Construction completed at Oaklahoma City plant - October 1943

Built as a Douglas C-47A-1-DK

Allocated U.S. serial number 42-92196 and delivered to U.S.A.A.F - October 13, 1943

Transferred to Royal Australian Air Force under lend-lease agreement

Delivered to R.A.A.F at Archerfield, Brisbane becoming A65-21 - December 15, 1943

Operated using radio callsign 'VHCTC'

Allocated to No 36 Squadron, 3 AD

Allocated to No 37 Squadron and coded 'FD-I' & later 'FD-G'

Allocated to 9 C.U. based at Torokina - September 1, 1944

Utilised in the return of ex P.O.W.s from Java, Sumatra & Thailand

Allocated to 1 A.D. - May 6, 1946 thence to 3 A.D. - August 1, 1946

Allocated to No 36 Squadron - September 30, 1946

Allocated to 86th Transport Wing - December 26, 1947 thence to 2 C.S. - February 18, 1948

Withdrawn from service for intended sale to East West Airlines - September 23, 1957

Struck-off-charge - October 1, 1957

Flown Tocumwal-Tamworth for storage pending conversion to civil standards

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EWB - August 25, 1958

Registered to East West Airlines Pty Ltd

Aircraft named 'Namoi City' and later 'Warwick City'

Operated first revenue service - August 29, 1958

Leased to M.M.A. in full East West livery except for MMA rudder titles - October 6, 1965 to January 15, 1966

Reregistered as VH-PWM - November 27, 1967

Converted for survey work with the fitting of magnetometer - July 1968

Chartered to Compagnie Generale de Geographique for survey work in PNG & Indonesia - August 1968

Chartered by N.S.W. Ambulance Service - April - July 1969

Returned to Compagnie Generale de Geographique - July 1969 - October 1970

Returned to East West at Tamworth and converted back to passenger configuration - October 1970

Used for ad-hoc charter work

Emerged from overhaul at Tamworth in Connair livery - September 23, 1973

Operated East West's last DC-3 passenger flight from Narromine-Albion Park-Tamworth - October 1, 1973

Ferried Tamworth-Alice Springs on delivery to Connair - October 3, 1973

Registered to Connair Pty Ltd - October 12, 1973

Sold and registered to Rebel Air Pty Ltd - November 27, 1979

Used to represent TAA DC-3 VH-AES in film 'A Town Like Alice' - May 1980

Removed and returned to the Australian Aircraft Regster at various times from 1982 - 1986

Registered to Wan-See Company Pty Ltd, Hamilton, N.S.W. - June 27, 1986

Sold to A. McGreevy, Alexandra, New Zealand - July 4, 1986

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to New Zealand - July 7, 1986

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 18, 1986

Entered onto New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-AMR - August 29, 1986

Registered to A. McGreevy

Registered to Classic Air Services Ltd - September 29, 1986

Registered to Fieldair Freight, Ardmore - May 29, 1989

Withdrawn from use and stored - March 1993

Sold to North Shore Helicopters, Albany - March 1993

Leased to Morris Catering for use in Cambodia - March 1993

Operated in Somalia & Kenya

Eventual fate not known at this stage