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| Bulolo Gold Dredging Company Guinea Airways |
Aircraft History Built by Junkers during 1929 as Junkers G 31go Trimotor Werknummer J3011. One of four G 31 Trimotors purchased by Bulolo Gold Dredging Company (BGD) operated by Guinea Airways. Disassembled and shipped overseas to New Guinea. On May 25, 1931 registered in Australia as VH-UOU. Nicknamed "Bulolo I Paul". During 1931, converted to Pratt and Whitney A2 Hornets, nine cylinder radial air-cooled direct drive engines of 525 hp. These engines were hand cranked via an inertia starter with a series of geared cogs turning a flywheel. The four trimotors were based at Lae Airfield, used transport dredge parts, equipment and supplies to to Wau Airfield and Bulolo Airfield to support gold mining operations. Wartime History On January 21, 1942 this trimotor parked at Bulolo Airfield when strafed by five A6M2 Zeros. Also destroyed were G 31 "Bulolo 2 Peter" VH-UOV and G 31 "Pat" VH-URQ. References Junkers Production Details via Wayback Machine March 5, 2016 Thanks to Bruce Hoy for additional information Contribute
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