de Havilland DH84 Dragon

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Remarks by Jack McKillop: "In the early years of WW II, the RAAF had an urgent need for radio and navigation trainers. To obtain suitable aircraft, they signed a contract with de Havilland Aircraft of Australia Pty. Ltd., Bankstown Aerodrome, Sydney, New South Wales, to build 87 D.H.84s with RAAF s/ns A34-12 to A34-98, c/ns 2001 to 2087. These aircraft were delivered between October 1942 and June 1943 to supplement 11 impressed civilian Dragons. Those that survived the war were disposed of in 1946-47.

This aircraft, c/n 2044, RAAF s/n A34-55, was delivered on February 7, 1943 and assigned to No. 35 (Transport) Squadron and coded "BK-D". No. 35 Squadron was based at Maylands Airport, Western Australia. (Maylands Airport was Perth's airport at the beginning of the war.) The aircraft was sold on February 26, 1946 and registered VH-BJH on the civil registry. In 1954 it was converted to a D.H.84A and withdrawn from use in 1960."


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Remarks by Jack McKillop: "In the early years of WW II, the RAAF had an urgent need for radio and navigation trainers. To obtain suitable aircraft, they signed a contract with de Havilland Aircraft of Australia Pty. Ltd., Bankstown Aerodrome, Sydney, New South Wales, to build 87 D.H.84s with RAAF s/ns A34-12 to A34-98, c/ns 2001 to 2087. These aircraft were delivered between October 1942 and June 1943 to supplement 11 impressed civilian Dragons. Those that survived the war were disposed of in 1946-47. This aircraft, c/n 2044, RAAF s/n A34-55, was delivered on February 7, 1943 and assigned to No. 35 (Transport) Squadron and coded "BK-D". No. 35 Squadron was based at Maylands Airport, Western Australia. (Maylands Airport was Perth's airport at the beginning of the war.) The aircraft was sold on February 26, 1946 and registered VH-BJH on the civil registry. In 1954 it was converted to a D.H.84A and withdrawn from use in 1960."