VH-INL Bristol 170 Freighter
'Mannana'
(c/n 12761)
The photo above was acquired from Bristols in 1949
and shows the last of the original three
Freighters at Filton just prior to its departure for Australia.
Note gaggle of surplus Beaufighters
in
background. This aircraft was previously
G-AICR and was not new,
having served for a
couple of years in
Ecuador as HC-SBM, before rotating back to the plant for
refurbishment.. It
served ANA until
1958 when it was retired and scrapped at Essendon. Bob McCutcheon
saw
it
(below) in 1958 just before it was dismantled.