VH-CAD (2)     Avro 652A  Anson 1

                                                           

                                   The second VH-CAD, assigned soon after I had taken the first one (a Tiger Moth) away to
                                   Tasmania to become VH-BSB, was this Anson, seen above at Essendon in 1958 in this shot
                                   by John Hopton.   It was the former AW519, and was first registered on 22 December 1953.
                                   The image immediately below is from the Geoff Goodall collection and shows it awaiting its fate
                                   in the DCA fire crew training area at Adelaide's Parafield Airport in May 1962.  At the foot of
                                   the page is a shot showing the mortal remains after the fire crew had had a go at it, in September
                                   of that same year.    Phil Vabre covers more on the history of this aircraft, and DCA machines in
                                   general at:
                                                             http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Anson%20VH-CAD%202.htm