The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RAAF men are preparing food in front of an Avro 618 Ten monoplane trimotor aircraft, call sign VH-UXX, at Garbutt aerodrome. The aircraft (so-named because it carried two crew and eight passengers) was a licence built version of the Dutch Fokker F.VIII B/3m. Fourteen were built, and served with Australian National Airways (ANA) among other airlines. In 1933 the aircraft was re-registered and renamed "Faith in Australia" (call sign VH-UXX) by Charles Ulm. It was transferred to Stephens Airways in Wau, New Guinea in 1941. In late 1941 and early 1942 the aircraft, piloted by Eric Stephens, Royal Flying Corps veteran, and sometimes co-piloted by Norman R Wilde, was used to evacuate civilians from the highlands to the coast. In February 1942 Stephens and Wilde transported evacuees from Port Moresby to Townsville. The aircraft was withdrawn from use (wfu) and remained abandoned on the airfield for some time.
Townsville, Qld. RAAF men preparing food in front of an Avro 618 Ten monoplane trimstor aircraft, call sign VH-UXX at Garbutt aerodrome. The aircraft (so-named becuase it carried two crew and eight pa
WAU, NEW GUINEA, 1940-06?. FORD MODEL 4-AT-E TRIMOTOR, CALL SIGN VH-UDY, AT WAU AERODROME. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS DELIVERED TO HOLDEN'S AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES IN NEW GUINEA IN 1935, SERVING WITH TRIMOTOR V
An Avro 618 ten aircraft, VH-UNA (received from England 1930) about to land or just taking off, watched by a group of spectators. Painted on the side of the aircraft are the words "Southern Sun. The f
NEW GUINEA. C. 1944. FOUR DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 34 SQUADRON RAAF ENGAGED IN A SUPPLY DROPPING MISSION. CODE NUMBERS FD-D, FD-H (CALL SIGN VH-CTN), FD-A AND D-H (CALL SIGN VH-CTX
DEHAVILLAND MOTH MINOR, SHOWING CALL SIGN VH-ADC. TOTAL OF 42 WERE ON RAAF INVENTORY IN WWII, THIS ONE WAS IMPRESSED; OTHERS WERE MIXTURE OF EX-CIVIL, IMPORTED COMPONENTS, AND LOCAL BUILT.
Probably Townsville, Qld. Two United States Army Air Force Douglas C47 transport aircraft at dispersal of No. 36 Squadron RAAF. The foreground Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft carries the call sign VH-CDJ
