VH-UMG  Avro 618 Ten                                   (c/n 230)       
                 
                           

                               This interesting shot from the AJ Jackson collection shows VH-UMG  'Southern Star' at Croydon
                               in 1931.  Charles Kingsford Smith had just delivered Christmas mail from Australia in it, with a view
                               perhaps of opening up a regular service.  The beautiful image of VH-UMG (below) is from the David
                               Molesworth collection and shows the aircraft over the St. Kilda (Melbourne) Esplanade in January of
                               1932.  Finally, at the foot of the page is a very nice photo of -UMG from the John Hopton collection.
                               Since, in this image the aircraft is now displaying a reverse livery (dark on light, vs the light on dark of
                               the Smithy era markings) it is possible that, when this shot was taken, the aircraft was in the employ of
                               Australian Transcontinental Airways Ltd of Sydney, which would date the photograph at around 1935.
                               VH-UMG crashed on landing at Mascot on 21 November 1936, although almost a year went by
                               before it was officially struck off the register.
 
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