Construction completed at the Long Beach, California plant - March 1943

Built as a Douglas C-47A-20-DL

Allocated U.S. serial number 42-23423

Delivered to United States Army Air Force - March 27, 1943

Transferred to Royal Australian Air Force - April 25, 1943

Arrived at No 3 Aircraft Depot, Brisbane - April 1943

Allocated to No 36 Squadron as A65-5 with radio callsign 'VHCTE' - May 11, 1943

Allocated to Central Flying School - April 18, 1946

Surplus to requirements and withdrawn from use - 1947

Transferred to Commonwealth Disposal Commission for disposal - 1947

Sold to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd for 6,250 Pounds - August 4, 1947

Delivered to A.N.A. - September 1, 1947

Converted to Wright Cyclone GR.1820G-202A engines

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-INB - September 24, 1947

Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd

Aircraft was named 'Croana' (Climbing up)

The 'VH-IN' registration block was chosen from Ivan N. Holyman's first two initials

Registered to Guinea Airways Ltd - April 1, 1955

Reregistered as VH-GAL - August 18, 1958

Aircraft was renamed 'Kokoda'

Reregistered as VH-INB - January 25, 1960

Operated by Airlines of South Australia

Registered to Ansett-ANA - February 11, 1960

Transferred to Airlines of N.S.W. - April 27, 1960

Registered to Airlines of N.S.W. - February 14, 1961

Registered to Ansett-ANA - January 1967

Flown to Melbourne's Essendon Airport and withdrawn from use - December 29, 1967

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - November 18, 1968

Scrapped on site at Essendon Airport - November 4 - 6, 1969

VH-GAL. Guinea Airways Ltd - in the ANA livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 1960.

 

VH-INB. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, August 1965.

VH-INB. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1965.