| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-BMU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 5002 |
| Operator Titles: | (Department of Civil Aviation) |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Melbourne - EssendonMap |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YMEN IATA: MEB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | December 1948 to December 1959 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre) |
| Photo ID: | 291901 |
| Photo Comment |
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VH-BMU was the second Drover to be built and the second to be operated by the Department of Civil Aviation. Registration VH-CAT was allocated but not taken up. Planned sale in the UK in 1959 as G-APPP did not go ahead and VH-BMU remained in Australia. In 1964 it was sold to New Hebrides Airways (Vanuatu) as VQ-FAD. Reregistered VP-FAD in 1966 and crashed Tanna Island on October 21 that year. This photo was added on 23 October 2020, and has since been viewed 230 times. |