| 26DEC41 |
Received
1 AD Laverton ex USA.
|
| 25JAN42 |
Received
14 Sqn Pearce ex 1 AD.
|
| 28MAR42 |
Taxied
into concrete tie-down block at Pearce, damaging bomb doors and underside
of fuselage.
|
| 28OCT42 |
Received
17 RSU ex 14 Sqn.
|
| 28MAR43 |
Received
1 OTU ex 17 RSU.
|
| 02MAY43 |
Received
7 AD ex 1 OTU for overhaul and modifications.
|
| 14JUL43 |
Received
3 AD ex 7 AD en route 6 Sqn.
|
| 15AUG43 |
Received
6 Sqn ex 3 AD.
|
| 03SEP43 |
Received
7 AD ex 6 Sqn for modification to transport aircraft.
|
| 15NOV43 |
Received
1 CU ex 7 AD. 1 CU to fit seats for use by CAS.
|
| 23NOV43 |
Received
7 AD ex 1 CU.
|
| 06JAN44 |
Allocated
radio callsign VH-RBH.
|
| 08JAN44 |
Received
38 Sqn ex 7 AD.
|
| 17JUN44 |
Received
1 OTU ex 38 Sqn.
|
| 29NOV45 |
Allocated
to 2 AD for storage.
|
| 03DEC45 |
Above
allotment suspended. Aircraft to remain at 1 OTU for Bush Fire Patrol until
31MAR46 then to proceed to 2 AD Richmond for storage.
|
| 29MAR46 |
Received
2 AD Storage ex East Sale.
|
| 24APR47 |
Sold to
Godden, Board and Godden, Sydney for £1,000.
|
| 22JUL47 |
Issued
to purchaser.
|
| 19MAR48 |
Registration
application from C. Raymond Penny, Sydney specifying 13 passenger configuration.
|
| 17JUN48 |
Added
to register as VH-BIH.
|
| 08SEP48 |
Penny
wrote to DCA advising that he was leaving on a "private overseas flight"
on 16SEP48. Captain G. Board and passenger C.R. Penny.
|
| 03NOV48 |
Passed
through Bahrain en route Baghdad and Nicosia. Aircraft documents named the
owner as Burke Naughton Pty Ltd, Sydney and the pilot as G.R. Board. (Burke
Naughton was a Sydney real estate firm of which C.R. Penny was a director.)
Registration markings on the rear fuselage were only approximately two inches
high.
|
| 06NOV48 |
Bahrain
received a flight plan clearing VH-BIH from Nicosia to Bahrain direct, giving
the captain's name as G. Braln. Bahrain were unable to contact the aircraft
and eventually instigated overdue action. It was later established that
the aircraft had diverted to Haifa. The aircraft was subsequently handed
over to the Israeli Air Force and issued with the serial 2601 (subject to
confirmation). (At the time, Israel was engaged in its war of independence
and was the subject of an arms embargo).
|
| 11OCT49 |
Struck
off Australian Register as "improper sale overseas". It is assumed that
the aeroplane was subsequently destroyed in combat or scrapped.
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