Census of Australian DC-2s

(There are no DC-2s extant in New Zealand)

C/N	Regn	Previous Identities	Owner	Location	Status	Note
1286	A30-11	NC13736 VHCRE	Albury City Council	Albury, NSW 2640	P	1
1292	A30-9	NC13782 VHCRK	Moorabbin Air Museum	Moorabbin, VIC 3194	P	2
1376	N8486D	PK-AFL 41-1376 VHCXH 44-83227 VH-ADZ VH-CDZ	International Air Parts	Bankstown, NSW 2200	P	3
1580	VH-USY	NIL	Darryl Gibbs/CNAPG	Lavington, NSW 2641	D	4

Flyable (potentially)	nil
Non-Flying	nil
Preserved (Intact)	3
Displayed (Incomplete)	1
Wreckage	nil
TOTAL	4

AMENDMENT RECORD

ISSUE

DATE

REMARKS

11FEB24

Added VH-USY thanks to Darryl Gibbs.

13MAR08

For C/N 1376 added the USAAF serial number 44-83227 and also corrected the sequence of previous identities. Thanks to John Hopton.

26JAN05

A30-9 has been donated to the Moorabbin Air Museum.

05JAN05

This page has undergone a major update. The most significant change is that ALL Previous Identities are now listed in chronological order from the top. The most recent identity is that which appears in the column headed Regn.

Identities commencing "VH" but without a hyphen are radio call-signs which were carried concurrently with an RAAF A30 serial (CRE & CRK) or a USAAF serial (CXH). These radio call-signs were painted on the fin/rudder of the aircraft.

01DEC03

Original Issue

NOTES

1	The aircraft was, until recently, displayed on poles at Albury Airport marked as PH-AJU "Uiver" to commemorate Albury's part in assisting the original "Uiver" to reach Melbourne during the 1934 Centenary Air Race. The aeroplane has been brought down from its poles for refurbishment and it is hoped to erect a building to house it. Subsequently it was determined that the aeroplane was too badly deteriorated and it was advertised for sale worldwide. After a lengthy and probably expensive process of surveying the aircraft and evaluating potential purchasers, the Council changed its mind and will now attempt to restore and house the aircraft in Albury.
2	The aircraft was trucked to Tyabb on 05AUG91. It was subsequently damaged in a storm. In early 2005 the aeroplane was donated to the Moorabbin Air Museum.
3	The aircraft was previously PK-AFL with KNILM, VHCXH with the Allied Directorate of Air Transport, 41-1376 with the USAAF, VH-ADZ with Australian National Airways and VH-CDZ with Marshall Airways.
4	DC-2-185 VH-USY was imported new by Holyman's Airways and added to the Register as first of type on 29APR36 and named Bungana. The aircraft retained that registration and name when transferred to Australian National Airways on 01NOV36. The aircraft was withdrawn from use on 11DEC47 and broken up by 1948. The majority of the fuselage was subsequently converted to a truck-drawn articulated caravan in which form it exists today with Darryl Gibbs of the Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group (CNAPG).