November 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |