VH-ABK (1)
de
Havilland D.H.84 Dragon
(c/n 6062)
VH-ABK was imported
from the UK (ex G-ACMO) in 1938 for South Queensland Airways
Pty Ltd.
These rare shots are via Geoff Goodall. Named
"City of Toowoomba" it is seen
above at that locale in
1938. The titling over the hangar reads
"Bill Lankins Aircraft Service
Station". It was impressed into RAAF service in
1940 as A34-4. It was loaned to MacRobert-
son Miller
Aviation for three months in 1943, and
then returned to the RAAF. The aircraft was
in a poor state
of repair by this time and was
'converted to spares'. However, in September 2005
I received a communication
from John Sinclair in Brisbane stating that he is rebuilding this
machine
(probably as G-ACMO), and that work is
proceeding apace.
