44 results found
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| 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): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Al Fostat |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - Almaza (HEAZ)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1 March 1946 to 26 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 297933Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
Willem van de Poll took photos in Cairo on several occasions. Photo dated by the Beech D18S SU-ADK, which left Wichita on delivery to Egypt on 1 March 1946 and crashed in July 1949. The fate of SU-ABO is unknown. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - Almaza (HEAZ)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1 March 1946 to 26 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| 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): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Al Fostat |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - Almaza (HEAZ)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1 March 1946 to 26 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 297933Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
Willem van de Poll took photos in Cairo on several occasions. Photo dated by the Beech D18S SU-ADK, which left Wichita on delivery to Egypt on 1 March 1946 and crashed in July 1949. The fate of SU-ABO is unknown. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - Almaza (HEAZ)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1 March 1946 to 26 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2335 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Danae |
| City / Airport: | Cologne - Butzweilerhof (ETBB) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | August 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 288134Submit Correction |
| View count: | 700 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2335 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Cologne - Butzweilerhof (ETBB) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | August 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2335 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Danae |
| City / Airport: | Cologne - Butzweilerhof (ETBB) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | August 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 288134Submit Correction |
| View count: | 700 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2335 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Airport: | Cologne - Butzweilerhof (ETBB) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | August 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| 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): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Al Fostat |
| City / Airport: | Baghdad - Al Muthanna (closed)Map |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo by: | Sidney Hatter (via Ian McDonell)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 217494Submit Correction |
| View count: | 833 |
In the late 1930s Misr built up a network of services across the Middle East from its base in Cairo using a fleet of DH86 Expresses and DH89 Rapides.
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Baghdad - Al Muthanna (closed)Map | Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo by: | Sidney Hatter (via Ian McDonell)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| 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): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Al Fostat |
| City / Airport: | Baghdad - Al Muthanna (closed)Map |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo by: | Sidney Hatter (via Ian McDonell)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 217494Submit Correction |
| View count: | 833 |
In the late 1930s Misr built up a network of services across the Middle East from its base in Cairo using a fleet of DH86 Expresses and DH89 Rapides.
| Registration / Serial: | SU-ABO |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2329 |
| Operator Titles: | Misr Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Baghdad - Al Muthanna (closed)Map | Country: | Iraq |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo by: | Sidney Hatter (via Ian McDonell)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UYW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2361 |
| Operator Titles: | WRC Airlines - W.R. Carpenter Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Carinthia |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | June 1938 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 190898Submit Correction |
| View count: | 336 |
Used to connect Sydney with Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Ditched near Kavieng, PNG, on March 15, 1940. Salvaged a week later but the airframe collapsed as it was lifted on to the deck of the salvage schooner.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UYW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2361 |
| Operator Titles: | WRC Airlines - W.R. Carpenter Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | June 1938 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UYW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2361 |
| Operator Titles: | WRC Airlines - W.R. Carpenter Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Carinthia |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | June 1938 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 190898Submit Correction |
| View count: | 336 |
Used to connect Sydney with Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Ditched near Kavieng, PNG, on March 15, 1940. Salvaged a week later but the airframe collapsed as it was lifted on to the deck of the salvage schooner.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UYW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2361 |
| Operator Titles: | WRC Airlines - W.R. Carpenter Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | June 1938 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| 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 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USW |
| 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): | 2315 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Lepena |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 189334Submit Correction |
| View count: | 609 |
Abandoned at Allahabad, Pakistan, on December 26, 1946 while being ferried to the UK. Crew feared imminent failure of the tail. Between the time of the photo and being abandoned, VH-USW had served with the RAAF as an ambulance. It suffered a couple of significant accidents with Holyman's before the war. Postwar Qantas rejected -USW due to its poor condition and it went to MMA in Western Australia.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2315 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USW |
