Construction completed - August 23, 1957

Sold to Ansett Airways for $US 750,000

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-BZI - July 23, 1957

Registered to Ansett Airways Pty Ltd

Departed San Diego on delivery flight - October 5, 1957

Delivery route: San Francisco-Honolulu-Canton Island-Nadi -

Arrived Melbourne at conclusion of delivery flight - October 15, 1957

Entered service with Ansett - October 1957

Transferred to Butler Air Transport to replace CV-340 - August 1959

Withdrawn from Ansett-A.N.A. service - May 4, 1962

Sold to Allegheny Airlines Inc - May 5, 1962

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to San Francisco - May 5, 1962

Delivery route was Essendon-Nadi-Canton Island-Honolulu-San Francisco

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - May 9, 1962

Registered to Allegheny Airlines as N8420H - May 14, 1962

Converted to CV-580 standard by Pacific Airmotive Corp - February 7, 1966 to April 1966

Redelivered to Allegheny - becoming N5811 - April 28, 1966

Sold to Commuter Airlines Inc - June 20, 1978

Leased to Freedom Airlines - September 7, 1982

Sold to Air Ontario - becoming C-GGWF - October 16, 1984

Converted to freighter configuration

Sold to European Air Transport - becoming OO-DHL - January 22, 1988

Sold to DHL Worldwide Courier - February 1, 1988

Leased to Swift Air - becoming EC-HMS - May 2000

Operated as a freighter in full DHL colors

Sold to SkyHaul South Africa - 2005

VH-BZI. Butler Air Transport - in the Ansett livery at Sydney Airport, December 1959.

(Image 1029-113. R. N. Smith Collection)

C-GGWF. Air Ontario - in the old livery at Toronto Airport, July 1985.

(Image 1029-056. R. N. Smith Collection)

OO-DHL. DHL - in their full color scheme, May 1988.

(Image 1029-081. R. N. Smith Collection)