A1-1

H5

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924.
Served with 1 FTS by 10/24 and at least until 07/26.
Reconditioned by Pratt Bros, Geelong, Vic 03/28 to 06/28.
Returned to 1 FTS.
On 12/04/29 departed for Kookaburra search in northern Australia.
Crashed 21/04/29 during forced landing near Tennant Creek NT (crew Flt Lt C Eaton and Cpl P Sullivan).
Struck off 03/05/29.

A1-2

E793

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW.
Served with 1 FTS during 1927, and crashed at Canberra (possibly during the opening of Parliament House 05/27).
To the RAAF Experimental Section at Randwick, NSW;
Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.

A1-3

E794

Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927.
Reconditioned by Experimental Section 01/03/27.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' Flight.
Crashed Canberra 06/05/27, total flight time was 12 hours.
Overhauled by 3 Sqn 02/11/27; flight time by 15/02/28 was 23 hours.
To Canberra 14/03/28to 17/03/28 for 3 Sqn escort for Bert Hinkler.
To Brisbane 28/03/28to 05/04/28;
Forced landed 30/03/28 after engine failure at Enoggera, Brisbane (crew Flg Off S de B Griffith).
Approved for conversion to components 02/06/28.

A1-4

E795

Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW. 16/02/27.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight, to Canberra for Parliament House flypast (05/27).
Engine change 10/05/27.
To Adelaide for new aerodrome opening at Parafield 26/11/27.
Total flight time by 14/03/28 was 106 Hours. Engine change 23/04/28.
Crashed 04/05/28 when taking off at Laverton VIC while with 1 Sqn, the engine failed at 200' and the aircraft hit a pile of rocks (crew Plt Off L J Ryan and LAC P Sullivan).
Approved for conversion to components 17/05/28.

A1-5

E900

Date of manufacture 10/04/19.
Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 03/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 12/08/20, and long term storage at 1 AD until 1925.
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW 08/07/26.
Served with 1 FTS, modified to dual controls 18/10/26.
Crashed 08/01/27, total flight time was 46 hours, and recommended for reconditioning 19/07/27.
Still U/S at 1AD 09/03/28.
Believed reconditioned by RAAF Experimental Section, Randwick;
Then served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight 04/29.
Departed 17/04/29 for Kookaburra search in northern Australia (crew Flg Off L J Ryan and Cpl D A Endean);
Returned to Laverton 12/05/29 (crew Flg Off A G Gerrand and Sgt J A Campbell).
Served with 1 FTS and in use until 01/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-6

E901

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 05/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned at Experimental Section 19/03/26.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' Flight,
Crashed 23/11/27 at Wallis Lake NSW.
Was being rebuilt by 3 Sqn 02/28, total flight time by 15/02/28 was 167 hours.
A technical inspection on 05/12/28 found it was uneconomic for further repair;
Approved for conversion to components 12/12/28.

A1-7

E903

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924.
Believed reconditioned by 1 FTS workshops, then served with 1 FTS by 11/24.
Damaged 10/12/24 landing at Flemington (crew Flg Off L J Balderston).
Forced landed 13/04/26 at Rochester Vic (crew Cdt G Jenkins), total flight time was 129 hours.
Returned to service with 1 FTS by 07/26.
Recommended for reconditioning 19/07/27, reconditioned by Pratt Bros 03/28 to 06/28.
In service with 1 Sqn 'C' flight by 04/29.
Departed for Kookaburra search in northern Australia 12/04/29 (crew Flg Off A G Gerrand and Sgt J A Campbell);
Returned to Laverton 12/05/29 (crew Flt Lt C Eaton and Sgt E Douglas).
Forced landed at Kyneton Vic 05/06/29,
Returned to storage.
In service with 1 FTS by 07/29 and until 02/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-8

E904

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 03/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 12/08/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW 23/08/26.
Served with 1 FTS and damaged 20/09/26,
Overhauled at 1 FTS 01/04/27.
Crashed 16/05/27, total flight time was 14 hours.
Repaired and to 3 Sqn 'C' Flight 28/10/27, crashed Craigieburn Vic,
To Mort's Dock for repair 11/27.
Test flown 08/12/27, then served with 1 FTS from 12/27.
Crashed on landing 07/02/28 at Point Cook Vic (crew Leut P Bailhache RAN and Cdt T A Chadwick).
On 06/03/28awaiting repairs at 1 FTS, total flight time was 55 hours.
To 1 AD 03/05/28 for overhaul, but was assessed as unecomonic for reconditioning.
Approved for conversion to components 14/02/29.

