VH-UIE  de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth                     (c/n  820)

                                 

                                    Nice shot (courtesy the John Oxley collection, State Library of Queensland) of a Moth
                                    wearing the tail stripes of the Royal Queensland Aero Club at Archerfield, circa 1936. 
                                    VH-UIE had originally been imported in January 1929 for W.W. Pike of Brisbane.  It
                                    was destroyed by fire on 8 August 1937 following a a mid-air collision with Moth VH-UIQ
                                    at Rockles (Rocklea?), Queensland.