Operated by Western Canada Airways from its base at Hudson, then an important transport hub during the Red Lake gold rush of the 1920s. G-CAIG crashed at Winnipeg on June 16, 1928, when being operated as a seaplane. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

The eight DH60Ts were the prototypes of the DH82 Tiger Moth. CF-APL, ex G-ABNI, was the first to be fitted with the swept wings as seen on the DH82. It was sent to Canada in 1931 in the hope of picking up an RCAF order. The proximity of the swept lower wing to the ground was criticised. DH added dihedral to improve ground clearance and the Tiger Moth was born. However the RCAF ordered the Fleet Fawn instead. In the meantime CF-APL was sold in the civil market and was withdrawn from use in 1950. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Crashed at Johnsonville on September 22, 1932. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

The American built Gypsy Moth looks compact with the wings folded.

Jean Batten flew from England to Australia in this Moth in 14 days. She arrived at Cililitan (now WIHH) on 20 May 1934. On the 21th she continued to Rambang, Lombok. Photo from: Leiden University Libraries

At the old Mangere aerodrome on the site of today's Auckland International. ZK-AEJ was sold in the UK as G-AAXG in 2009. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Photographer, location and exact date not known.

Seen carrying advertising for a magazine, this Moth had an interesting subsequent career. Bought by the Swedish state, it arrived in Svalbard by ship on 2 July 1928 to take part in the rescue efforts following the crash of the airship Italia. Its commander Umberto Nobile had been rescued by a Swedish Fokker C.V, but that plane crashed during its next landing on the survivors' ice floe. Flying the lighter Moth, Birger Schyberg managed to pick up the C.V's pilot, Lt Einar Lundberg. The Moth then served in the Swedish air force until a crash in 1930. After an extensive rebuild it flew as SE-ADZ until 1950.

995 was taken to Apia on the HMS Dunedin amid unrest from Samoans demanding autonomy from New Zealand. The armed guard was not for show as a clash between the Mau movement and New Zealand police in December 1929 had led to 10 deaths. 995 was destroyed on a separate voyage in 1930 aboard the Dunedin when it dropped while being hoisted. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Crashed into Nadi Bay, on October 4, 1941. NZ522 was built by the RNZAF from spare parts. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand