Colour image of Marshall's DC-2 in the years after it was grounded following a landing accident

VH-CDZ looking in top condition. Withdrawn from use at the end of 1957, the red paint soon faded, the fabric control surfaces rotted away and parts such as windows and cowls went missing.

At the Jamestown Fly-In & Air Spectacular 2009, Day One

VH-CDZ was grounded after a minor landing accident at Bankstown in 1957. For several years it sat next to Marshall's hangar (out of sight to the left of this photo) until the area was needed for a car park. It was then towed to the middle of the airport and the Marshall Airways titles removed. After Sid Marshall died, the DC-2 was sold to an American Airlines pilot but an export permit was refused. It has since been intermittently under restoration in Australia but its current state is not known. Photo by the late Bob Kensett.

Built in Santa Monica California in may 1935. Delivered to KNILM in June 1935 and was registered PK-AFL.

Built in 1935 for KNILM and delivered to Batavia (Jakarta) as PK-AFL. To Australia in 1942 as VH-ADZ for ANA. Bought by Marshall Airways in 1948 and flown as a 17-seater as VH-CDZ until damaged in u/c collapse at Mascot on 10 November 1957. It was stored at Bankstown from 1958 until loaned to the Camden Museum of Aviation in 1965. Then to an off-airport compound in Narellan in 1971 as seen here, and back to Bankstown in 1972. It's still there today (2017).

VH-CDZ was registered in 1972 and remained so in 2017.

VH-CDZ was an KNILM aircraft that came to Australia in World War II and impressed by the USAAF. After the war it was sold to Australian National Airways as VH-ADZ. By 1948 it was owned by Marshall Airways registered as VH-CDZ and used for joy flights from Bankstown airport. It was damaged in a landing accident in 1957 and for a quarter of a century or more it sat in the middle of the airport corroding away. There have been several attempts to restore the aircraft to flight, the last of which started in 2002 at Bankstown by owner Steve Ferris. It was still under restoration by early 2011, with its wings still marked as VH-CDZ. Its status in 2017 is uncertain, but it is assumed to still be hangared at Bankstown.