| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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 is copyright © David Carter, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 1 August 2017, and has since been viewed 751 times. |