GS-OS-1238; De Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth at Antarctic base in 1936; De Havilland DH 83 Fox Moth, used in Antarctica between 1934 and 1937.
The aircraft was first registered in Britain as G-ACRU in May 1934 and was taken to Antarctica by the British Graham Land Expedition. It flew with the Expedition as a seaplane and a skiplane for three years.
In 1937 the aircraft was removed from the British register and sold in Australia, appearing on the Australian register in November of that year as VH-AAZ. It was acquired by Ray Parer, the pioneer Australian aviator, for operations in New Guinea. It crashed on Black Cat Ridge in New Guinea in November 1939.
One of the many slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
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