VH-EWD was subject to continual livery changes, the airline seemingly unable to decide between the name in full or simply EWA. This livery tried both.

Reregistered VH-BAM in October 1966 and had its double C-47 doors reinstalled for freight work,

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

VH-AEZ boarding passengers at an unknown location. It was sold to East-West Airlines as VH-EWD in 1955. In 1966 it was sold to Brain and Brown as VH-BAM for use as a freighter, its passenger door replaced with the double doors it had as a USAAF C-47A.

VH-EWD was sold to Brain and Brown in October 1966 as VH-BAM. Photo from the Ben Dannecker Collection.

Built in July 1943 for USAAF as 42-23949. To Australia that year, serving several airlines and latterly with Brain & Brown Cargo until scrapped in 1979.

Two sad looking aircraft seeing out their time, laying in the Essendon grave yard, both in their final livery. VH-TBB Bristol Freighter 170-31 (CN 13187, First flown as a G-18-179 in 1954. It was sold to TAA in May 1961 and entered the Australian Register on 30th May 1961. Sold to Air Express 17th May 1968.

Brain and Brown changed its name to BBA Cargo. VH-BAM withdrawn from use in 1975