| 05DEC41 |
Received
1 AD ex USA.
|
| 05JAN42 |
Received
14 Sqn ex 1 AD.
|
| 14JAN43 |
Received
32 Sqn ex 1 AD.
|
| 24APR43 |
Received
6 Sqn ex 32 Sqn.
|
| 23SEP43 |
Received
7 AD ex 6 Sqn via 15 ARD for transport conversion.
|
| 06JAN44 |
Allotted
radio callsign VH-RBB.
|
| 26MAY44 |
Received
3 CU ex 7 AD for experimental duties with the Radio Physics Laboratory.
|
| 12AUG44 |
Allocated
for use of AOC Eastern Area.
|
| 05MAR45 |
Received
2 AD ex 3 CU.
|
| 16JUL45 |
Received
1 OTU ex 2 AD.
|
| 03DEC45 |
Allocated
to Bush Fire Patrol by 1 OTU until 31MAR46 after which aircraft to proceed
to 2 AD for storage.
|
| 16APR46 |
Received
2 AD ex 1 OTU for storage.
|
| 31MAR47 |
Sold to
W.R. Carpenter & Co, Sydney for £1,250.
|
| 05MAY47 |
Issued
to purchaser.
|
| 27MAY47 |
Registration
application from Mandated Airlines Ltd., Lae. To be used as a freighter.
|
| 26AUG47 |
Added
to register as VH-BDN.
|
| 06OCT48 |
Withdrawn
from service and stored at Mascot.
|
| 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).
|
| 10JUL49 |
Returned
to service on lease to Mandated Airlines.
|
| 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.]
|
| JUL50 |
Struck
off register.
|
