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MISCELLANEOUS ADASTRA AIRCRAFT

DE HAVILLAND DH.60M MOTH VH-UOQ (MSN 1483)

 

The Adastra Flying School's Gipsy Moths outside Hangar 8 at Mascot in the thirties. VH-UOR is in the foreground with VH-UOQ behind it. Picture: QAM-047660

 

de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch probably at Mascot c. August 1935.

Picture:
CAHS/Len Dobbin Collection


de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch at Toowoomba Aerodrome c. 1938/39.

Picture:
Frank Joel via his son Murray Joel

 

de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch outside the premises of Falconer Browne & Co at 226 Margaret Street, Toowoomba c. 1938/39.

Picture:
Frank Joel via his son Murray Joel

 

de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch outside the premises of Falconer Browne & Co at 226 Margaret Street, Toowoomba c. 1938/39.

Picture:
Frank Joel via his son Murray Joel

 

de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch outside the premises of Falconer Browne & Co at 226 Margaret Street, Toowoomba c. 1938/39.

Picture:
Frank Joel via his son Murray Joel

 

de Havilland DH.60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch outside the premises of Falconer Browne & Co at 226 Margaret Street, Toowoomba c. 1938/39.

Picture:
Frank Joel via his son Murray Joel

 

 

 

CHRONOLOGY VH-UOQ
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Exported to de Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Sydney without engine, propeller or covered surfaces.
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Assembled at Mascot with DH Gipsy 1 engine serial no.145.
14AUG30
Registered VH-UOQ to Adastra Airways Ltd., Mascot, NSW. CofR No 393.
29AUG30
CofA No 344 issued.
14AUG32
Seriously damaged in a forced landing at Abbotsford, NSW due to engine failure. Pilot J.R.Whitford suffered head injuries. Aircraft was subsequently repaired.
10FEB35
Crashed into the sea at Cronulla Bay, NSW after the left wing tip caught a wave. Pilot E.Collibee.
05JUL35
Wreckage sold to A.L. Needham, Sydney, NSW.
10JUL35
Struck off the Register.
15AUG35
Rebuild completed with a Cirrus Hermes II engine. Named Goldfinch.
11SEP35
CofR renewed after rebuild.
04NOV35
Crashed in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
10OCT38
Sold to J.K. Richardson, Toowoomba, Qld.
06DEC38
Registered to J.K. Richardson, Toowoomba, Qld.
16DEC39
Sold to Mrs. E.B. Jones trading as Airwork Co., Archerfield, Qld.
31JAN40
Registered to Mrs. E.B. Jones trading as Airwork Co., Archerfield, Qld.
22JUL40
Impressed by the RAAF as spares.

 

SOURCES
1
The Historic Civil Aircraft Register of Australia compiled by Bert Cookson and published by AustAirData.
2
Aussie Moths, Bruce A. Winley self-published 1997.

 

Issue
Date
Remarks
3
15JUN22
Expanded the aircraft history from Source: 2.
2
30APR15
Added 5 images of VH-UOQ in Toowoomba. Thanks to Murray Joel whose father Frank took the photos.