Aircraft Photo of VH-UVH | Percival D.2 Gull Four III

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-UVH
Aircraft Original Type:	Percival D Gull
Aircraft Generic Type:	Percival D Gull
Aircraft Version:	Percival D.2 Gull Four III
C/n (msn):	D.57
Aircraft Name:	Westley

Location
Location:	In Flight
Region / Country:	South Australia, Australia

Photo Date:	30 November 1935
Photo from:	David Caughey Collection
Photo ID:	432294

Photo Comment
VH-UVH was never officially registered after it was badly damaged before the process was completed. It was owned by famed aviator Jimmy Melrose when it force landed near Bundanoon, New South Wales, on December 3, 1935 injuring Melrose and tearing the wing off the Gull. The wreckage was taken to Sydney (Mascot) airport. Recovered, Melrose sailed to the UK and bought a Heston Phoenix in which he would killed in July 1936. The application for registration of the Gull was withdrawn and -UVH reallocated to a Porterfield. This photo was added on 20 January 2022, and has since been viewed 308 times.

Photo Comment

VH-UVH was never officially registered after it was badly damaged before the process was completed. It was owned by famed aviator Jimmy Melrose when it force landed near Bundanoon, New South Wales, on December 3, 1935 injuring Melrose and tearing the wing off the Gull. The wreckage was taken to Sydney (Mascot) airport. Recovered, Melrose sailed to the UK and bought a Heston Phoenix in which he would killed in July 1936. The application for registration of the Gull was withdrawn and -UVH reallocated to a Porterfield.

This photo was added on 20 January 2022, and has since been viewed 308 times.

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