| 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): | 2315 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Lepena |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 189334Submit Correction |
| View count: | 609 |
Abandoned at Allahabad, Pakistan, on December 26, 1946 while being ferried to the UK. Crew feared imminent failure of the tail. Between the time of the photo and being abandoned, VH-USW had served with the RAAF as an ambulance. It suffered a couple of significant accidents with Holyman's before the war. Postwar Qantas rejected -USW due to its poor condition and it went to MMA in Western Australia.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USW |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2315 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEF |
| 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): | 2330 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Kotuku |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 186557Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1190 |
Impressed into the RNZAF in September 1939 as NZ552. Written off in Fiji in December 1943
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEF |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2330 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEF |
| 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): | 2330 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Kotuku |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 186557Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1190 |
Impressed into the RNZAF in September 1939 as NZ552. Written off in Fiji in December 1943
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEF |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2330 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEG |
| 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): | 2331 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Karoro |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 185286Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2192 |
Impressed into the RNZAF as NZ553 in October 1939. Returned to the register as ZK-AHW in 1945. Scrapped in November 1946.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2331 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEG |
| 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): | 2331 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Karoro |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 185286Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2192 |
Impressed into the RNZAF as NZ553 in October 1939. Returned to the register as ZK-AHW in 1945. Scrapped in November 1946.
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AEG |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2331 |
| Operator Titles: | Union Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sidi Azeiz (closed)Map |
| Country: | Libya |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1941 to 28 February 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 184748Submit Correction |
| View count: | 505 |
Later withdrawn from use in Egypt. Had been VH-UZX before being impressed.
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sidi Azeiz (closed)Map | Country: | Libya |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1941 to 28 February 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sidi Azeiz (closed)Map |
| Country: | Libya |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1941 to 28 February 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 184748Submit Correction |
| View count: | 505 |
Later withdrawn from use in Egypt. Had been VH-UZX before being impressed.
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Sidi Azeiz (closed)Map | Country: | Libya |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1941 to 28 February 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| 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): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Brisbane |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 154874Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1233 |
Sold in India as VT-AKZ in March 1939. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| 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): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Brisbane |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 154874Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1233 |
Sold in India as VT-AKZ in March 1939. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1937 |
| 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: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 153246Submit Correction |
| View count: | 772 |
VH-USE was the only DH86 in the Qantas fleet when its tail failed near Belmont, nine miles from Brisbane on February 20, 1942. Nine lives lost. When the RAAF returned impressed DH86s to Qantas their fins were strengthened before entering service. The loss of -USE added to the unease over the integrity of the DH86 airframe after earlier structural failures. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1940 |
| 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: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 153246Submit Correction |
| View count: | 772 |
VH-USE was the only DH86 in the Qantas fleet when its tail failed near Belmont, nine miles from Brisbane on February 20, 1942. Nine lives lost. When the RAAF returned impressed DH86s to Qantas their fins were strengthened before entering service. The loss of -USE added to the unease over the integrity of the DH86 airframe after earlier structural failures. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USE |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2309 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1935 to 1940 |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Darwin - Parap (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1934 to 12 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 144922Submit Correction |
| View count: | 364 |
