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Constructed as a C-47A-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. |
19 February 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92709. |
20 March 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A65-41.
Used callsign VHCUK. |
From 3 February 1949 to 4 February 1949 |
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Ferry flight.
Ferried Tocumwal - Perth.Flight crew: Captains C. Kleinig, A. Whitham; Engineer F. Colquhoun. |
24 March 1949 |
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To MacRobertson Miller Aviation Company. |
23 April 1949 |
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To MacRobertson Miller Aviation with new c/r VH-MMF.
Based at Glenroy Station for operations on the Air Beef scheme flying Glenroy - Wyndham three times daily. |
Circa 1950 |
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Returned to Perth and converted to passenger configuration seating 25 passengers. |
1 October 1955 |
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To Commercial Aviation Company keeping c/r VH-MMF. |
From 1 October 1955 to 22 December 1966 |
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Leased to MacRobertson Miller Airlines. |
29 September 1969 |
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To Ansett Transport Industries keeping c/r VH-MMF. |
7 March 1970 |
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To Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea keeping c/r VH-MMF. |
7 March 1970 |
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Ferry flight.
Ferry route: Perth-Forrest-Adelaide-Broken Hill-Rockhampton-Cairns-Lae. |
From 6 July 1973 to Circa February 1974 |
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Leased to Air Tasmania. |
12 February 1974 |
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To Air Tasmania keeping c/r VH-MMF. |
26 September 1977 |
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To H. C. Sleigh Pty/Forrestair, Essendon, Melbourne keeping c/r VH-MMF. |
31 December 1977 |
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Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Melbourne Essendon, Australia |
14 November 1978 |
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Civil registration, VH-MMF, cancelled. |
4 April 1980 |
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Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Melbourne Essendon, Australia |
Circa February 1983 |
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Sold to film producer John Lamond. |
9 February 1988 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: VH-MMF was used for scenes in the movie Sky Pirates at locations around Melbourne before being acquired by Geoff Leach of South Pacific Airmotive in Sydney. Seen at Berwick Vic in February 1988 before it was moved by road to Camden NSW. After another 25 years in storage, it was restored in 2016 as VH-XUX and departed on ferry flight to a new owner in China |
23 March 2014 |
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Wears Serial 2100550 and Code U5-N.
Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2014 photo taken at Bankstown Airport, NSW, Australia |
28 July 2015 |
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To Ralph Gordon Chrystall, Larras Lee, NSW with new c/r VH-XUX. |
10 May 2016 |
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To Inc Flying Tiger Historical Organization, Groveland, CA keeping c/r VH-XUX. |
12 January 2017 |
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Civil registration, VH-XUX, cancelled. |
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