Aircraft Photo of VH-AGR / S-30 | Ryan STM-S2 | Netherlands - Navy

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-AGR
Alternate Serial:	S-30
Aircraft Original Type:	Ryan ST
Aircraft Generic Type:	Ryan ST
Aircraft Version:	Ryan STM-S2
C/n (msn):	475
Display Paint:	Netherlands - Navy

Location
City / Airport:	Wagga Wagga - Forest HillMap
Region / Country:	New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YSWG IATA: WGA Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	11 December 1977
Photo by:	David Carter
Photo ID:	3009

Photo Comment
VH-AGR was flown to Australia to escape the Japanese advance in World War II, operated by the Netherlands navy in the East Indies (Indonesia). It was impressed into the RAAF, then sold after the war ended. Then the story gets complicated. There were three Ryan ST-M2s registered VH-AGR and this is the third, registered in 1958. The first (MSN 483) crashed and the fuselage of the second (MSN 475) was used it its rebuilt, giving it a new identity. Then it crashed and another fuselage used (MSN 466). This third aircraft was sold in the US an N2617W in 1981 This photo was added on 1 August 2017, and has since been viewed 366 times.

Photo Comment

VH-AGR was flown to Australia to escape the Japanese advance in World War II, operated by the Netherlands navy in the East Indies (Indonesia). It was impressed into the RAAF, then sold after the war ended. Then the story gets complicated. There were three Ryan ST-M2s registered VH-AGR and this is the third, registered in 1958. The first (MSN 483) crashed and the fuselage of the second (MSN 475) was used it its rebuilt, giving it a new identity. Then it crashed and another fuselage used (MSN 466). This third aircraft was sold in the US an N2617W in 1981

This photo was added on 1 August 2017, and has since been viewed 366 times.

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