DH.89 DRAGON RAPIDE 6250 Prototype Dragon Six ... - Ab-ix.com

12.8.40. To 1 AOS Cootamundra 23.9.40. To 1 AD Laverton 2.6.42. To 32 Squadron, Horn
Island 15.6.42. To 33 Squadron, Townsville 3.8.42. To 1 RCF Port Moresby 14.9.42. To 2 AAU
Archerfield 10.3.43. To 1 RCS Port Moresby 4.4.43. Damaged by fire and to 15 ARD Port
Moresby 30.6.43 for shipment to Mascot and rebuilt. Allotted to DCA 13.11.43 & issued 19.1.44.
Crashed Cape Sidmouth, Qld 27.1.44. To DH Mascot for repair; shipped 17.3.44 (per SS
Madura) to Airlines (WA) Ltd, Perth for rebuild; completed 17.11.44. Regd VH-UZY 19.11.44 to
Airlines (WA) Ltd, Perth; named "RMA Perth". Regd 20.10.48 to Connellan Airways Ltd, Alice
Springs. Crashed into trees on take-off and dbf Coolibah Station, NT 21.10.49 (or 22.10.49);
pilot Capt Colin Johnston killed. Regn cld 16.1.51.
6385 CofA 6127 issued 15.11.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6386 Ff 13.1.38. Regd G-AFFF [CofR 8354] 24.2.38 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield.
CofA 6222 issued 16.3.38. Regd [CofR 8660] 27.7.38 to Railway Air Services Ltd. Croydon;
named "Juno". Transferred to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew 26.5.39 (but not regd to them).
Destroyed 27.9.46 when it flew into high ground in bad weather on Craigton Hill, nr Milngavie, 7
mls N of Renfrew; 7 killed, incl pilot Capt F Stephens. Regn cld 31.12.46 as destroyed.
6387 CofA 6129 issued 24.11.37. Regd ZS-AME 22.12.37 to Anglo-American Trading Corporation of
South Africa, Johannesburg. Impressed as SAAF 1402 .40. To B Flight, 61 Squadron [10.40-
6.41]. To THQ Communications Flight [4.42-11.42]. To 61 Squadron [43-45]. To 1 AD for
inspection/overhaul 3.45. Regd ZS-AME [postwar]. Regn cld 29.10.49 as sold in Kenya. Regd
in Kenya as VP-KHJ 29.10.49 to Tank Aircraft Co Ltd. Sold 8.51 to South Africa. Regd ZS-DFL
15.8.51 to Tank Aircraft Co Ltd. Regn cld 12.2.52. Regd in Mozambique as CR-ADH 19.2.52 to
Banco Nacional Ultramarino. Regn cld 17.7.56 as broken up.
6388 CofA 6130 issued 19.11.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6389 CofA 6134 issued 24.11.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6390 CofA 6154 issued 11.12.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6391 CofA 6155 issued 13.12.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6392 CofA 6163 issued 16.12.37 to the Military Council for National Govt of China. Delivered to China
via Far East Flying Training School Ltd, Hong Kong. Used as air ambulance aircraft with Red
Cross markings but without serial.
6393 CofA 6176 issued 4.1.38. Regd F-AQIN (CofR 5545) 10.1.38 to Paul Legastelois, Paris. Regd
1.38 to Alfred Rodier, Coulommiers. Regd 5.38 to Societe Francaise de Transports Aeriens,
Paris/Toussus. To Spanish Republicans 5.1.38.
6394 CofA 6188 issued 8.1.38; dd Hatfield-Nairobi by Geoffrey de Havilland 18.1.38-27.1.38. Regd
VP-KCL [CofR 63] 5.2.38 to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi. Impressed into KAAU as K10 3.9.39.
Sold as spares to EAAC at Nairobi .46.
6395 CofA 6193 issued 21.1.38 to Paul Legastelois. Regd F-AQJH (CofR 5580) 21.2.38 to Dr Rene
Arbeltier, Coulommiers. Regd 5.38 to Societe Francaise de Transports Aeriens, Paris. To
Spanish Republicans 22.2.38 (date unconfirmed).
6396 CofA 622 issued 16.3.38. Regd F-AQJI (CofR 5653) 4.4.38 to Alfred Rodier, Coulommiers.
Regd 5.38 to Societe Francaise de Transports Aeriens, Paris. To Spanish Republicans 5.38.
6397 CofA 6239 issued 12.4.38 to Department of Railways, Portuguese East Africa. Regd CR-AAM
4.5.38 to Divisao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos (DETA), Lourenco Marques; named
"Vila de Joao Belo". Active .54. Wfu.
6398 CofA 6240 issued 12.4.38 to Department of Railways, Portuguese East Africa. Regd CR-AAN
4.5.38 to Divisao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos (DETA), Lourenco Marques. Crashed
Porto Amelia 27.6.45.
6399 Regd G-AFEN [CofR 8312] 13.4.38 to Sir William Firth, Heston (of steel-maker Richard Thomas
& Co Ltd). CofA 6256 issued 25.4.38. To Palestine Airways and regn cld 12.38 as sold abroad.
Regd VQ-PAC 21.9.39 to Palestine Airways, Jerusalem. Regn cld 1.8.40. Impressed in Middle
East as Z7188 1.7.40. To Lydda Communications Flight. Regd G-AFEN 25.7.40 to Secretary of
State for Air for operation by BOAC at Heliopolis for Genl Gifford. CofA renewed 9.8.40. Flown
Cairo-Lagos 12/15.8.40; still at Lagos 8.41. Returned to Heliopolis, regn not cld but impressed