Registration / Serial: | VH-UVB |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1 |
C/n (msn): | 6102 |
Operator Titles: | Mandated Airlines - MAL |
Aircraft Name: | Betty Ann |
City / Airport: | Salamaua (closed)Map |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 24 January 1942 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 130417Submit Correction |
View count: | 451 |
VH-UVB in the aftermath of a Japanese air raid on January 21, 1942. In March Salamaua and the airstrip were occupied by the Japanese army. The airstrip was won back by Australian troops in September 1943. The airstrip was abandoned after the war. The jungle has reclaimed it but the area is still pock-marked with bomb craters
Registration / Serial: | VH-UVB |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1 |
C/n (msn): | 6102 |
Operator Titles: | Mandated Airlines - MAL |
City / Airport: | Salamaua (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 24 January 1942 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Registration / Serial: | VH-UVB |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1 |
C/n (msn): | 6102 |
Operator Titles: | Mandated Airlines - MAL |
Aircraft Name: | Betty Ann |
City / Airport: | Salamaua (closed)Map |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 24 January 1942 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 130417Submit Correction |
View count: | 451 |
VH-UVB in the aftermath of a Japanese air raid on January 21, 1942. In March Salamaua and the airstrip were occupied by the Japanese army. The airstrip was won back by Australian troops in September 1943. The airstrip was abandoned after the war. The jungle has reclaimed it but the area is still pock-marked with bomb craters
Registration / Serial: | VH-UVB |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon 1 |
C/n (msn): | 6102 |
Operator Titles: | Mandated Airlines - MAL |
City / Airport: | Salamaua (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 24 January 1942 |
Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |