Built as a Mark 31M freighter for the Pakistan Air Force - 1955

Allocated the serial number S4438

Transferred to the Pakistan Government - becoming AP-AMD - April 1961

Sold to Pacific Aviation - 1961

Overhauled by Bristol Aviation Services at Bankstown, Sydney

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ADL - February 16, 1962

Withdrawn from use and stored at Archerfield, Brisbane - 1963

Overhauled by Air Express for intended sale to SAFE Ltd, New Zealand - 1965

Badly damaged during forced-landing at Pimpana, Queensland following engine failure - June 26, 1965

Rebuilt by Air Express and test flown - June 1966

Sale to SAFE Ltd did not proceed, entered service with Air Express

Chartered by Ipec to deliver freight Brisbane-Cowra as aircraft was not permitted to carry cargo into Victoria

Chartered by Mayne Nickless to carry freight Brisbane-Sydney-Melboure from July 1, 1968

Operated its final Air Express service - King Island-Melbourne - August 17, 1979

Withdrawn from use having flown 7,635 cycles

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 12, 1983

Transported to Wangaratta, Victoria for display at the Airworld Collection

Acquired by the Moorabbin Air Museum following closure of Airworld - 2004

On display at Moorabbin Airport, Victoria in partly dismantled state - July 2004

VH-ADL. Pacific Aviation - in the original livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, February 1962.

(Image 1920-100. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-ADL. Air Express Ltd - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, October 1972.

(Image 1920-217. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-ADL. Air Express Ltd - in the original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1972.

(Image 1920-289. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-ADL. Air Express Ltd - in the second livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, February 1977.

(Image 1920-290. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the second livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(Image 1920-165. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, July 1978.

(Image 1920-292. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1978.

(Image 1920-252. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1978.

(Image 1920-251. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980.

(Image 1920-164. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980.

(Image 1920-200. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1980.

(Image 1920-253. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1981.

(Image 1920-254. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1986.

(Image 1920-293. G. Bennett Photograph)

VH-ADL. Air Express - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, June 1986.

(Image 1920-294. G. Bennett Photograph)