VH-UUM  B.A. Swallow II                                                               (c/n  409)

                           
                                                   
                                  This Swallow was first registered in November 1935 to Sydney pilot J.J.Connolly who named
                                  her "Lucinda". He competed in the SA Centenary Air Race from Brisbane to Adelaide over
                                  three days in December 1936 but was forced to withdraw on the last day due to a forced
                                  landing at Rainbow, Victoria.   Connolly landed on the town race track where the Swallow's
                                  wheels become hopelessly bogged in mud.      In April 1938 while owned by Airflite Ltd at
                                  Mascot it was damaged in a ground collision with Goya Henry's joyriding Genairco VH-UOG.
<>                                  The above photo from the John Hopton collection is thought to have been taken at West
                                  Wyalong NSW shortly before the aircraft was struck off the register in February 1946 by
                                  owner Charles A. Goodsell of Grenfell, NSW.   Correspondent David Bevan advises (2013)
                                  that VH-UUN had been stored and was moved to New Zealand in 1990s. The contemporary
                                  photo below shows the old bird being worked on in New Zealand.        A 2018 update from
                                 current owner John Byers of Christchurch NZ advises that his rebuild is nearing completion
                                 and he hopes the Swallow will fly again within a year as ZK-UUN.