Built at the Douglas Chicago plant - delivered to the U.S.A.A.F. - April 27, 1944

Allocated serial number 42-72197

Sold to Australian National Airways - November 25, 1948

Purchased to replace DC-4 c/n 3077 - which had been transferred to Air Ceylon

Originally entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANF (c/n 3077) - November 25, 1948

Certificate of Registration amended to this aircraft (c/n 10302) - December 8, 1948

Registered to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd

Arrived Melbourne's Essendon Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - December 15, 1948

Delivery route: London-Castel Benito-Cairo-Bahrain-Karachi-Colombo-Batavia-Darwin-Melbourne

Aircraft was named 'Loongana' (swift)

Entered service with A.N.A. - December 1948

Operated the final A.N.A. service on behalf of B.C.P.A. - Vancouver-Honolulu - April 25, 1949

Made a wheels-up landing on Brisbane's south-east runway - November 15, 1954

Accident was due to pilot error - aircraft sustained underbelly damage - no passengers injured

Local repairs were made before it was ferried to Melbourne for the final repairs

Converted to freighter configuration by A.N.A. engineers - 1955

Transferred to Ansett-ANA on merger of both airlines - October 21, 1957

Inaugurated Ansett-ANA's Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth DC-4 freighter service - July 30, 1964

Leased to M.M.A. but flown in full Ansett-ANA colors - 1965

Chartered to Qantas - August 9 - 12, 1967

Sold to Civil Air Transport Co, Taipei - becoming B-1811 - August 13, 1967

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - August 14, 1967

Delivery route: Alice Springs-Darwin-Kota Kinabalu-Taipei

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 19, 1967

Transferred to China Airlines - 1971

Crashed at Battambang, Cambodia - July 15, 1974

Damaged beyond repair and scrapped

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - in the all metal livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1125-306.)

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - in the white top livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1125-132.)

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - wheels-up landing at Brisbane Airport, November 1954.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1125-141.)

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - undergoing repairs at Melboure's Essendon Airport, March 1955.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1125-442.)

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways Air Cargo - in the white-silver livery at Melbourne Airport.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1125-296.)

VH-ANF. Australian National Airways Air Cargo - in the white-silver livery at Melbourne Airport.

(B. Colledge Photograph. 1125-231.)

VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection via Ansett. 1125-280.)

VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(J. Wilson Collection. 1125-295.)

VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown.

(J. Hopton Photograph. 1125-002.)

VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in full livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1966.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1125-412.)

VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(P. Gates Collection. 1125-443.)

B-1811. China Airlines - in the all-metal livery at Hong Kong Airport, June 1974.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-481.)