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Aircrash of DH89A passenger airliner, Kangaroo Island [B 36752] • Photograph

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Summary

View of a crashed aeroplane - Mail 'Plane. A researcher has provided the following information: "The aircraft is a DH89A eight passenger airliner. It is a De Haviland Dragon Rapide registered as VH-UXT to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd Construction Number 6346. It was named 'Mundoora'. The crash occurred on landing on 5 February 1938. Captain B. Ernie Annear and his four passengers were uninjured. The aircraft was briefly used by the RAAF as A33-4 but back in civilian use in 1943 it had a far more serious crash in Wynyard. There were no injuries, but the aircraft was struck off the register."

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white

Dates / Publication details

1938

Collection

Part of Kangaroo Island Collection

Subject

Aircraft accidents -- South Australia -- Kangaroo Island
Air mail service -- South Australia -- Kangaroo Island

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Digitisation information

Date

26/02/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,661 x 3,925 pixels (22.2 MP)

Size

66.68 MB

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