VH-BFW (1)  Douglas DC-3CS1C3G                     (c/n  11917)

                               

                                   This C-47A-25-DK (42-93652) spent time in the RAF as Dakota III KG720.   It went to Air
                                   Command South-East Asia (ACSEA) in 1944 and after the war was released to the Indian
                                   Government.  It was purchased by the New Guinea Co. Ltd. (trading as Mandated Airlines Ltd.)
                                   in November 1946, and was originally to have been VH-BFL. It became VH-BFW in March
                                  1948 and was re-registered VH-MAC in May 1951..