VH-ANJ Douglas
DC-3G202A
"Kadana"
(c/n 9105)
My shot above at Essendon in
1954 (VH-ANQ in background). -ANY was built as a
C-47-DL and given USAAF serial number
42-32879. It was seconded to the US
Navy
in Brisbane
during the war and civilianized in 1946for ANA. . It passed to
Ansett-ANA
in 1957 and did stints with Victorian Air Coach
Services (a
1960s lower cost commuter
service) and also with Airlines of NSW. Greg Banfield took
a shot of it in
those latter
markings at Mascot in November of 1963 (below). It
was
damaged beyond repair in
a
landing
at Warrnambool, Victoria in 1966, taken to
Essendon Airport, and reduced
to
scap in
1969.