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Havilland D.H.50A VH-UAY
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G-AUAY was damaged at Cook, SA, after overturning on landing on 15 Sep 1928. It was given the name Warrego, but it is unlikely it wore this name in CAB service. VH-UAY was extensively damaged on 21 December 1941 when the aircraft swung on take-off at Wau, New Guinea. Pilot H. Harvey got the D.H.50 airborne to avoid a ground collision with another aircraft, but stalled and crashed. Harvey was unhurt but his sole passenger suffered from shock and a minor injury to one leg. The aircraft probably would have been re-built again if not for the Japanese invasion of New Guinea shortly afterward. It was struck off the Register on 11 March 1942.
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