VH-ANF. Douglas C-54A-5-DC c/n 10302-33.
Built at the Douglas Chicago plant and delivered to the U.S.A.A.F. - April 27, 1944 Allocated serial number 42-72197 Struck off charge and sold to Willis Air Service Inc - January 1946 Entered onto the U.S. Aircraft Register as NC49776 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 but 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 livery - 1965 Chartered to Qantas - August 9 - 12, 1967 Sold to Civil Air Transport Co, Taipei - August 13, 1967 Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Taiwan - August 14, 1967 Delivery route: Alice Springs-Darwin-Kota Kinabalu-Taipei Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - August 19, 1967 Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-1811 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. |
VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - in the white top livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. |
VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - wheels-up landing at Brisbane Airport, November 1954. |
VH-ANF. Australian National Airways - undergoing repairs at Melboure's Essendon Airport, March 1955. |
VH-ANF. Australian National Airways Air Cargo - in the white-silver livery at Melbourne Airport. |
VH-ANF. Australian National Airways Air Cargo - in the white-silver livery at Melbourne Airport. |
VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. |
VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. |
VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in the full livery at Melbourne Airport, date unknown. |
VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA 'Cargomaster' - in full livery at Melbourne Airport, April 1966. |
VH-ANF. Ansett-ANA Cargomaster - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown. |
B-1811. China Airlines - in the all-metal livery at Hong Kong Airport, June 1974. |