Construction completed at Long Beach, California - April 1937

Built as a Douglas DC-3-194B for K.L.M. order and was the 67th DC-3 completed

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-ALW - April 12, 1937

First flown at Santa Monica, California - April 24, 1937

Accepted by Fokker at Santa Monica as their 10th DC-3 - April 25, 1937

Aircraft was named 'Wielewaal' (Golden Oriole)

Configured to seat 11 passengers in 'sleeper' seats with a starboard passenger door

Departed Santa Monica on ferry flight to New York - April 25, 1937

Arrived New York for embarkation on S.S. Penniland - April 28, 1937

S.S. Penniland departed New York Harbour for Rotterdam - May 15, 1937

Assembled at Waalhaven, Rotterdam by Fokker and ferried to Schiphol - May 1937

Operated first K.L.M. revenue service Amsterdam-Batavia - June 3, 1937

Was one of nine DC-3s operated on this route

Registered to K.N.I.L.M. - June 1, 1940

Due to wartime requirements the aircraft acquired a camouflage livery - February 1942

Departed Lydda, Palestine on last service to Batavia (Capt E. van Dijk) - February 8, 1942

Unable to obtain a landing clearance at Singapore it arrived at Medan - February 14, 1942

Seating was removed at Medan to accommodate a group of 36 women and children awaiting evacuation

Arrived Batavia on the day that Singapore capitulated - February 15, 1942

Made a force-landing in Sumatra - February 26, 1942

Repaired and flown out

Operated final civilian flight Bandoeng-Port Headland (Capt E. Dunlop) - March 7, 1942

Passengers: Lt Gov. General Dr H. van Mook and K.N.I.L.M. ground staff

Used Boeabatos Road as a runway whilst heavy fighting was taking place 15 km away, departing at 0100 hrs

Arrived safely at Port Headland some 7 hours 32 minutes later

Offered to the Commonwealth of Australia by K.N.I.L.M. for 5 Pounds Australian - March 19, 1942

Under instruction from General MacArthur all ex K.L.M. and K.N.I.L.M. aircraft in Australia were to be

leased / taken-over by the U.S.A.A.F.

Aircraft had an estimated value of $US 53,000 placed on it

Flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in protest at this take-over order (Capt P. Deenik) - May 14, 1942

Delivered to the U.S.A.A.F. at Archerfield as a Douglas C-49H - May 15, 1942

Allocated U.S. serial number 41-1944 (some sources quote '1944' or '11944')

Allocated the war-time radio call-sign 'VHCXE'

Issued to 21st Transport Squadron, 374th TCG - May 5, 1942

Was the first DC-3 to land at Wau, Papua New Guinea - May 23, 1942

Transferred to GHQ and fitted with 7 passenger seats for use by General MacArthur - June 1942

Operated Essendon-Canberra-Essendon with Gen. MacArthur as passenger - July 17, 1942

Reported that due to an excessive nosebleed during steep descent into Canberra he did not use aircraft again

Issued to GHQ SWPA, HQ Squadron, 5th Air Force, Archerfield - September 24, 1942

Issued to Allied Directorate of Air Transport (A.D.A.T.) at Townsville - September 27, 1942

Converted to a troop transport with floor and side-saddle seating by C.A.C. - May 14 - August 12, 1943

Issued to No 36 Squadron, R.A.A.F. - August 15, 1943

Given new radio call-sign 'VHCXL' and operated in natural metal livery with USAAF star

Used for courier services in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines

Operated final service with No 36 Squadron Townsville-Essendon (Capt L. Ball) - January 13, 1944

Australian National Airways (A.N.A.) offered the U.S.A.A.F. 5,000 Pounds for the aircraft - March 2, 1944

Officially returned to A.D.A.T. - March 23, 1944

Issued to A.N.A. by the A.D.A.T. for operation under contract to the A.D.A.T.

