Aircraft Photo of PK-ADC | Douglas DC-5-510 | AirHistory.net #890685
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PK-ADC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-5
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-5 (C-110/R3D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-5-510
C/n (msn):424
Location
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest HillMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YSWG   IATA: WGA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1942 to May 1942
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID: 890685
Photo Comment

PK-ADC after its arrival from the Dutch East Indies. The USAAF took it and gave it the call sign VHCXB which was painted on the rear fuselage. Force-landed near Charleville, Queensland, on November 6, 1942. Broken on site up for spares. On May 14, 1942, PK-ADC had been flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge by a Dutch crew as a protest at the way the Americans commandeered Dutch aircraft taking refuge in Australia. .

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