When VH-USC arrived at Darwin in October 1934 work was proceeding at full speed to finish the new Qantas hangar in time for the Mildenhall-Melbourne air race later that month. VH-USC was sold to MMA in July 1938, then went to the RAAF in 1940 as A31-5. It returned to the register and Qantas in March 1942. Crashed Darwin October 9, 1944. Parap airport closed in 1946 when civil operations were transferred to the RAAF base. Hangar now a car museum in MacDonald Street. The runway became Ross Smith Avenue. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Darwin - Parap (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1934 to 12 October 1934 |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Darwin - Parap (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1934 to 12 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 144922Submit Correction |
| View count: | 364 |
When VH-USC arrived at Darwin in October 1934 work was proceeding at full speed to finish the new Qantas hangar in time for the Mildenhall-Melbourne air race later that month. VH-USC was sold to MMA in July 1938, then went to the RAAF in 1940 as A31-5. It returned to the register and Qantas in March 1942. Crashed Darwin October 9, 1944. Parap airport closed in 1946 when civil operations were transferred to the RAAF base. Hangar now a car museum in MacDonald Street. The runway became Ross Smith Avenue. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USC |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2307 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Darwin - Parap (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 1934 to 12 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 1 Air Ambulance Unit |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | March 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142904Submit Correction |
| View count: | 386 |
Ex G-ADEA. Registered in Australia as VH-UZX in July 1940 and impressed by the RAAF in December that year. Was intended to be used by the air observer school but instead converted to an air ambulance. Flown to Egypt for use in the North African and later Italian campaigns. Withdrawn from use at Heliopolis, Egypt in February 1944 and scrapped. Photo from: State Library of Victoria
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | March 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 1 Air Ambulance Unit |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | March 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142904Submit Correction |
| View count: | 386 |
Ex G-ADEA. Registered in Australia as VH-UZX in July 1940 and impressed by the RAAF in December that year. Was intended to be used by the air observer school but instead converted to an air ambulance. Flown to Egypt for use in the North African and later Italian campaigns. Withdrawn from use at Heliopolis, Egypt in February 1944 and scrapped. Photo from: State Library of Victoria
| Registration / Serial: | A31-7 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2323 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | March 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| 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): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Brisbane |
| City / Airport: | Jakarta - Halim Perdanakusuma (WIHH / HLP)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | February 1935 to June 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142617Submit Correction |
| View count: | 514 |
The QEA DH.89 fleet was used to connect at Singapore with Imperial Airways flights from the UK. Empire flying boats replaced the DH.89s and Qantas sold -USD to MMA in Western Australia in July 1938. In January 1939 it was sold to Tata and Sons, India, as VT-AKZ. It would be impressed into the RAF as AX800. Soon after returning to civil operations it was struck off the Indian register. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Jakarta - Halim Perdanakusuma (WIHH / HLP)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | February 1935 to June 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| 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): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | RMA Brisbane |
| City / Airport: | Jakarta - Halim Perdanakusuma (WIHH / HLP)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | February 1935 to June 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142617Submit Correction |
| View count: | 514 |
The QEA DH.89 fleet was used to connect at Singapore with Imperial Airways flights from the UK. Empire flying boats replaced the DH.89s and Qantas sold -USD to MMA in Western Australia in July 1938. In January 1939 it was sold to Tata and Sons, India, as VT-AKZ. It would be impressed into the RAF as AX800. Soon after returning to civil operations it was struck off the Indian register. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
| Registration / Serial: | VH-USD |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2308 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Jakarta - Halim Perdanakusuma (WIHH / HLP)Map | Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | February 1935 to June 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | E.2 |
| 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): | 2300 |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 January 1934 to 23 April 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 134397Submit Correction |
| View count: | 718 |
Prototype of the four-engined DH.86, one of a few examples built for single-pilot operation. Later G-ACPL. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | E.2 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2300 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 January 1934 to 23 April 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | E.2 |
| 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): | 2300 |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 January 1934 to 23 April 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 134397Submit Correction |
| View count: | 718 |
Prototype of the four-engined DH.86, one of a few examples built for single-pilot operation. Later G-ACPL. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | E.2 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2300 |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 January 1934 to 23 April 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-1 |
| Military Code: | Y |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2360 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 127248Submit Correction |
| View count: | 583 |
Ex VH-UYV. Damaged on takeoff August 15, 1944. Location not given. Scrapped.
| Registration / Serial: | A31-1 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2360 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | A31-1 |
| Military Code: | Y |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2360 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 127248Submit Correction |
| View count: | 583 |
Ex VH-UYV. Damaged on takeoff August 15, 1944. Location not given. Scrapped.
