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Douglas DC-2 & DC-3 - Australia.
The following Douglas DC-2 & DC-3 airliners have been registered and operated in Australia.
Please note: many Australian DC-3s appeared on the Australian Aircraft Register under more than
one registration during their working life. While all known registrations for each airframe have
been cross referenced below, the history of a particular aircraft is recorded under the first
registration allocated to it on the Australian Aircraft Register.
| VH-AAU. C-47. Queensland Airlines / Ansett-MAL / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-ABC. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-ABR. DC-3. A.N.A. / Ansett-ANA / Airlines of S.A. / Ansett Airlines of Australia / Ansett |
| VH-ACB. DC-3. Australian National Airways / R.A.A.F. / A.N.A. |
| VH-ADZ. DC-2. Australian National Airways |
| VH-AEO. C-47. A.N.A. / Trans Australia Airlines / Qantas |
| VH-AEP. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-AEQ. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / East West / Bush Pilots / Great Aeroplane Car Company |
| VH-AER. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / McDonalds Family Restaurants |
| VH-AES. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / T.A.A. Sunbird Services / K.L.M. / Trans Australia |
| VH-AET. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-AEU. C-47. Qantas / M.M.A. / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-AEV. C-47. A.N.A. / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-AEX. C-47. Guinea Airways / Trans Australia Airlines / Nigerian Airways / Nigerian Air Force |
| VH-AEY. C-47. Qantas / Trans Australia Airlines / Dutch Air Force |
| VH-AEZ. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-AFA. C-47. Qantas / T.A.A. / Nigerian Airways / Aer Turas / Ilford Riverton / Air Manitoba |
| VH-AGU. C-47. Adastra Aerial Surveys / East West / Air Charter / Golden West / Dakota Airways |
| VH-AIG. C-47. Australian Aid / Cambodian Air Force |
| VH-AII. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-AIJ. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-AIQ. C-47. Australian Aid |
| VH-ANH. C-50. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Ansett Airlines of Australia |
| VH-ANI. C-50. Guinea Airways / Australian National Airways / NZNAC / Royal Air Lao |
| VH-ANJ. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA |
| VH-ANK. C-47. Guinea Airways / Australian National Airways |
| VH-ANK. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-ANL. C-47. Australian National Airways / Aigle Azur Airways / Cambodian Air Force |
| VH-ANM. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-ANM. C-47. Australian National Airways / Queensland Airlines / Butler / SPANZ / Fiji Airways |
| VH-ANN. C-49. Australian National Airways / Guinea Airways / Ansett-ANA / Airlines S.A. |
| VH-ANO. C-49. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Pan Indonesian / United Khmer |
| VH-ANP. C-49. Australian National Airways / Guinea Airways / Airlines S.A. / Ansett VACS |
| VH-ANQ. C-49. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Ansett-VACS / Airlines of N.S.W. |
| VH-ANR. C-49. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Butler / Airlines of N.S.W. / Q.A.M. |
| VH-ANS. C-47. Australian National Airways / Quinea Airways / Airlines S.A. |
| VH-ANT. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Laos Air Charter / Air Union |
| VH-ANU. C-47. Australian National Airways / NZNAC / Mount Cook Airline / Fieldair |
| VH-ANV. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Pan Indonesian / Khmer Aviation |
| VH-ANW. C-47. Australian National Airways / Guinea Airways / Ansett-ANA / Airlines S.A. |
| VH-ANX. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / MMA/ Inter Island Transfer / Genavco |
| VH-ANY. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-ANZ. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / M.M.A. / United Khmer Airlines |
| VH-AOG. C-47. Butler Air Transport |
| VH-AOH. C-47. Butler Air Transport |
| VH-AOH. C-47. Butler Air Transport / Queensland Airlines / Ansett-ANA / Winner Airways |
| VH-AOI. C-47. Butler Air Transport / Ansett-ANA / Ansett-MAL / Merpati / Dirgantara Air Services |
| VH-ASD. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-AVK. C-47. Guinea Airways |
| VH-AVL. C-47. Guinea Airways / Queensland Airlines / SPANZ |
| VH-AXT. C-47. Commonwealth Bank |
| VH-BAA. C-47. Brain & Brown / BBA Cargo |
| VH-BAB. C-47. Brain & Brown / BBA Cargo / Airworld |
| VH-BAM. C-47. Brain & Brown / BBA Cargo |
| VH-BBV. C-47. Aircrafts Pty Ltd / A.N.A. / Queensland Airlines |