Damaged during a crosswind landing at Laverton but repaired - April 12, 1944

Operated final R.A.A.F. service - April 23, 1944

Officially returned to the USAAF / A.D.A.T. by the R.A.A.F. - April 23, 1944

Delivered to A.N.A. at Essendon Airport by No 36 Squadron - April 25, 1944

Entered service with A.N.A. on the Pacific Islands Courier Service - April 1944

Allocated the USAAF serial number 42-83229 as a book-keeping exercise - June 14, 1944

Offered for sale to A.N.A. with 7,500 airframe hours - November 11, 1944

Struck-off-charge by USAAF - March 17, 1945

Sold to Australian National Airways by the U.S. Foreign Economic Administration - May 1946

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANR (CofR 985) - May 22, 1946

Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Aircraft had been converted to airliner configuration with port-side passenger door - October 18, 1946

Designated a Douglas DC-3-G202A

Had flown a total of 7,802 hours - October 26, 1946

Aircraft was named 'Oana' (to inform) - October 26, 1946

Utilised on Guinea Airways service - 1946

Converted to Wright Cyclone R1820-97 engines - October 30, 1947

Used by A.N.A. on its Queensland and North Queensland services

Damaged at Vanrook Station near Normanton, Queensland - February 23, 1950

Aircraft became bogged and tipped over onto its nose due to the poor condition of the airstrip

Flown directly to Essendon Airport (Capt P.T.L. Taylor) in 7 hours for repairs

Aircraft had flown 18,720 hours - May 1950

Underwent a major overhaul by Fairey Aviation, Bankstown Airport having flown 26,623 hours - April 1955

Ownership transferred to Ansett-ANA when it acquired A.N.A. - October 21, 1957

Leased to Butler Air Transport - April 1958

Converted to 'Viewmaster' standard by Fairey Aviation, Bankstown - July - September 1958

This was the first 'Viewmaster' conversion to be carried out in Australia

Re-entered service with Butler Air Transport - October 1, 1958

Registered to Airlines of N.S.W. - December 17, 1959

Withdrawn from service - July 1968

Arrived Essendon Airport for major overhaul - July 23, 1968

After wings and center section of DC-3 VH-ANQ were fitted it was returned to service for charter operations

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - December 18, 1969

Used for food and fodder drops in N.S.W. during the floods of 1971

Withdrawn from service - July 27, 1972

Aircraft was leased to Capt Alex Garriock; F/O John Wilson; Engineer Bert Robinson - July 24, 1972

They wished to save the aircraft from being scrapped and paid Ansett $1.00 per year in lease fees

Flown Sydney to HMAS Nirimba, Schofields, Sydney (RAN Navy Base) for storage - July 24, 1972

Flight crew: Capt Alex Garriock; F/O John Wilson

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 14, 1972

Aircraft had flown 48,774 hours

Navy withdrew permission for the aircraft to be stored at HMAS Nirimba - 1974

Granted ferry permit it was flown HMAS Nirimba-Camden with undercarriage down - December 14, 1974

Flight crew: Capt Alex Garriock; F/O John Wilson

Lessees were approached by Air Activities Group, Scout Association of N.S.W. - 1975

Scouts sort access to the aircraft by the Air Activities Group as part of their training courses

A strong association developed between the lessors and the Scouts

Capt Garriock died in a light aircraft accident - July 30, 1977

His son Lex Garriock took over as a part lessor with John Wilson and the Scout Association

Ansett repainted the aircraft over three days to return it to a respectable condition - 1978 / 1979

Sold by Airlines of N.S.W. to George Markey - January 24, 1981

Restoration was commenced with the aircraft remaining at Camden Airport

Donated to the Queensland Air Museum - February 18, 1994

Arrived at the QAM at Caloundra having been relocated using 2 semi-trailers - September 15, 1994

Fuselage and center section were re-attached - October 19, 1994

Currently on display at the Queensland Air Museum - 2010