VH-UVH  Percival D.2 Gull Four III                        (c/n  D.57)

                           

                                 Here's a rare shot from the Geoff Goodall collection.  This Gull was never officially registered in
                                Australia.  Yes, it had the rego painted on by Percivals in the U.K. but it never received an Aussie
                                CofA, crashing while attempting a forced landing near Goulburn, NSW on 3 December 1935 before
                                that certificate was issued.  It had been flown out from England by C.J. Melrose, departing Croydon
                                on 2 November 1935.    It arrived at Darwin on the 28th of that same month.  Geoff's shot shows
                                it over the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg.  ....