Lockheed 414-08 Hudson Mk.IVA

Lockheed 414-08 Hudson Mk.IVA

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11/30/2007. Manufactured in 1941 for the USAAC as a 414-08-10 A-28-LO, s/n 41-23175, subsequently transferred to the RAAF as a Hudson Mk.IVA, s/n A16-105, arriving in Australia on December 5, 1941.

Struck off charge it came on the civil market and it had the following history:

September 24, 1947, European Air Transport
October 31, 1949, Curtis Madsen Aircrafts, VH-BKY
December 21, 1950, East-West Airlines, VH-EWB, named "Cathedral City"
August 26, 1953, South Coast Airways
March 21, 1958, re-registered VH-EWS
July 21, 1958, converted for aerial mapping
November 17, 1958, renamed George Vincent
August 11, 1960, withdrawn from service by East-West Airlines
May 30, 1961, the registration VH-EWS was cancelled
September 10, 1962, sold to John Fairfax, VH-SMO
October 4, 1962, leased to Adastra Aerial Surveys
June 2, 1965, damaged by fire in starboard engine
June 24, 1966, sold to Sepal, VH-AGP
November 1976, sold to Malcolm Long and restored to military configuration
November 1977 displayed at airs how at Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria,
     marked incorrectly as A16-123
November 22, 1981, displayed at Chewing Gum Field Museum, Tallebudgera,
     Queensland, marked with s/n A16-105 and 6 Squadron code FX-F,
     reserved registration VH-FXF was not taken up
1985, displayed at Airworld, Wangaratta, Victoria
January 15, 2001, sold to the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.


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11/30/2007. Manufactured in 1941 for the USAAC as a 414-08-10 A-28-LO, s/n 41-23175, subsequently transferred to the RAAF as a Hudson Mk.IVA, s/n A16-105, arriving in Australia on December 5, 1941. Struck off charge it came on the civil market and it had the following history: September 24, 1947, European Air Transport October 31, 1949, Curtis Madsen Aircrafts, VH-BKY December 21, 1950, East-West Airlines, VH-EWB, named "Cathedral City" August 26, 1953, South Coast Airways March 21, 1958, re-registered VH-EWS July 21, 1958, converted for aerial mapping November 17, 1958, renamed George Vincent August 11, 1960, withdrawn from service by East-West Airlines May 30, 1961, the registration VH-EWS was cancelled September 10, 1962, sold to John Fairfax, VH-SMO October 4, 1962, leased to Adastra Aerial Surveys June 2, 1965, damaged by fire in starboard engine June 24, 1966, sold to Sepal, VH-AGP November 1976, sold to Malcolm Long and restored to military configuration November 1977 displayed at airs how at Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, marked incorrectly as A16-123 November 22, 1981, displayed at Chewing Gum Field Museum, Tallebudgera, Queensland, marked with s/n A16-105 and 6 Squadron code FX-F, reserved registration VH-FXF was not taken up 1985, displayed at Airworld, Wangaratta, Victoria January 15, 2001, sold to the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.