| VH-BDU. C-47. Butler Air Transport / Queensland Airlines / Ansett-MAL / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-BHC. C-47.Silver City Airways / Zinc Corp / Bo-S-Air / Skyways / Vintage Airways / Cavanaugh |
| VH-BHE. C-47. Zinc Corporation / Silver City Airways |
| VH-BPL. C-47. Air Queensland / DC-3 Australia |
| VH-BPN. C-47. BPA / Air Queensland / DC-3 Australia / Desert Air Safaris / Dakota National |
| VH-BUR. C-47. Airlines of N.S.W. / Jetairlines of Australia / Australian Aid / Royal Nepal Airlines |
| VH-BZA. C-47. Ansett Airways |
| VH-BZB. C-47. Ansett Airways / Guinea Air Traders / Thai Airways / Royal Thai Air Force |
| VH-BZC. C-47. Ansett Airways |
| VH-BZK. C-47. Ansett Airways / Thai Airways |
| VH-CAN. C-47. D.C.A. / Paradak / Air North / Dakota Downunder / Flight Australia / Pionair |
| VH-CAO. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-CAQ. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-CAR. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-CBA. C-47. Commonwealth Bank / Mandated Airlines |
| VH-CDZ. DC-2. Marshall Airways |
| VH-CWS. C-47. Classic Wings |
| VH-DAS. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / East West / Travmar |
| VH-DMV. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-DNA. C-47. Dakota National |
| VH-EAE. C-47. Historical Aircraft Restoration Society |
| VH-EAF. C-47. Historical Aircraft Restoration Society |
| VH-EAL. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EAM. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / East West |
| VH-EAN. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EAO. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EAP. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EAQ. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EBE. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EBF. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Royal Thai Air Force |
| VH-EBF. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EBG. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EBI. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways |
| VH-EBJ. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Royal Thai Air Force |
| VH-EBT. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EBU. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EBV. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EBX. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EBY. C-47. Qantas Empire Airways / Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-EDC. C-47. Qantas / Fiji Airways / BPA / Air Queensland / DC-3 Queensland / South Pacific |
| VH-EDD. C-47. Qantas / Queensland Pacific / Bush Pilots / Forrestair |
| VH-EQB. C-47. Jetairlines of Australia / Australian Aid / Royal Air Lao |
| VH-EQN. C-47. Jetairlines of Australia / Royal Nepal |
| VH-EQO. C-47. Jetairlines of Australia / Australian Aid |
| VH-EWA. C-47. East West Airlines |
| VH-EWB. C-47. East West Airlines |
| VH-EWD. C-47. East West Airlines / M.M.A. |
| VH-EWE. C-47. East West Airlines / Connair / Fleetair / Ipec / Setair / General Cargo Australia |
| VH-EWF. C-47. East West Airlines |
| VH-EWF. C-47. East West Airlines |
| VH-EYB. C-47. Australian Aid / Philippine Air Force |
| VH-INA. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-INB. C-47. Australian National Airways / Guniea Airways / Ansett-ANA / Airlines NSW |
| VH-INC. C-47. Australian National Airways / Ansett-ANA / Airlines NSW |
| VH-IND. C-47. Aircrafts Pty Ltd / A.N.A. / Ansett-ANA / Queensland Airlines / SPANZ |
| VH-INE. C-47. Australian National Airways / Timmings Aviation / Air Cape / Air Namibia |
| VH-INF. C-47. Australian National Airways / Butler Air Transport |
| VH-ING. C-47. A.N.A. / Guinea Airways / Ansett-ANA / Victorian Air Coach / Airlines of N.S.W. |
| VH-INI. C-47. Australian National Airways |
| VH-JVF. C-47. Department of Civil Aviation |
| VH-MAB. C-47. Mandates Airlines / Ansett-MAL / Air Niugini / Insured Aircraft Title / Bush Pilots |
| VH-MAC. C-47. Mandated Airlines / Guinea Air Traders / Ansett-MAL / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-MAE. C-47. Mandated Airlines / Ansett-MAL |
| VH-MAH. C-47. Mandated Airlines |
| VH-MAL. C-47. Mandated Airlines / Ansett-M.A.L. / Bush Pilots Airways / Cathay Pacific |
| VH-MAM. C-47. Mandated Airlines |
| VH-MAN. C-47. Mandated Airlines / Ansett-MAL / Air Niugini / Insured Aircraft Title |
| VH-MAR. C-47. New Guinea Co / Mandated Airlines / Ansett-MAL / Seulawah Air Services |
| VH-MAS. C-47. Ansett-M.A.L. / F.E.A.T. / Laos Airlines |
| VH-MAT. C-47. Mandated Airlines / Ansett-MAL / Air Niugini |
| VH-MAV. C-47. Ansett-M.A.L. / Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-MIN. C-47. Bureau Mineral Resources / Airfast / Connair / Setair / Rebel Air / Komeela |
| VH-MJR. R4D-4. Aero Services |
