MAYLANDS HISTORICAL AND PENINSULA ASSOCIATION

The VH-URE story

VH-URE was a DH 84 Dragon made by De Havilland. It was number 465.

VH-URE  was first received by West Australian Airways Ltd at their hangar at Maylands Aerodrome in 1933 . It was first registered on 29th August 1933, owned by West Australian Airways Ltd and  used on the Perth-Adelaide Air Service.

After WA Airways became Australian National Airways (ANA), VH-URE operated under the name Yannana and is thought to have operated on the East-West service.

Later still, the AAMS (Australian Aerial Medical Service – a flying doctor service which predated the RFDS) used VH-URE in the Kimberley under the name of B M Pattinson.

From our Frank Colquhoun Collection

Our Frank Colquhoun Collection includes:

• FC 574.Photograph. 1933. Maylands Airfield. VH-URE, a West Australian Airways Ltd DH84 ‘Dragon’ aircraft. This aircraft was used on the Perth-Adelaide Air Service. This image also appears on page 59 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner.

This photograph was thought to have been taken when VH-URE was first received by WA Airways at their hangar at Maylands Aerodrome in 1933.

VH-URE was later used by the AAMS (Australian Aerial Medical Service), a flying doctor service which was the forerunner of the RFDS and saw service in the Kimberley under the name of B M Pattinson.

For more information

See our Flickr Album on VH-URE for images and other digitised information.