Struck off charge in 1957. One source says it was scrapped, another that it was used for target practice. Photo from: National Library of Australia

Ex G-EBTU which was flown by Captain W.N. Lancaster and Mrs J. Miller from the UK to Australia in 1928. The aircraft was sold in Australia becoming VH-UTU. Destroyed by fire after an accident at Singleton, NSW on June 6, 1936. Photo from: Coffs Harbour Regional Museum

'Local children watch as Westland Belvedere HC.1 XG453 of No 66 Sqn takes off from Krokong, Sarawak after it had transported a group of Ghurkhas during the Indonesian Confrontation.' Coded D on chin. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

A Bombay of No 216 Sqn in the desert environment it was designed for, at the 'Marble Arch' as the Allies called it. This was the Arco dei Fileni, built on the border between Tripolitania and Cirenaica by Mussolini in 1937 and demolished by Gaddafi in 1973. The airstrip here was suitable for large aircraft. Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45 suggests the Lutwaffe called it Arco Philanorum, but that was not the usual Italian name of the arch. The IWM caption suggests the photo was taken soon after the first fighters of No 239 Wing landed here on 18 December 1942. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

G-EAVI was owned by WA Hadden in Kincaidshire. It was flown by Jimmy Woods who became a significant figure in aviation in Western Australia. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Crashed on takeoff during an attempt to smuggle diamonds from the nearby Bogenfels diamond mine. All those involved arrested and charged. Namibia was under South African rule at the time. Photo from: Heritage Portal South Africa

G-AUEK seen here with Australian Aerial Services prior to its Puma engine being replaced by a Bristol Jupiter radial. Operated across NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Later VH-UEK. Crashed on landing at Wau, Papua New Guinea, on May 28, 1938. Not repaired. Photo from: Powerhouse Museum

Jimmy Woods set out in VH-UPD hoping to break Jim Mollison's record from Australia to the UK of six days. Woods took six weeks to get there due to bad luck and bad weather. UPD was impressed into the RAAF as A7-104 in July 1940 and there its story ended. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

At BOAC's wartime Bristol base. Fortuna crashed near Shannon on 16 July 1943. Photo by: F W Crouch / Imperial War Museums

Sold in 1954 as N1596V for use in aerial survey. Later VH-WWS. Photo from: Coffs Harbour Regional Museum

Aircraft of The Poachers aerobatic team in then standard colour scheme with dayglow stripes. By May 1969 the team's aircraft were in the new red and white standard scheme to which a blue sash was later added. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Preparing for American's first cargo flight, which they claimed to be the first scheduled cargo flight in the world. Note the Flagship Airfreighter titles. The flight, which took 19 hours, carried more than 2,700 kg of cargo from LaGuardia Field to Burbank, California. This very early DC-3 was delivered as a Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) in June 1936, before being impressed by the USAAF as 42-56103 in May 1942 and converted to C-49E. The aircraft was returned to American in June 1944 and served with them until sold in August 1947. It eventually crashed on 28 December 1948 en-route from San Juan (PR) to Miami. Photo from: American Airlines

Loading 3 million doses of hog cholera (swine fever) serum on behalf of the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) for delivery to Shanghai, to combat a serious outbreak of that disease in China. Photo from: American Airlines

The Spanish government ordered the first six Dornier Wal flying boats, built at Marina di Pisa in Italy, off the drawing board. In 1926 three of these made a return flight to Equatorial Guinea, including W-5 which was at that time named Cataluña. W-5 was written off after a landing accident at Melilla in 1929. A man seems to be riding in the engine bay forward of the radiator here. IWM could not identify this aircraft and the only link with Britain seem to be the Rolls-Roye Eagle engines. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Former ANA aircraft that was at the time of its retirement the highest time Bristol 170 in the world with 26,000 hours. Scrapped a few months after its last flight. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Crashed Bitoi Valley, New Guinea, on October 30, 1941. Photo from: National Library of Australia

Reregistered VH-MMO in November 1955. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

A65-123 was attached to No. 86 Transport Wing when the wing was transferred to Canberra in a VIP role. 1954 was the year Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia. Due to lack of suitable RAAF aircraft, a Qantas Constellation and a TAA Convair 240 were chartered. But for smaller airports A65-123 was used. It had the Queen's crest in place of the 86 Wing crest. A23-123 continued in a VIP role (with 34 Squadron) until 1968 when it was transferred to the Navy as N2-123. Kangaroo roundels replaced the RAF roundels in 1956. Photo from: National Library of Australia

1446 was the first Tucano upgraded to T-27M standard, first retaking to the air on 23 October 2020, and one of the first four flown to the Academia da Força Aérea at Pirassununga (SBYS) from São Paulo (SBGR) on 9 December 2021. Photo by: Samuel Figueira / Força Aérea Brasileira

Entering service in January 1916, the nimble Nie 11 fighter put an end to the 'Fokker Scourge', outclassing the Fokker Eindecker in every respect expect that its machine gun could not fire through the arc of the propeller. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie