Aircraft Photo of VH-ACB | Douglas DC-3-232A | Australian National Airways - ANA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-ACB
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-3-232A
C/n (msn):	2030
Operator Titles:	Australian National Airways - ANA

Location
Location:	Not known
Region / Country:	Unknown State, Australia

Photo Date:	December 1938 to August 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	606094

Photo Comment
This photo is captioned Daly Waters 1940 but that cannot be the case. After just 9 months with ANA and the start of WW2, VH-ACB was leased to the RAAF as A30-4 and camouflaged. The lease ended in May 1940 and ANA markings reapplied. However the Douglas Aircraft logos applied to the nose and tail at the factory, and seen here, were not reapplied. The photo is at one of the south-eastern Australian airports served by ANA, most likely Essendon or Archerfield. ACB written off in a forced landing near Essendon on April 14, 1943. Photo from: Library and Archives NT This photo was added on 28 September 2023, and has since been viewed 170 times.

Photo Comment

This photo is captioned Daly Waters 1940 but that cannot be the case. After just 9 months with ANA and the start of WW2, VH-ACB was leased to the RAAF as A30-4 and camouflaged. The lease ended in May 1940 and ANA markings reapplied. However the Douglas Aircraft logos applied to the nose and tail at the factory, and seen here, were not reapplied. The photo is at one of the south-eastern Australian airports served by ANA, most likely Essendon or Archerfield. ACB written off in a forced landing near Essendon on April 14, 1943. Photo from: Library and Archives NT

This photo was added on 28 September 2023, and has since been viewed 170 times.

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