| 19AUG35 |
Delivered
to Mesta Machine Co., Pittsburgh, Penn. as NC14947.
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To Amicitia
Corp. (George Hutchinson), Pittsburgh, Penn.
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To G.
M. Archer, New York.
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To Lorenz
Iverson, New York.
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To Brayer
Brothers Construction Co., Buffalo, New York.
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To Arthur
Kudner, New York.
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| MAY41 |
Sold to
Qantas for US$41,250 and shipped to Sydney where it arrived in June. It
was subsequently trucked to Mascot where it was re-assembled by Qantas.
The aircraft carried the name "Que Sera Sera". The Electra was acquired
to operate the weekly Brisbane-Darwin landplane service. It was the first
non-British aircraft operated by Qantas.
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| 30JUN41 |
Test flown
at Mascot, NSW.
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| 03JUL41 |
Departed
Archerfield, Brisbane on its first service to Darwin under the command of
Capt S.K. Howard.
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| 04JUL41 |
Registered
VH-AEC to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. Named "Inlander".
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| 42 |
The Electra
was painted in camouflage and operated a regular Brisbane-Darwin service
under charter to the U.S. Army. Recurrent engine problems resulted in many
forced landings.
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| 11DEC42 |
Arrived
in Port Moresby to join the "Special Transport Flight" carrying troops and
supplies in the Buna campaign. The Electra made 31 trips to forward areas
carrying 209 troops and 13.5 tons of supplies. It also evacuated wounded
to hospital in Townsville.
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| 11JAN43 |
The "Special
Transport Flight" was disbanded and the Electra returned to mainland services.
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| 43 |
The aircraft
was used at times by ADAT on the Townsville-Horn Island shuttle.
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| SEP43 |
A Qantas
report indicates that VH-AEC had flown 70 return trips Brisbane-Darwin in
the preceeding year carrying 1,065 passengers and 17 tons of freight.
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| 46 |
Post-war,
the Electra was used for a time on the Brisbane-Darwin and Brisbane-Quilpie
routes, but retired in 1946 to operate general charter flights and Sunday
joyrides from Archerfield.
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| 12FEB48 |
Crashed
near Condamine, Qld. The aircraft was en route Brisbane-Roma with nine passengers
when the starboard engine failed in bad weather. Unable to maintain height
on one engine, the aircraft struck a tree in the ensuing forced landing
and slid backwards through the scrub. The Electra was written off but there
were only minor injuries to one passenger and one crew member. Crash date
is also reported as 11FEB. (Capt D.A. Tennent & F/O R. Crabbe).
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