A1-9

E905

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 06/10/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1925.
Reconditioned by Mathews & Hassell 30/12/25,
Served with 1 FTS from 07/03/26.
Damaged 19/05/26 when it collided on the ground with A3-39.
Repaired and back at 1 FTS by 07/26.
Condemned 29/07/27and recorded as unserviceable 19/10/27.
Being overhauled by 1 FTS 06/03/28, total flight time was 241 hours.
Served with 1 Sqn until 05/29.
Served with 1 FTS 06/29 to 01/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-10

E906

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 03/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 12/08/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1925.
Reconditioned by Experimental Section 06/10/25.
Served with 3 sqn 'C' Flight in use by 04/26, fitted with side ladder 12/05/26 to enable parachute descents.
In service with 1 FTS from 06/26 rigged for jumps,
Crashed at 1 FTS and assessed as damaged beyond repair.
Being overhauled by 1 FTS 06/03/28, total flight time of 27 hours.
Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.

A1-11

E907

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 05/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 12/08/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Was to be reconditioned by Larkin Aircraft Supply Co, Coote Island, Melbourne, Vic, but sent to Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW. 11/06/26.
To 3 Sqn 'C' Flight 04/07/27 for dispatch to 1 FTS, forced landed 19/07/27 (crew Flg Off V H Augenson);
Forced landed 21/07/27 at Harefield NSW (crew Sgt G K Rice-Oxley) on delivery to 1 FTS;
Again forced landed 22/07/27 at Rutherglen Vic.
Damaged when landing near Violet Town Vic 28/07/27, undercarriage collapsed on landing.
Reconditioned by 1 FTS 'C' Flt 15/09/27, total flight time was 59 hours.
Operated by 1 FTS, total flight time by 06/03/28 was 96 hours.
On 30/03/28 departed for Sydney as number '5' for the NSW Aerial Derby.
In use by 1 FTS till 05/28, when crashed 26/05/28 at Essendon VIC during Victorian Aerial Derby - hit power lines and lost undercarriage (crew Flt Lt G A Wells).
Wreckage burnt 25/06/28 and formally approved for conversion to components 20/06/28.

A1-12

E908

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 03/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 09/09/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Experimental Section 06/12/26.
To 3 Sqn 'C' Flight for delivery to 1 Sqn, and received by 1 Sqn 'C' Flight 23/12/26.
To Adelaide for opening of new aerodrome at Parafield 26/11/27.
Total flight time by 14/03/28 was 93 hours; total flight time by 20/04/28 was 134 hours.
To Adelaide 18/10/28 for 1 Sqn aerial survey.
Damaged 03/12/28 in forced landing at Yaouk, near Cooma, NSW (crew Flg Off L J Ryan).
Inspected 12/03/29 and found to be uneconomic for reconditioning, approved for conversion to components 20/03/29.

A1-13

E909

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlowby 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 06/10/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1925.
Reconditioned at Mathews & Hassell 06/10/25.
To 1 FTS by 02/26, forced landed 13/04/26 at Woodend Vic (crew Flg Off W A Holtham and AC1 Allen), total flight time was 105 hours.
Repaired by 1 FTS, and crashed again in 1927;
Undergoing overhaul 06/03/28 with 1 FTS, total flight time was 241 hours.
Having been reconditioned twice, assessed as uneconomic for further repair, and approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.

A1-14

E910

Date of manufacture 16/04/19.
Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 06/10/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Mathews & Hassell 07/03/26.
To with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight by 05/26,
Grounded 20/09/27;
Unserviceable at 1 AD 09/03/28, total flight time to date was 169 hours.
Reconditioned, to 1 FTS by 05/29,
Forced landing 01/08/29at Point Cook Vic.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30but was in use until 05/03/30.

A1-15

E916

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 06/10/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1924.
Reconditioned at 1 FTS workshops 15/12/24, to 1 FTS by 05/25;
Undergoing overhaul at 1 FTS 06/03/28, total flight time was 101 hours.
Damaged 21/11/29 at Point Cook Vic,
Used by 1 FTS until 01/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-16