| Registration / Serial: | A31-1 |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2360 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cootamundra (YCTM / CMD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| 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): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Miss Hobart |
| City / Airport: | Laverton (YLVT) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 October 1934 to 19 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 122196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1702 |
Lost without trace in Bass Strait on October 19, 1934 with the loss of 11 lives including the founder of Holyman's Airways, Victor Holyman. A month later a chair washed up on a beach at Waratah Bay, Victoria.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Laverton (YLVT) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 October 1934 to 19 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| 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): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Miss Hobart |
| City / Airport: | Laverton (YLVT) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 October 1934 to 19 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 122196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1702 |
Lost without trace in Bass Strait on October 19, 1934 with the loss of 11 lives including the founder of Holyman's Airways, Victor Holyman. A month later a chair washed up on a beach at Waratah Bay, Victoria.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Laverton (YLVT) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 October 1934 to 19 October 1934 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UUB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2326 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Loila |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1935 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 119585Submit Correction |
| View count: | 660 |
VH-UUB became part of the ANA fleet at the end of 1936. Impressed into RAAF as A31-3 in 1940. In 1941 it was flown to Egypt to be used as an air ambulance. Destroyed at Heliopolis on April 19, 1942, when struck by a Beaufighter that had swung off the runway on takeoff.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UUB |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2326 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1935 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UUB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2326 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Loila |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1935 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 119585Submit Correction |
| View count: | 660 |
VH-UUB became part of the ANA fleet at the end of 1936. Impressed into RAAF as A31-3 in 1940. In 1941 it was flown to Egypt to be used as an air ambulance. Destroyed at Heliopolis on April 19, 1942, when struck by a Beaufighter that had swung off the runway on takeoff.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UUB |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86A Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2326 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1935 to December 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2338 |
| Operator Titles: | Bond Air Services |
| City / Airport: | Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 25 March 1950 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 25858Submit Correction |
| View count: | 390 |
1936-built four-engined DH.86B Express ex EI-ABK of Aer Lingus. Served Bond AS from 10.47 until withdrawal in 1951.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVJ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2338 |
| Operator Titles: | Bond Air Services |
| City / Airport: | Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 25 March 1950 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVJ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2338 |
| Operator Titles: | Bond Air Services |
| City / Airport: | Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 25 March 1950 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 25858Submit Correction |
| View count: | 390 |
1936-built four-engined DH.86B Express ex EI-ABK of Aer Lingus. Served Bond AS from 10.47 until withdrawal in 1951.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVJ |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86B Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2338 |
| Operator Titles: | Bond Air Services |
| City / Airport: | Liverpool - John Lennon (EGGP / LPL)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 25 March 1950 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| 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): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Miss Hobart |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1934 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 15698Submit Correction |
| View count: | 390 |
"Miss Hobart" was the second DH-86 to be built, and one of only four to have a single-crew cockpit layout. Delivered by sea to Australia arriving in August 1934. Assembled at RAAF Laverton. Delivered to Holyman's at Launceston on 1st October. Operated on the Tasmania-Melbourne service from 3 October but disappeared over the Bass Straight on 19 October with no trace found of aircraft or the 12 persons on board. Obtained from ANA 50 years ago.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1934 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| 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): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Miss Hobart |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map |
| Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1934 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |
| Photo ID: | 15698Submit Correction |
| View count: | 390 |
"Miss Hobart" was the second DH-86 to be built, and one of only four to have a single-crew cockpit layout. Delivered by sea to Australia arriving in August 1934. Assembled at RAAF Laverton. Delivered to Holyman's at Launceston on 1st October. Operated on the Tasmania-Melbourne service from 3 October but disappeared over the Bass Straight on 19 October with no trace found of aircraft or the 12 persons on board. Obtained from ANA 50 years ago.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-URN |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 86 Express |
| C/n (msn): | 2301 |
| Operator Titles: | Holyman's Airways |
| City / Airport: | Launceston (YMLT / LST)Map | Region / Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Date: | October 1934 |
| Photo from: | RAScholefield Collection |