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C-47 SKYTRAIN/42-23424

Serial #: 42-23424
Construction #: 9286
Civil Registration:
  VH-CTI
  VH-BAL
  VH-EAM
  VH-EWA
  VH-EWF
  VH-PWN
  ZK-AMS
  VH-CWS

Model(s):
  C-47A-20-DL Skytrain
  Dakota IV
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019

History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-23424.

• BOC: March 25, 1943

Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force as A65-9.

• Departed United States on April 23, 1943.
• Accepted by 3 AD, April 30, 1943.
• Assigned to 36 Sqn RAAF, Milne Bay, May 04, 1943.
• Transferred to 34 Sqn RAAF, May 9, 1943.
• Coded FD-D using radio call sign VH-CTI
• Transferred to 7 AD RAAF, August 22, 1943.
• Transferred to 34 Sqn RAAF, August 30, 1943.
• Transferred to ANA Parafield, April 24, 1944.
• Transferred to 34 Sqn RAAF, August 23, 1944.
• Transferred to 34 Sqn RAAF for transporation of British Mission, August 27, 1944 to September 16, 1944.
• Transferred to AD, May 08, 1946.

Qantas Empire Airways, Australia, December 10, 1946.

• Registered as VH-BAL
• Registration changed to VH-EAM, December 12, 1946.

East West Airlines, July 21, 1953.

• Registered as VH-EWA.

Peel City, May 28, 1959.

• Registered as VH-EWF.
• Leased to Airlines of South Australia, June 02, 1965.

Pacific & Western Aviation Ltd, November 27, 1967.

• Registered as VH-PWN.
• Leased to Queensland & Pacific Airways 1971.
• Leased to East West Airlines.
• Leased to Bush pilots Airways.
• Damaged by fire Cairns, November 1980.

Air Queensland, January 04, 1982.
DC-3 Queensland, April 07, 1988.
Desert Air Safaris/Dick Lang, June 10, 1991.
Pionair Adventures NZ, May 03, 1993.
Spirit of Queenstown, New Zealand, July 15, 1993.

• Registered as ZK-AMS
• Registered as VH-CWS, March 14, 2006.

Classic Wings Pty Ltd of Midland, WA, United States, March 14, 2006.

• Withdrawn from use and stored Jandakot Airport

Broome Air Services, Bankstown, NSW Australia, June 24, 2010-2011.

• Departed Bankstown on truck destined for South Korea, January 2016.

The Independence Hall of Korea at Cheonan, South Korea, 2016-2019.

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