F2776

To RAF 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park Hendon 12/04/19,
To 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow 03/12/19 for packing, apparently shipped 09/01/20. 
Received 01/05/20,
To CFS AAC and first flown 14/05/20 (Capt A T Cole).
Forced landed Point Cook 29/06/20(Capt A T Cole).
In use CFS AAC 1920/21 as F2776;
To 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, became A1-16.
Reconditioned by 1 FTS workshops from 20/04/22 to 23/08/22,
To 1 FTS 'E' Flight by 11/22 until overhauled by 1 FTS workshops 27/10/27,
To Experimental Section for repair 11/27. To 1 FTS 'C' Flight by 03/28, total flight time 06/03/28 was 245 hours,
Damaged 17/20/28 landing at Point Cook Vic (crew Plt Off A N Evans),
Collided on the ground 24/10/28 when taxied into S.E.5a A2-36 (crew Cdt R C Jordan),
Repaired and in use again by 11/28.
Forced landing at Point Cook 19/12/28 with a broken camshaft.
Back in use 01/29,
Forced landed 19/02/29 with a broken crankshaft at Point Cook (crew Flt Lt A Hepburn).
Served with 1 FTS again by 03/29, forced landed at Point Cook 12/04/29.
In use again by 1 FTS by 06/29,
Recommended for overhaul 25/07/29.
05/08/29 Assessed as uneconomic for repair, and approved for conversion to components 09/08/29.

A1-17

F2779

To RAF 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park Hendon 12/04/19,
To 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow 03/12/19 for packing, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
To CFS AAC, first flown 24/05/20 as F2779 (Capt A T Cole),
Set Australian altitude record of 27,000' on 17/06/20 (Capt A T Cole and Capt H De La Rue);
From CFS A Flt to ARS 17/10/20;
To 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, became A1-17.
Served with 1 FTS 'E' Flight from 01/07/22to 1923, then to board of survey 1 AD 06/03/24.
Served again with 1 FTS by 01/25, then to Matthews & Hassell for reconditioning.
Possibly to 1 Sqn 1926,
Recommended for further reconditioning 19/09/27 and completed by Pratt Bros 03/28 to 06/28.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight by 02/29,
Damaged 03/05/29 landing at Laverton Vic;
Damaged 05/06/29 at Keilor Vic after the engine seized on the way to Sydney..
Forced landed 07/06/29 at Laverton;
In service 1 FTS, forced landed 31/10/29 at Point Cook when the camshaft drive broke.
In use with 1 FTS until 01/30,
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.
This aircraft was the longest serving Imperial Gift aircraft.

A1-18

H3459

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925.
Believed reconditioned at Experimental Section,
To 1 FTS by 06/25.
Crashed 09/12/26 at Cootamundra NSW (crew Flg Off T W Shortridge).
To Experimental Section for repairs 13/12/26.
Board of Survey 17/08/27, and approved for conversion to components 29/11/27.

A1-19

H3460

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924.
Served with 1 FTS from 05/24,
Reconditioned by Matthews & Hassell possibly in 1925.
To 1 FTS by 02/26, when destroyed in Bessoneau hangar 12/03/26 at Point Cook by D.H.9 A6-11 which crashed on takeoff.
Total flight time 88 hours.
Approved for conversion to components 31/03/26.

A1-20

H3461

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow, arrived 05/12/19, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927, reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW 05/04/27.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight, engine change 16/10/27.
To Adelaide for opening of new aerodrome at Parafield 26/11/27.
To 1 FTS 03/28  total flight time 14/03/28 was 39 hours.
To 1 Sqn,  20/08/28 to Brisbane for the opening of the Queensland Aero Club and participation in Aerial Services Air Race.
Under repair 11/28, then served with 1 FTS from 12/28 to 04/29; 
17/04/29 departed for Kookaburra search in northern Australia (crew Sgt E Douglas and LAC W J Smith),
Engine fire on startup at Wave Hill NT 07/05/29,
Uneconomic to recover and repair, so destroyed, total flight time 323 hours.
Formerly struck off charge 15/05/29.
The Liberty engine used by this aircraft is on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum.

A1-21

H3462

Date of manufacture 08/02/19.
Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 09/09/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW 05/01/27.
Served with 1 FTS, engine change 05/01/27.
Crashed 11/03/27, repaired,
To 1 FTS workshops 09/04/27 due to rough running engine.
Recommended for reconditioning 19/07/27,
Unserviceable at 1 AD 09/03/28 and total flight time was 49 hours.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight by 04/29,
Then to 1 FTS from 05/29 to 02/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-22

H3463

Date of manufacture 08/02/19.
Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 09/09/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1925,
Reconditioned by Matthews & Hassell 19/11/25.
Forced landed 27/07/26 at Albert Park Melbourne;
Crashed 04/12/26,
Recommended for reconditioning 19/07/27.
Unserviceable at 1 AD 09/03/28 when total flight time was 55 hours, 
Technical examination 29/11/28.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' flight by 03/29 then with 1 FTS 17/05/29 to 01/30.
Approved for write-off 04/02/30.

A1-23

H3464

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage until 1924,
To 1 FTS, forced landed near Marulan NSW enroute to Sydney 06/08/24 (crew Flg Off E Wilson and AC1 Hammond) with engine failure, badly damaged
To Board of Survey 11/08/24 at Experimental Section Randwick.
Approved for conversion to components 09/10/24.

