Construction completed at Long Beach, California - 1944

Built as a Douglas C-47A-85-DL

Delivered to the USAAF - March 23, 1944

Allocated U.S. serial number 43-15438

Arrived Brisbane for use by 5th Air Force - April 23, 1944

Aircraft was named 'Burnett'

Operated by Qantas as a transport using radio callsign 'VHCDM'

Excluded from USAAF inventory at conclusion of hostilities

Sold to Philippine Air Lines - becoming PI-C24 - August 1, 1946

Sold to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd - becoming VR-HDI - November 1946

Sold to Queensland Airlines - November 1951

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AAU - November 4, 1951

Registered as a DC-3C-S1C3G to Queensland Airlines Pty Ltd

Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - December 14, 1964

Chartered by Ansett-M.A.L. and delivery May 13, 1966

Entered Ansett-MAL service - May 16, 1966

Operated its final Ansett-MAL service - December 16, 1966

Sold to Far Eastern Air Transport, Taiwan - becoming B-247 - February 1967

Departed Lae - under command of Capt R. Glassey - on delivery flight - February 11, 1967

Routing was via Wewak-Vanimo-Koror-Mactan-Manila - arriving Taipei - February 14, 1967

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 15, 1967

Aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it crashed at Tainan Airfield, North Korea - April 16, 1977

Scrapped - July 1977

VH-AAU. Queensland Airlines Pty Ltd in the full livery at Brisbane's Eagle Farm, date unknown.

(Image 0250-733. H. Pryor Photograph)

VH-AAU. Q.A.L. - in a hybrid livery at Brisbane Airport, December 1959.

(Image 0250-691. A. Fraser Photograph)

B-247. F.E.A.T. - in the full livery at Taipei Airport, November 1976.

(Image 0251-383. R. N. Smith Collection)

B-247. F.E.A.T. - in the full livery at Taipei Airport, November 1976.

(Image 0251-384. R. N. Smith Collection)