Construction completed at the Oklahoma City plant - July 15, 1944

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

Allocated U.S. serial number 43-49849

Delivered to United States Army Air Force

Transferred to the R.A.F. under lend / lease agreement as KN241 - January 16, 1945

Designated as a Dakota IV

Arrived England on delivery to R.A.F. - April 22, 1945

Allocated to No 435 and No 436 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, India

Returned to R.A.F. in England & allocated to No 46 Squadron - April 1946

Withdrawn from use and struck-off charge - 1953

Sold to Lamberts Trust - April 10, 1953

Entered onto the U.K. Aircraft Register as G-AMZH - May 2, 1953

Registered to E. L. Niarchos t/a Transair Ltd

Aircraft was operated as an executive transport

Sold & registered to Travelair Ltd - February 20, 1963

Sold & registered to Handley Page Ltd - November 26, 1963

Sold to Trans Australia Airlines - May 1965

Arrived Melbourne at end of delivery flight - May 16, 1965

Cancelled from the U. K. Aircraft Register - May 20, 1965

Ferried Melbourne-Bankstown for conversion to company specifications by Hawker de Havilland

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SBW - September 22, 1965

Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission

Aircraft was named 'Jim Taylor' but later changed to 'Popondetta'

Operated its first revenue service with T.A.A. - September 22, 1965

Transferred to Papua New Guinea to operate T.A.A.'s Sunbird Services

Ferried to Bankstown for repainting into company's new 1970s color scheme - November 1969

Operated its final revenue service with T.A.A. - October 31, 1973

Sold to Air Niugini - November 1, 1973

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 4, 1974

Entered onto the Papua New Guinea Aircraft Register as P2-SBW - March 4, 1974

Reregistered as P2-ANQ - December 3, 1975

Operated final revenue service with Air Niugini - July 31, 1977

Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Port Moresby

Mounted on a pole and displayed outside the Air Niugini offices at Port Morseby Airport - May 1979

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