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About de Havilland DH.84 Dragon
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon Aircraft - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org : A De Havilland DH-84 Dragon, A34-9,
VH-URF, Construction No. 6045, of 34
Squadron RAAF, was attacked while landing
at Wyndham airfield in Western Australia by a flight of Japanese Zeros during
the first enemy air raid on the town on 3 March
1942. The crew and passengers abandoned the Dragon which trundled along the
runway on fire. It stopped at the end of the runway where it burnt itself out. A
group of nine "Betty" bombers then bombed the Wyndham airfield leaving
a number of large mud holes in the runway. One of the passengers was Snow Bradshaw, a RAAF
Kana Operator who had been evacuated from the Darwin Intercept station
following the major Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19
February 1942. Snow Bradshaw belonged to a special
intelligence group
attached to the RAAF involved in the interception of Japanese Naval and military
traffic. Another RAAF Kana
Operator
who was being evacuated from Darwin to Broome was Alf Towers. He faired
slightly better than Snow Bradshaw. Alf managed to depart
Wyndham airfield just prior to the Japanese air raid in a Lockheed 10A
piloted
by Jimmy Woods. They landed at Broome in Western Australia about 30
minutes after
a very large Japanese bombing raid on the town in
which at least 70 people were killed. 

Country of origin: GB
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Engines: two 130ph de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder in-lines
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Wingspan: 14.4 m (47ft 4in)
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Lenght: 10.51 m (34ft 6in)
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