VH-EOQ Fletcher
FU-24
(c/n 145)
Marsden Airspread, of Blayney,
NSW, took delivery of VH-EOQ in April 1969, around the
time David Carter photographed it
at Bankstown. It was built as ZK-CYV. The Fletcher was
destroyed
in a crash near Lithgow on April 2, 1974 when it struck trees while
spreading. The
pilot
survived with serious injuries.