A1-24

H3465

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 09/09/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1927.
To Experimental Section 06/05/27for reconditioning.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' flight from 27/07/27;
Then to 1 FTS 'C' Flight from 24/08/27, total flight time on 14/03/28 was 171 hours.
Damaged 10/11/28 in forced landing at Point Cook (crew LAC C H Scott),
Under repair 11/28.
Served with 1 FTS from 01/29 to 08/02/29.
Approved for conversion to components 14/02/29.

A1-25

H3502

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight from 18/02/26;
Overhauled by Experimental Section 02/03/26.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' Flight 09/03/26, engine change 20/04/27, total flight time on 15/02/28was 162 hours.
Ditched 01/08/28 into Sydney Harbour (crew Flg Off S deB Griffith and Mr E B Cremer), total flight time 207 hours.
Salvaged, and approved for conversion to components 05/09/28.

A1-26

E8590

Date of manufacture 09/11/18.
To RAF 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park Hendon 12/04/19,
To 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow 03/12/19 for packing, apparently shipped 09/01/20.
Received 16/06/20,
Exhibited by AWM in Exhibition Building, Nicholson St, Melbourne over 19/06/20 to 03/07/20.
In use CFS AAC 1920/21 as E8590;
To 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, to 1 AD for storage 01/08/21, and became A1-26.
Served with 1 FTS 'E' Flight from 01/07/22,
Crashed 10/12/24 at Flemington Racecourse (crew Flt Lt A Hempel),
To Board of Survey at 1 AD 21/04/25.
Reconditioned by 1 FTS workshops 22/02/26. On 09/03/28noted as unserviceable at 1 AD due to a crash, total flight time was 251 hours.
To 1 Sqn 'C' Flight by 05/29,
Crashed at Laverton Vic when hit an electricity pole and was destroyed.
Approved for conversion to components 10/05/29.

A1-27

E8597

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Received 01/05/20, long term storage at 1 AD until 1926,
Reconditioned by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Balmain, NSW 07/10/26.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' Flight,
Crashed 10/27 landing at Warwick Qld.
To Mort's Dock 11/27 for reconditioning,
To 1 FTS 'C' Flight by 03/28, total flight time by 06/03/28 was 199 hours. 
Completed flight time by 08/02/29, and approved for conversion to components 14/02/29.

A1-28

E9692

To RAF 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow 03/12/19 for packing, apparently shipped 09/01/20. 
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925,
Reconditioned by RAAF Experimental Section, Randwick, NSW 25/03/26.
Served with 3 Sqn 'C' Flight,
Crashed 30/07/26, total flight time was 7 hours.
Overhauled by 3 Sqn 01/03/27.
Total flight time by 15/02/28 was 111 hours, and rigged as a single seater to win the 1928 NSW Aerial Derby at Mascot NSW 03/28 as number '22' under the command of Flg Off N Mulroney.
Under repair at 3 Sqn 10/28, to Point Cook 23/10/28.
Served with 1 Sqn 'C' Flight,  
17/04/29 departed for Kookaburra search in northern Australia (crew Flg Off M B Allen and Cpl G W Allen),
Unserviceable at Tennant Creek NT 20/04/29 to 08/05/29 with engine problem.
Uneconomic to recover, total flight time 282 hours.
Struck off charge 15/05/29.

A1-29

E9694

Allocated by RAF to 5 Aircraft Repair Depot at Henlow by 01/20 for Australian Imperial Gift.
Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924.
Served with 1 FTS, acceptance test 05/05/24.
Crashed 08/24 at Woodford-Leigh, near Grafton NSW;
Board of Survey 11/08/24 at Experimental Section and approved for conversion to components 09/10/24.

A1-30

n.k.

This aircraft was not gifted to Australia, it was purchased to replace E8616, by the approval of the Air Council on 14/06/21, at an estimated cost of 2953 pounds.
This aircraft was reconditioned by de Havilland at Stag Lane (aircraft c/n 42) and was delivered in mid 1923.
Served with 1 FTS from 07/23, crashed at Point Cook 16/08/26. (crew Cdt K M Frewen),
To 1 AD 19/08/26 for storage.
Approved for conversion to components 12/07/27.

Note that one Imperial Gift D.H.9a was E8616.
Aircraft was packed in UK 03/12/19 and apparently shipped on 09/01/20.
In service with CFS AAC in 1920, when it crashed in Bass Strait on 23/09/20 (crew Capt W J Stutt and Sgt A G Dalzell killed).
Struck off charge 31/12/20 before the RAAF 'A series' started in 08/21.