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Re: # 1385.

Klemm L 25d II (c/n.796) 1 x 75hp Siemens - (D-EHIV)/HB-XAL/VH-UUR
C of R. No.539 - Issued 05-08-35 - C of A. No.496 - Issued 05-08-35.

05-08-35 - Father Frederick Ziegler, Einsiedeln, Switzerland "(St.) Paulus" (On loan to the Catholic Mission of the Holy Ghost, Alexishafen, NG).
02-09-40 - Transferred to T. S. Johnson.
07-10-40 - Madang Aerial Transport Co., Madang, NG.
04-08-41 - Damaged on landing at Mt Hagen, NG.
28-02-42 - Flown to Australia and stored near Archerfield, Qld.
19-12-47 - Struck off Register.
27-06-49 - Madang Aerial Transport Co., Coorparoo, Qld.
26-06-50 - C o R lapsed.
06-08-51 - S o R - Sold to C B McLeod, Southport, Qld.
30-11-51 - C o R renewed. Pobjoy Cataract engine installed.
01-08-53 - A Oliver, Port Macquarie, NSW.
00-06-60 - Continental C-85 engine installed.
...

See:
The Historic Civil Aviation Register of Australia (Pre-War) G-AUAA to VH-UZZ.
Cookson,Bert.
Toombul:Austairdata,1996.
(Unpaginated).

See also:
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircra...mm/VH-UUR.html

Willy Schaufhausen, the original pilot of VH-UUR, was killed when Atlantic-Fokker IV/F.XI (c/n.436), NC8046/G-AUJT/VH-UJT, crashed into a grove of coconut palms on take-off, near Alexishafen (Sek), NG, on 6 August, 1939.

Passengers:
Father Franz Joseph Kirschbaum +
Father Superior Jakob Weyer +
Father Otto Bader +
and a native missionary worker +.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17598195

https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircra...er/VH-UJT.html

Col.