YI-ABK   de Havilland D.H.104 Dove                        (c/n  04097)

                              

                                     Iraqi Airways was founded in December of 1945 by the Iraqi State Railways with technical
                                     assistance from BOAC.    Because of this, of course, early equipment tended to be British.
                                     As part of a pool service with MEA, D.H.89A Rapides were used on a route from Baghdad
                                     to Beirut.    These were replaced with three Doves in 1946.    This Dove had a varied history
                                     after it left Iraqi and finally wound up in Australia as VH-ABM.     It is, I believe, currently at
                                     Moorabbin awaiting restoration.