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Registration / Serial:VH-EBL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43067
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Hong Kong Trader
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:586043Submit Correction
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VH-EBL in its first Qantas livery. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-INY in 1961 Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EBL
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43067
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EBL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43067
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Hong Kong Trader
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:586043Submit Correction
View count: 133
VH-EBL in its first Qantas livery. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-INY in 1961 Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EBL
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):43067
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAP
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12873
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:585766Submit Correction
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VH-EAP has been preserved at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, in this livery. It has carried six other registrations between the photo and today - VH-EBY, VH-SBG, P2-SBG, P2-ANP, N5590A and finally VH-BPL. Last registration cancelled in 1996. In 2004 trucked with some difficulty from Hoxton Park aerodrome - where it had ended its flying days in 1993 - to Longreach. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAP
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12873
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAP
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12873
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:585766Submit Correction
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VH-EAP has been preserved at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, in this livery. It has carried six other registrations between the photo and today - VH-EBY, VH-SBG, P2-SBG, P2-ANP, N5590A and finally VH-BPL. Last registration cancelled in 1996. In 2004 trucked with some difficulty from Hoxton Park aerodrome - where it had ended its flying days in 1993 - to Longreach. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAP
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12873
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AOR
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2042
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:585022Submit Correction
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Qantas sold this aircraft in 1953. It crashed at Tingalpa, Queensland, on October 24, 1954. Two of the three people on board were killed. Ironically, the flight was to scatter the ashes of a deceased neighbour. The ship in the photo is the Tenyo Maru, sunk during World War II when the Japanese occupied Lae. It finally slipped under the surface during an earthquake in the 1970s. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-AOR
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2042
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AOR
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2042
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:585022Submit Correction
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Qantas sold this aircraft in 1953. It crashed at Tingalpa, Queensland, on October 24, 1954. Two of the three people on board were killed. Ironically, the flight was to scatter the ashes of a deceased neighbour. The ship in the photo is the Tenyo Maru, sunk during World War II when the Japanese occupied Lae. It finally slipped under the surface during an earthquake in the 1970s. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-AOR
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2042
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:11 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Perth (YPPH / PER)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:18 August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:571328Submit Correction
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G-AGKT transitions from BOAC camouflage to Qantas bare metal. It was used to fly between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of a wartime UK-Australia air link. G-AGKT remained with Qantas after the war and was scrapped in Sydney in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Perth (YPPH / PER)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:18 August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Perth (YPPH / PER)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:18 August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:571328Submit Correction
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G-AGKT transitions from BOAC camouflage to Qantas bare metal. It was used to fly between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of a wartime UK-Australia air link. G-AGKT remained with Qantas after the war and was scrapped in Sydney in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Perth (YPPH / PER)Map
Region / Country:Western Australia, Australia
Photo Date:18 August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EBM
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42918
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Philippine Trader
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:570697Submit Correction
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First registered to Western Airlines in April 1946 as N10203, it was sold to Australian National Airways (ANA) in July 1947 as VH-ANG. Then to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) in April 1948 as VH-BPD before being purchased by QEA in May 1949 as VH-EBM. After being with them for ten years it was sold to Zantup Air Transport (N600Z) and probably converted for cargo operations. In April 1962 it was purchased by Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD-AEC) but crashed on 9 July 1962. (Photographer Unknown)
Registration / Serial:VH-EBM
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42918
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-EBM
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42918
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Philippine Trader
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Photo ID:570697Submit Correction
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First registered to Western Airlines in April 1946 as N10203, it was sold to Australian National Airways (ANA) in July 1947 as VH-ANG. Then to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) in April 1948 as VH-BPD before being purchased by QEA in May 1949 as VH-EBM. After being with them for ten years it was sold to Zantup Air Transport (N600Z) and probably converted for cargo operations. In April 1962 it was purchased by Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD-AEC) but crashed on 9 July 1962. (Photographer Unknown)
Registration / Serial:VH-EBM
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-4-1009
C/n (msn):42918
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959
Photo from:Andy Anderson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-EAI
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I
C/n (msn):39
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1947 to December 1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:570650Submit Correction
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Qantas' connection with the Liberator came in World War II when they were used non-stop between Australia and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as part of a UK- Australia air link. A couple were retained after the war as stopgap transports until more suitable airliners arrived. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EAI
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I
C/n (msn):39
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1947 to December 1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAI
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I
C/n (msn):39
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1947 to December 1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:570650Submit Correction
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Qantas' connection with the Liberator came in World War II when they were used non-stop between Australia and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as part of a UK- Australia air link. A couple were retained after the war as stopgap transports until more suitable airliners arrived. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EAI
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I
C/n (msn):39
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:August 1947 to December 1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAW
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI
Licence-built by:Boeing Canada
C/n (msn):61159
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:565312Submit Correction
View count: 243
Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while moored on Sydney Harbour on August 27, 1949. Owner of a competing flying boat airline charged but acquitted. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EAW
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI
C/n (msn):61159
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAW
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI
Licence-built by:Boeing Canada
C/n (msn):61159
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:565312Submit Correction
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Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while moored on Sydney Harbour on August 27, 1949. Owner of a competing flying boat airline charged but acquitted. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EAW
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI
C/n (msn):61159
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:January 1948 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EBU
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina
C/n (msn):61167
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Rabaul - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1950 to 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:564913Submit Correction
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Acquired by Qantas for use in Papua New Guinea in 1948. Registered in November 1949 following overhaul at Rose Bay, Sydney. Retired back to Sydney in August 1952 and scrapped at Rose Bay. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EBU
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina
C/n (msn):61167
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Rabaul - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1950 to 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EBU
