VH-UTG   British Klemm BK.1 Eagle II                      (c/n  113)

                                      
                                  
                                          The photos above and immediately below are both from the Civil Aviation Historical Society
                                          archives, the top one being from the Len Dobbin collection, whilst in the lower it is wearing its
                                          No.35 race number when it took part in the 1936 Adelaide Centenary Air Race from Brisbane
                                          to Adelaide. .VH-UTG was originally imported in April 1935 for Adastra Airways of Mascot.
                                          It spent time in South Australia, however, and was the subject of a couple of belly landings..
                                          One of these occurred at Oodnadatta, SA on 13 July 1935 and was captured on film by the
                                          father of Robert Milburn, who supplies image # 3 below.   The Eagle had a similar mishap at
                                          Beltana, SA on 7 October 1935.  Perhaps the pilot wasn't used to a retractable undercarriage? 
                                          Anyway, it was sold to R.T. Vincent of Geelong in May of 1936 (who later moved to Broadford,
                                          Victoria).    In 1940 it went to Aircrafts Pty Ltd in Brisbane and then to Queensland Flying Service
                                          in 1946.   In 1947 it was sold to A.C. Cameron and D. Scott of Tenterfield, NSW, and by April
                                          1950 was owned by East-West Airlines (as a company hack?).   In their service it crashed during
                                          a forced landing 10 miles south of Moree, NSW on 28 July 1950.   The fourth photo is a rough
                                          print from the Roger McDonald collection and was taken at Lismore, NSW, circa 1948.  Finally,
                                          the clipping at the foot of the page is from the Brisbane Courier Mail for 17 Dec 1936, and shows
                                          -UTG in a line-up of aeroplanes awaiting starter's orders in the above mentioned air race.
                                          31 aircraft took part in the race.   The Eagle was owned at the time by the above mentioned R.T.
                                          Vincent of Geelong, although was flown in the race by C.D. Pratt.  This aircraft also appears in an
                                          historic shot of the 1950 Casino Air Pageant line-up seen in the entry for the Chipmunk VH-BFT.
                                          (foot of that page) wearing an all- enveloping cockpit cover.