Construction completed at Santa Monica, California - September 1938

First flown - September 19, 1938

Built as a Douglas DC-3-232A seating 21 passengers

Purchased new by Australian National Airways - October 17, 1938

Arrived as deck cargo at Port Melbourne on the S.S. Tolken - November 1, 1938

Test flown at Melbourne's Essendon Airport - November 28, 1938

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ACB - December 1, 1938

Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd

Aircraft was named 'Warana' (blue sky)

Chartered to the Commonwealth of Australia for use by the Royal Australian Air Force - September 10, 1939

Allocated R.A.A.F. serial number A30-4

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 11, 1939

Issued to 8 Squadron, Canberra in full camouflage colors - September 15, 1939

Returned to A.N.A. at end of charter - May 24, 1940

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ACB - June 4, 1940

Badly damaged following collision with Dutch Lockheed Lodestar at Brisbane - February 17, 1942

Repaired and returned to service

Damaged beyond repair following wheels-up landing 7 km north of Essendon Airport - March 19, 1943

Aircraft was operating scheduled Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane service (Capt D. E. Barker)

Failed to gain height following engine failure after take-off - suspected carburettor problems prime cause

Varying injuries were sustained by 12 passengers and 3 crew - no deaths

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 14, 1943