VH-ACW  Fairchild 24R9                       (c/n  415)
                       
                                 

                                     Sister ship to the previous aircraft and delivered on the same boat.  This aircraft was allotted
                                     the military serial A36-4 but for some reason it was not taken up.  John Andrade at the site

                                                                      http://www.adf-serials.com/2a36.shtml
                                                                                                         
                                     states "Never delivered and therefore serial not taken up".  That sounds as if the owner reneged
                                     on handing it over!   However, noted aviation historian Fred Niven advises:   The aircraft was
                                     "impressed into the RAAF, date unknown, until 11/11/42, as A36-4.  However, its impressment
                                     orders were deferred as it was already being mainly used for Army co-operation duties, and the
                                     order was rescinded 11/11/42."    It is seen in the shot  immediately below from the Alan Betteridge
                                     collection (via the CAHS) in war time camouflage, still wearing its civilian rego.     I have gleaned
                                     several shots of this machine.     My own above was taken at Bankstown in the mid-50s. Photo
                                     no 3 below shows it just after its arrival in 1939.  Oddly, it was soon repainted, as seen in the
                                     photo # 4 from the Nigel Daw collection taken circa 1940.  At that time it was owned by Bert
                                     Bond who was a bus operator (Bond's Tours).  Finally, at the foot of the page is a Geoff Goodall
                                     shot taken at Warracknabeal, Victoria in April of 1967, sporting a smart livery.