Operated by West Australian Airways. Became VH-UJP at the start of 1931. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Written off after a forced landing at Redcliffe in Perth on October 11, 1933. Photo likely towards the beginning of the date range. The word AIRWAYS was not on the nose when it crashed. The unreliability of the engines fitted had seen WAA fit different versions of the Jupiter and different propellers, often on one side only. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

The first of two Viastras for WAA. They were used on the Perth to Adelaide route via three intermediate stops for fuel - Kalgoorlie, Forrest and Ceduna, the last mentioned in South Australia. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Written off at Redcliffe, Western Australia, on October 11, 1933 following an engine failure after take-off from Maylands forced it down in a market garden. No one harmed. Photo from: National Library of Australia

Used on the Perth-Adelaide route. Reregistered VH-FDB in 1948 when then owner the Royal Flying Doctor Service brought its fleet into the VH-FD* registration block. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

Became VH-UJP in 1931 when Australia adopted the VH- prefix. -UJP was to have a long life by the standards of the day and in 1936 was sold in Papua New Guinea where it was destroyed at Salamaua by a Japanese air raid in February, 1942. In PNG it had been used as a freighter and at one stage flew dismantled trucks to the gold mines. What parts did not fit inside were strapped to the outside.