Later re-registered as VH-MBA. Was intended to serve the Yakuave Resorts, but the deal fell through. Ex US Navy, Royal Navy, Bay Valley Air Service, Alaska Coastal Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Kodiak Airlines before migrating to the warmer South Pacific (photographed by G. Bühlmann)

Taken during the bloody Battle of Peleliu, one of the Palau islands. The photo source is positive this is BuNo 14513, listed as lost on 6 November 1944 off Palau, belonging to VMF-114. That squadron landed on the Peleliu airfield on 26 September. Note the Curtiss Commando in the background. Photo from: Naval History and Heritage Command