VH-TAT
'Grimes'
c/n 13083
Aircraft was an ex C-47A-20-DK, USAAF serial
42-93198. it went to the RAAF as A65-48
call
sign VHCID. Civilianized to TAA in 1948. On 8 Aug
1951 whilst climbing out of Cambridge
Airport,
Hobart, Tasmania on a freight flight, the aircraft crashed into Barilla
Bay, Tas. Icing was
suspected as the reason for the control loss. Both crew members
were killed. The above photo-
graph
was taken by the late Gus Grulke at Eagle Farm, Brisbane and comes from
the Peter Gates
collection.