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VH-INZ. Douglas C-54A-DO c/n 3077-19.
Delivered new to the U.S.A.A.F. - April 28, 1943 Allocated serial number 41-32786 but did not enter service Transferred to the U.S. Navy as an R5D-1
- becoming Bu 39140 - April 28, 1943
Returned to the U.S.A.A.F. - becoming 41-37286 - April 1946 Transferred to War Assests Administration for disposal - April 1946 Sold to Veterans Air Express Inc, Rhode Island - becoming NC57777 - May 24, 1946 Transferred to P.P. Artoserse & L. O'Dell (Trustees for bankrupt Veterans Air ) - December 1946 Sold to Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco - November 1, 1948 Australian National Airways applied for an Australian C of R for a DC-4 - November 25, 1948 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-ANF (c/n 3077) - November 25, 1948 This Certificate of Registration was not taken up Transferred to Air Ceylon - becoming VP-CBE - January 21, 1949 Departed London (Heathrow) on delivery flight to Melbourne - January 21, 1949 Delivery route was London-Castel Benito-Cairo-Karachi-Colombo-Singapore-Darwin Arrived at Melbourne - January 26, 1949 Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - January 24, 1949 Entered Air Ceylon service - Melbourne-London - February 4, 1949 Aircraft was named by the Governor-General of Ceylon 'Ratmalana' - February 7, 1949 Reregistered CY-ACB - October 11, 1950 Sold to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd - December 1950 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft register as VH-INZ - December 21, 1950 Aircraft retained the name 'Ratmalana' (site of Colombo's 1st airport) Remained under charter to Air Ceylon and operated in full Air Ceylon colors Returned to A.N.A. when Air Ceylon ceased operations - July 23, 1953 Delivered to A.N.A. in Melbourne - July 27, 1953 Transferred to Ansett-ANA but never registered to them - October 21, 1957 Sold to Twentieth Century Airlines Inc - becoming N5521V - April 21, 1958 Departed Melbourne on ferry flight - June 15, 1958 Routing was via Nadi-Canton Island-Honolulu-Los Angeles-Las Vegas Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 15, 1958 Sold to Seven Seas Airlines Inc, New York - July 1959 Aircraft was named 'Mediterranean Sea' Sold to Ameurco Anstalt - February 24, 1961 Sold to Seven Seas Airlines - June 13, 1961 Repossessed by Ameurco Anstalt - August 1, 1961 Sold to Aeronaves de Panama SA - becoming HP-351 - March 21, 1962 Sold to Pan African Airlines, Nigeria - becoming 5N-AFC - September 1962 Sold to Lion Enterprises Establishment - 1966 Sold to Crossroads Aviation Inc - becoming N11117 - February 13, 1967 Sold to Aviation Facilities Inc - November 2, 1968 Operated by Pan African Airlines during Biafran conflict - from April 1969 Withdrawn from use and stored at Lagos Airport - May 1970 Sold to East Coast Aviation Corp - November 10, 1972 Repossessed by Security Investment Company - February 26, 1973 Sold to Concare Aircraft Leasing Corp. - February 26, 1973 Sold to Seminole Aviation Inc - June 12, 1973 Sold to Cecil E. Wroten - July 1974 Operated in south-east Asia Withdrawn from use and stored at Phnom Penh Airport, Cambodia - 1975 Eventual fate of aircaft still unclear |
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