VH-UXK  de Havilland D.H.84 Dragon                  (c/n  6053)

                               

                                   The above shot is from the Ray Vuillerman collection (via Ian McDonell) taken at Archerfield,
                                   Brisbane, probably circa 1936.   -UXK was the former G-ACMC imported in October 1936
                                   for North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd of Cairns, and named after that city.     The image
                                   below is courtesy of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland collection, locale
                                    unknown, but is probably Cairns. 
                                   VH-UXK crashed at Innisfail, Queensland on 29 August 1938 resulting in the loss of five
                                   lives, including the pilot.      The remains of the aircraft were sold to Airlines of Australia
                                   Ltd. (presumably for spares) and it was not officially stricken off the register until Novem-
                                   ber of 1939..  Now, having said that, Bruce Robimson sent me a series of photos of the
                                    remains of this machine, the largest pieces of which appear in the two shots below.  
                                   In view of this, there didn't seem to be much left to 'sell', so, if true, I cannot imagine
                                   what Airlines of Australia got out of the transaction.