One of two consecutively-serialled ex RAAF C-47s with HARS, still in its smart ARDU colours as operated 1982-90. Built as C-47B-30-DK 44-76774 and delivered to Australia in May 1945, it served in the Pacific theatre in the closing stages of WW2. In May 1963 A65-94 was part of 'C' Flight, 2 Sqdn based at RAAF Butterworth, Malaysia. It flew the first RAAF operational mission of the Vietnam War, delivering food and medical supplies to refugees fleeing the fighting. Purchased at auction by HARS in June 2000 and registered VH-EAF

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-76774 then to the RAAF as A65-94 in 1945. Registered as VH-EAF in 2001. Still current on the register in 2022.

At the Avalon Airshow 2007

At the Avalon Airshow 2011, Trade Day Three

General overview of Narromine aerodrome on the evening before the airshow. On the main apron alongside C-47 VH-EAF are Boomerang VH-MHR and T-28 Trojan VH-ZUC. In the background are the camping set, with Beech 18 VH-FIE holding the corner.

Catching the morning sun as she waits for the start of the Narromine Airshow.

At the Australian International Airshow. Beautiful late-afternoon light during a rain shower.

Cockpit of one of the two HARS ex-RAAF C-47s.

This ARDU aircraft was delivered to the RAAF in May 1945 as 44-76774

A65-94 was at one stage earmarked to be a target for cluster bombs. But that plan was dropped and it flew on with the RAAF for several more years. The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at Wollongong bought it in 2000 and now operate it as VH-EAF.