This aircraft was never delivered to the RAF. It did very briefly appear on the UK register in 1955 as G-ANZK owned Field Aircraft Services. The registration may have to been to cover the ferry flight to Bovingdon where it was broken up the same year. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Sold in Australia as VH-BRD in October 1950. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Crashed at Kaimai Ranges on December 31, 1948. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Crashed at Mamaku on September 7, 1953. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

G-AJJN undertook a long sales tour that reached Australia and New Zealand. With war surplus C-47s readily available to airlines in both countries the tour failed to win an order. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Colonial Airlines were based in New York and acquired its first Skymasters in 1946 to serve their long overwater route to Bermuda. "Skycruiser Bermuda" was bought on 29 May 1947 and served Colonial until their merger into Eastern Air Lines on 1 June 1956. Sold to Independent as G-APCW on 11 August 1957. Photo obtained from Douglas.