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina
C/n (msn):61167
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Rabaul - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1950 to 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:564913Submit Correction
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Acquired by Qantas for use in Papua New Guinea in 1948. Registered in November 1949 following overhaul at Rose Bay, Sydney. Retired back to Sydney in August 1952 and scrapped at Rose Bay. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:VH-EBU
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina
C/n (msn):61167
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Rabaul - Seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1950 to 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AEC
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1034
Operator Titles:(Qantas Empire Airways - QEA)
Aircraft Name:Inlander
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:July 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:499105Submit Correction
View count: 169
Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-AEC
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1034
Operator Titles:(Qantas Empire Airways - QEA)
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:July 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AEC
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 10 Electra
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1034
Operator Titles:(Qantas Empire Airways - QEA)
Aircraft Name:Inlander
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:July 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:499105Submit Correction
View count: 169
Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-AEC
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 10-A Electra
C/n (msn):1034
Operator Titles:(Qantas Empire Airways - QEA)
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:July 1941
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AII
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13622
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1946 to 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:498363Submit Correction
View count: 192
Reregistered VH-EBI in 1949. Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-AII
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13622
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1946 to 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-AII
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13622
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1946 to 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:498363Submit Correction
View count: 192
Reregistered VH-EBI in 1949. Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-AII
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):13622
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1946 to 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:483005Submit Correction
View count: 221
To TAA when TAA took over Qantas' Queensland network so QEA could concentrate on international services. Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Photo ID:483005Submit Correction
View count: 221
To TAA when TAA took over Qantas' Queensland network so QEA could concentrate on international services. Photo from: David Caughey Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-BAH
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3
C/n (msn):2055
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Contributed Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13084
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:438343Submit Correction
View count: 285
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1954 and then EBW in 1958. Became VH-BAA in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAL
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13084
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13084
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:438343Submit Correction
View count: 285
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1954 and then EBW in 1958. Became VH-BAA in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAL
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13084
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAO
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):25367/13922
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Katherine (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:17 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:434107Submit Correction
View count: 229
Reregistered VH-EBX in August 1957. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAO
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):25367/13922
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Katherine (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:17 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAO
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):25367/13922
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Katherine (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:17 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:434107Submit Correction
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Reregistered VH-EBX in August 1957. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAO
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-3(C)
C/n (msn):25367/13922
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Katherine (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:17 August 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-ABB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.877
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coolangatta
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:432527Submit Correction
View count: 364
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
Registration / Serial:VH-ABB
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.877
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABB
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.877
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coolangatta
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:432527Submit Correction
View count: 364
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
Registration / Serial:VH-ABB
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.877
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coorong
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:431590Submit Correction
View count: 484
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coorong
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:431590Submit Correction
View count: 484
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:VH-ABD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.850
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Corio
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:431463Submit Correction
View count: 307
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-ABD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.850
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-ABD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.850
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Corio
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:431463Submit Correction
View count: 307
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-ABD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.850
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:September 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAD
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2573
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Charles Kingsford Smith
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:12 December 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:431120Submit Correction
View count: 422
Sold in Mexico as XA-LIP in November 1955. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAD
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2573
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:12 December 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAD
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2573
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Charles Kingsford Smith
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:12 December 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:431120Submit Correction
View count: 422
Sold in Mexico as XA-LIP in November 1955. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:VH-EAD
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2573
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Whenuapai (NZWP)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:12 December 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:410582Submit Correction
View count: 320
G-AGKT carries a small kangaroo after wartime service connecting Australia with Sri Lanka. It was scrapped at Sydney in 1947. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:410582Submit Correction
View count: 320
G-AGKT carries a small kangaroo after wartime service connecting Australia with Sri Lanka. It was scrapped at Sydney in 1947. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:G-AGKT
Aircraft Version:Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):117
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2565
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Lawrence Hargrave
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:409335Submit Correction
View count: 717
Sold in 1952 to BOAC as G-ANUR. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2565
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 49 Constellation
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2565
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Lawrence Hargrave
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:409335Submit Correction
View count: 717
Sold in 1952 to BOAC as G-ANUR. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Version:Lockheed L-749 Constellation
C/n (msn):749-2565
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12872
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:408694Submit Correction
View count: 218
Sold to the Thai air force in 1953. It had operated mainly in Papua New Guinea while in Qantas service. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-EAK
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12872
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-EAK
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12872
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:408694Submit Correction
View count: 218
Sold to the Thai air force in 1953. It had operated mainly in Papua New Guinea while in Qantas service. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-EAK
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12872
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:February 1951
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive