VH-UYR de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth as A17-685
(c/n 3621)
I have never been able to glean a photo of VH-UYR.
However, above is a shot of it as A17-685
after its impressed into the RAAF in August
1940. This Tiger was imported from
the U.K. in
November 1937 for the Royal
Victorian Aero Club. It crashed near Mornington, Victoria in
January
1939, but was later rebuilt
and impressed immediately into the RAAF. . It did not return to
civilian life
after the hostilities, being
scrapped in 1944.