C-47 SKYTRAIN/41-18660
Serial #: 41-18660
Construction #: 6021
Civil Registration:
VH-CJC
VH-AES
Construction #: 6021
Civil Registration:
VH-CJC
VH-AES
Model(s):
C-47-DL Skytrain
Name: None
Status: Airworthy (2019)
Last info: 2020
C-47-DL Skytrain
Name: None
Status: Airworthy (2019)
Last info: 2020
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 41-18660.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 41-18660.
- BOC: November 06, 1942
- Assigned to 5th AF/317th TCG/39th TCS, January 12, 1943.
- Transferred to 5th AF/374th TCG, January 12, 1943.
- Flew as "Shanghai Lil".
- Registered as VH-AES.
- Leased to Australian National Airways, September 04, 1944.
- Named "Hawdon" later "Hartog".
- Registered as VH-SBA, December 08, 1960.
- Renamed "Moresby".
- Registered as VH-AES, September 09, 1971.
- Renamed "Hawdon" for special flights - Hawdon Operations.
- Registered as VH-SBA, September 10, 1971.
- Named "Wewak"
- Withdrawn from use, July 1973.
- Registration cancelled, December 31, 1974.
- Preserved Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne, December 13, 1979-1987.
- Displayed in 1946 color scheme as VH-AES.
- Mounted on a plinth in a carpark at Melbourne Airport.
- Registered as VH-AES.
- Operated by Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, NSW, Australia, February 2017-2020.
Photo Source(s):
Ian McDonell
Research Assistance:
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Ian McDonell
Research Assistance:
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