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VH-AII. Douglas C-47A-25-DK. c/n 13622.
was also registered as:
VH-EBI, VH-TAV & VH-SBJ.
Construction completed at Oklahoma City plant - 1944 Built as a Douglas C-47A-25-DK Allocated U.S. serial number 42-93683 Delivered to United States Army Air Force Assigned to the European theatre of operations during the war with U. S. 9th Air Force Aircraft was struck-off charge and sold to Qantas Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AII - December 12, 1945 Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Leased / chartered by Trans Australia Airlines - September 3, 1948 Operated final Qantas western Queensland service Mt Isa-Brisbane (Archerfield) - April 1, 1949 Crew: Capt I.F. McSparron; F/O B.G. Ball; Steward J. Thompson Returned to Qantas and reregistered as VH-EBI - September 23, 1949 Sold to Trans Australia Airlines - November 4, 1950 Operated its first revenue service with T.A.A. - November 4, 1950 Reregistered as VH-TAV - November 8, 1950 Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission Aircraft was named 'Todd' but later changed to 'Leichardt' Reregistered as VH-SBJ - February 8, 1961 Transferred to Papua New Guinea to operate the T.A.A. Sunbird Services - March 1, 1961 Operated its final revenue service for T.A.A. - September 3, 1968 Sold to Continental Air Services Inc - becoming XW-PEE - October 9, 1968 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 9, 1968 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as N13622 - March 1969 Sold to Air Alliance Inc, Los Angeles, California - 1970 Sold to Turk Hava Kuvvetleri - Turkish Air Force - becoming ETI-31 Final fate of aircraft still to be ascertained |
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VH-AII. Qantas Empire Airways - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1949. |
VH-AII. Qantas Empire Airways - in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1949. |
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VH-EBI. Qantas Empire Airways - in the original livery at Tamworth Airport, date unknown. |
VH-TAV. Trans Australia Airlines - in the early silver tail
livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport. |
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VH-SBJ. TAA Sunbird Services - in the full livery at Lae Airport, date unknown. |
VH-SBJ. TAA Sunbird Services - in the full livery at Lae Airport, July 1966. |
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VH-SBJ. TAA Sunbird Services - in the full livery at Lae Airport, July 1966. |
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