(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
Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Albion Park, NSW 2527
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
6
05JUL24
VH-CDZ (C/N 1376) has been donated to HARS.
5
11FEB24
Added VH-USY thanks to Darryl Gibbs.
4
13MAR08
For C/N 1376 added the USAAF serial number 44-83227 and also corrected the sequence of previous identities. Thanks to John Hopton.
3
26JAN05
A30-9 has been donated to the Moorabbin Air Museum.
2
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.
1
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. The aircraft has been donated to HARS at Albion Park where it arrived by road on 03JUL24.
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).

 

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