First flown as G-AIMR - 1946

Registered to the Ministry of Civil Aviation - December 3, 1946

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - January 24, 1949

Allocated by the Ministry of Supply to the R.A.F. - becoming WB484 - February 14, 1949

Acquired by the Royal Australian Air Force - May 5, 1949

Allocated the R.A.A.F. serial number - A81-3

Withdrawn from R.A.A.F. use and stored - July 1967

Stuck off charge - August 1968

Sold to Jetair Australia Ltd

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SJQ - March 19, 1970

Sold to Air Express Ltd - August 16, 1971

Aircraft crashed during night freight service to Tasmania, in Bass Strait - May 10, 1975

Was not able to maintain height when port engine failed, despite turning back to Melbourne

The two crew members drowned before rescue

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 10, 1975

A81-3. Jetair Australia - in basic RAAF livery at Orange Airport, September 1968.

(Image 1920-274. R. N. Smith Collection)

VH-SJQ. Jetair Australia - in an all-metal livery at Sydney Airport, December 1969.

(Image 1920-303. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-SJQ. Jetair Australia - in an all-metal livery at Sydney Airport, January 1970.

(Image 1920-125. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-SJQ. Air Express Ltd Comet - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, February 1972.

(Image 1920-304. G. Bennett Collection)

VH-SJQ. Air Express Ltd Comet - in Air Express livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1972.

(Image 1920-102. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-SJQ. Air Express Ltd - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1974.

(Image 1920-305. G. Bennett Collection)