05DEC41 |
Received
1 AD ex USA.
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05JAN42 |
Received
14 Sqn ex 1 AD.
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14JAN43 |
Received
32 Sqn ex 1 AD.
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24APR43 |
Received
6 Sqn ex 32 Sqn.
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23SEP43 |
Received
7 AD ex 6 Sqn via 15 ARD for transport conversion.
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06JAN44 |
Allotted
radio callsign VH-RBB.
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26MAY44 |
Received
3 CU ex 7 AD for experimental duties with the Radio Physics Laboratory.
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12AUG44 |
Allocated
for use of AOC Eastern Area.
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05MAR45 |
Received
2 AD ex 3 CU.
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16JUL45 |
Received
1 OTU ex 2 AD.
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03DEC45 |
Allocated
to Bush Fire Patrol by 1 OTU until 31MAR46 after which aircraft to
proceed to 2 AD for storage.
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16APR46 |
Received
2 AD ex 1 OTU for storage.
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31MAR47 |
Sold
to W.R. Carpenter & Co, Sydney for £1,250.
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05MAY47 |
Issued
to purchaser.
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27MAY47 |
Registration
application from Mandated Airlines Ltd., Lae. To be used as a freighter.
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26AUG47 |
Added
to register as VH-BDN.
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06OCT48 |
Withdrawn
from service and stored at Mascot.
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27JUN49 |
Sold
to Fawcett Aviation Engineering Service, Sydney. Operated with Fawcett
Aviation Service titles and named "Petunia". (Doug Fawcett advises
that the name was derived from a popular song which was often played
in the hangar while the Hudson was being worked on).
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10JUL49 |
Returned
to service on lease to Mandated Airlines.
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25MAR50 |
Crashed
at Lae while on a test flight. The port engine failed and the aircraft
returned to the airfield but had to go around as there was a DC-3
still on the runway. The aircraft hit telephone wires at the end of
the strip and crashed into a house killing a young honeymooning couple.
The pilot, Captain Gibson-Lee DFC, AFC died from third degree burns
ten days later. Two mechanics on board escaped unhurt.
[Extracted from Balus Vol 1 by James Sinclair.]
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JUL50 |
Struck
off register.
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