| VH-MMA. C-47. M.M.A. / Ansett Airlines of P.N.G. / Air Niugini / Air North |
| VH-MMB. C-47. Commercial Aviation Co / M.M.A. / Merpati Nusantara |
| VH-MMD. C-47. Commercial Aviation Co / M.M.A. / Ansett PNG / Air Niugini / Travmar |
| VH-MME. C-47. M.M.A. |
| VH-MMF. C-47. M.M.A. / Ansett PNG / Ansett Airlines / Air Tasmania / Forrestair |
| VH-MMK. C-47. M.M.A. / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-MML. C-47. MMA / Ansett Airlines of PNG / Air Niugini / BPA |
| VH-MMM. C-47. M.M.A. / F.E.A.T. |
| VH-MMO. C-47. Commercial Aviation Company |
| VH-MMT. R4D-4. M.M.A. / Ansett / Seulawah Air Services / Mandala |
| VH-MWQ. C-47. Masling / Setair / Air North |
| VH-OVM. C-47. Shortstop Aviation |
| VH-PNA. C-47. Patair |
| VH-PNB. C-47. Patair / T.A.A. |
| VH-PNM. C-47. Patair / Bush Pilots / Air Queensland |
| VH-PWM. C-47. East West / Connair / Rebel Air / Classic Air / Fieldair / Morris Catering |
| VH-PWN. C-47. East West / Queensland Pacific / B.P.A. / Air Queensland / DC-3 Queensland |
| VH-PWN. C-47. Dick Lang / Dakota National |
| VH-RRA. C-47. C.S.I.R.O. |
| VH-SBA. C-47. T.A.A. / T.A.A. Airlines of New Guinea |
| VH-SBB. C-47. T.A.A. / T.A.A. Airlines of New Guinea / Air Niugini / B.P.A. |
| VH-SBC. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Continental Air Services / Commercial Air Freight |
| VH-SBD. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Air Niugini / B.P.A. |
| VH-SBE. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / South East Asia Air Transport |
| VH-SBF. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Winner / China Airlines |
| VH-SBG. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Air Niugini |
| VH-SBH. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-SBI. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services |
| VH-SBJ. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Continental Air Services / Turkish Air Force |
| VH-SBK. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Seulewah Air Services |
| VH-SBL. C-47. T.A.A. / Air Niugini / Forrestair / Gold Wings / DC-3 Queensland / Dakota National |
| VH-SBM. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Seulewah Air Services |
| VH-SBN. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Jetair Australia / Australian Aid / Cambodian Air Force |
| VH-SBO. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Air Niugini / Travmar |
| VH-SBT. C-47. Mackay Air Museum / Warbirds New Zealand |
| VH-SBW. C-47. T.A.A. Sunbird Services / Air Niugini |
| VH-SMI. C-47. Sydney Morning Herald |
| VH-TAE. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAF. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAG. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAH. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAI. C-47. T.A.A. / East West / Jetair Australia / Australian Aid / Laos Air Force |
| VH-TAJ. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / Seulawah |
| VH-TAK. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / Forrestair Cargo |
| VH-TAL. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / West African Airways / Nigerian Airways |
| VH-TAM. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAN. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines / Mandated Airlines |
| VH-TAT. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAU. C-47. Trans Australian Airlines / Mandated Airlines |
| VH-TAV. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAW. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TAY. C-47. Trans Australia Airlines |
| VH-TMQ. C-47. Air Nostalgia |
| VH-UPQ. C-47. Connair / Northern Airlines / Setair / Rebel Air / Aust. Vintage / Dakota National |
| VH-UZJ. DC-3. Airlines of Australia / Australian National Airways |
| VH-UZK. DC-3. Australian National Airways |
| A30-11. DC-2. Royal Australian Air Force / K.L.M. |
| A65-26. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-65. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-68. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-78. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-82. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-86. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-95. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-102. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-114. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-121. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| A65-122. C-47. Royal Australian Air Force |
| N2-43. C-47. Royal Australian Navy |
| N2-90. C-47. Royal Australian Navy |
During World War II many military DC-3s were operated in Australia using Australian
'radio callsigns'. These aircraft were not on the Australian Aircraft Register. For this
reason I have excluded them at this point in time.