Ordered new by Trans Australia Airlines

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAQ - March 24, 1948

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Construction completed at the San Diego plant - August 21, 1948

Departed San Diego on delivery flight to Australia - August 26, 1948

Arrived at Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - September 7, 1948

Delivery route: Tulsa-Chicago-Montreal-Goose Bay-Bluie West One-Keflavik-London-Rome-

Cyprus-Basra-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Rangoon-Singapore-Makasar-Darwin-Alice Springs

Aircraft was named 'John Forrest'

Operated first revenue service Melbourne-Brisbane - October 18, 1948

Fitted out with a V.I.P. interior for the Royal Tour - 1954

Operated its final revenue flight - August 5, 1956

Withdrawn from service and stored pending sale

Sold to Trans Arabia Airlines - August 16, 1956

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft register as N9853F

Departed Melbourne on its delivery flight to Lebanon - August 16, 1956

Arrived in Beirut at conclusion of delivery flight - August 21, 1956

Delivery route: Melbourne-Alice Springs-Darwin-Sourabaya-Singapore-Bangkok-Calcutta-Delhi-

Karachi-Sharjar-Bahrain-Beirut

Flown to Zurich for overhaul with Swissair

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 28, 1956

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-AOFC

Aircraft was named 'Kuwait Emerite Special'

Sold to Japan Arabian Oil Company - August 9, 1958

Entered onto the Japanese Aircraft Register as JA-5048

Sold to International Drilling Company - December 25, 1958

Sold immediately to Norronafly, Norway - December 1958

Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-IUA

Sold to Beldex Corporation - June 15, 1960

Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N556R

Aircraft was reregistered N3338N - July 27, 1961

Sold to R.O. Naegele - trading as Nagley Advertising - July 28, 1961

Sold to Rialto Company, San Francisco - December 26, 1962

Sold to Magnavox Company - November 18, 1963

Aircraft was reregistered as N295M

Sold to AirResearch Aviation Co - May 14, 1971

Sold to Carolina Aircraft Corporation - May 28, 1971

Leased to Diversified Marketing Inc - September 20, 1971

Sold to Lax Electronics - August 24, 1973

Sold to Wilgren Electronics Corporation - November 18, 1974

Sold to National Equipment Rental Ltd, New York - March 27, 1975

Sold to Aviation International Resources Inc, Stratford, Connecticut - May 2, 1977

Sold to the Airplane Store then resold same day to Providence Air Charter - October 14, 1981

Sold to T.W. Hunt, Guildford, Connecticut - April 15, 1983

Operated by Combs Freight Air - June 1983

Sold to Air Safaris Inc, San Jose, California - January 23, 1986

Sold to M.B.M. Aircraft Leasing & Sales Inc, Miami, Florida - August 1991

Sold to Bahama Air Ferries, Daytona beach, Florida - April 17, 1995

Leased to Trans Florida Airlines Inc - April 1995

Used as a freight aircraft

Operated final revenue service - September 12, 1999

Had flown 30,552 hrs 49 min

Withdrawn from service and placed in storage at Daytona Beach

VH-TAQ. Trans Australia Airlines - in the original livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

VH-TAQ. Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'white roof' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

VH-TAQ. Trans Australia Airlines - in the 'white roof' livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

N295M. Air Safaris - in the full livery at San Jose Airport, March 1990.

N295M. Air Safaris - in the full livery at San Jose Airport, November 1992.