61 results found
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Charles Kingsford Smith |
| City / Airport: | Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 25 February 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 765712Submit Correction |
| View count: | 234 |
This photo is believed to show VH-EAD on a charter from Sydney during the grounding of TEAL's flying boat fleet with engine problems. The four-month loss of the Short Sandringhams was mainly covered by DC-4s chartered from Trans-Australian Airlines and Australian National Airways. The Qantas charter was one-off and why it went to Ohakea instead of Whenuapai (Auckland) is not clear. The flying boats and the DC-4 charters used Auckland, Mechanics Bay and Whenuapai respectively. Photo from: National Library of New Zealand/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 25 February 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Charles Kingsford Smith |
| City / Airport: | Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 25 February 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 765712Submit Correction |
| View count: | 234 |
This photo is believed to show VH-EAD on a charter from Sydney during the grounding of TEAL's flying boat fleet with engine problems. The four-month loss of the Short Sandringhams was mainly covered by DC-4s chartered from Trans-Australian Airlines and Australian National Airways. The Qantas charter was one-off and why it went to Ohakea instead of Whenuapai (Auckland) is not clear. The flying boats and the DC-4 charters used Auckland, Mechanics Bay and Whenuapai respectively. Photo from: National Library of New Zealand/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 25 February 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 19 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 680563Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Donated to the museum. This aircraft had flown with Qantas from 1948 to 1960, initially as VH-EAP and later as VH-EBY. Sold to TAA as VH-SBG and later P2-SBG and P2-ANP with Air Niugini. Became N5590A in 1980 before returning to Australian ownership in 1982 as VH-BPL. Made its last flight in January 1993 to Hoxton Park near Sydney. Plans to operate the aircraft ended when the owner passed away. Condition of the aircraft deteriorated. By the time it was donated it was could not be made airworthy and had to be trucked to Longreach
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 19 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 19 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 680563Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Donated to the museum. This aircraft had flown with Qantas from 1948 to 1960, initially as VH-EAP and later as VH-EBY. Sold to TAA as VH-SBG and later P2-SBG and P2-ANP with Air Niugini. Became N5590A in 1980 before returning to Australian ownership in 1982 as VH-BPL. Made its last flight in January 1993 to Hoxton Park near Sydney. Plans to operate the aircraft ended when the owner passed away. Condition of the aircraft deteriorated. By the time it was donated it was could not be made airworthy and had to be trucked to Longreach
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 19 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Other Marks: | 4 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 678806Submit Correction |
| View count: | 230 |
Ex Spanish air tanker acquired by the museum in 2008 and flown to Australia as VH-EAX in 2009. Displayed in a World War II livery as used on the "Double Sunrise" service from Australia to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). The original G-AGIE (msn 808) was scuttled off Perth, Western Australia, in 1946. Qantas also operated PB-2B Catalina VH-EAX (msn 61148) from February 1948 to when it was wrecked in a storm in June 1949
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Other Marks: | 4 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 678806Submit Correction |
| View count: | 230 |
Ex Spanish air tanker acquired by the museum in 2008 and flown to Australia as VH-EAX in 2009. Displayed in a World War II livery as used on the "Double Sunrise" service from Australia to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). The original G-AGIE (msn 808) was scuttled off Perth, Western Australia, in 1946. Qantas also operated PB-2B Catalina VH-EAX (msn 61148) from February 1948 to when it was wrecked in a storm in June 1949
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 43067 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Hong Kong Trader |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 586043Submit Correction |
| View count: | 317 |
VH-EBL in its first Qantas livery. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-INY in 1961 Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 43067 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 43067 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Hong Kong Trader |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 586043Submit Correction |
| View count: | 317 |
VH-EBL in its first Qantas livery. The aircraft was reregistered as VH-INY in 1961 Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 43067 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 585766Submit Correction |
| View count: | 400 |
VH-EAP has been preserved at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, in this livery. It has carried six other registrations between the photo and today - VH-EBY, VH-SBG, P2-SBG, P2-ANP, N5590A and finally VH-BPL. Last registration cancelled in 1996. In 2004 trucked with some difficulty from Hoxton Park aerodrome - where it had ended its flying days in 1993 - to Longreach. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 585766Submit Correction |
| View count: | 400 |
VH-EAP has been preserved at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, in this livery. It has carried six other registrations between the photo and today - VH-EBY, VH-SBG, P2-SBG, P2-ANP, N5590A and finally VH-BPL. Last registration cancelled in 1996. In 2004 trucked with some difficulty from Hoxton Park aerodrome - where it had ended its flying days in 1993 - to Longreach. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12873 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Kavieng (AYKV / KVG)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AOR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2042 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 585022Submit Correction |
| View count: | 355 |
Qantas sold this aircraft in 1953. It crashed at Tingalpa, Queensland, on October 24, 1954. Two of the three people on board were killed. Ironically, the flight was to scatter the ashes of a deceased neighbour. The ship in the photo is the Tenyo Maru, sunk during World War II when the Japanese occupied Lae. It finally slipped under the surface during an earthquake in the 1970s. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AOR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2042 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AOR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2042 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 585022Submit Correction |
| View count: | 355 |
Qantas sold this aircraft in 1953. It crashed at Tingalpa, Queensland, on October 24, 1954. Two of the three people on board were killed. Ironically, the flight was to scatter the ashes of a deceased neighbour. The ship in the photo is the Tenyo Maru, sunk during World War II when the Japanese occupied Lae. It finally slipped under the surface during an earthquake in the 1970s. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AOR |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2042 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Lae (AYLA / LAE) (closed)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGKT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | 117 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Perth (YPPH / PER)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 571328Submit Correction |
| View count: | 444 |
G-AGKT transitions from BOAC camouflage to Qantas bare metal. It was used to fly between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of a wartime UK-Australia air link. G-AGKT remained with Qantas after the war and was scrapped in Sydney in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGKT |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | 117 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Perth (YPPH / PER)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGKT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | 117 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Perth (YPPH / PER)Map |
| Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 571328Submit Correction |
| View count: | 444 |
G-AGKT transitions from BOAC camouflage to Qantas bare metal. It was used to fly between Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of a wartime UK-Australia air link. G-AGKT remained with Qantas after the war and was scrapped in Sydney in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia
| Registration / Serial: | G-AGKT |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II |
| C/n (msn): | 117 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Perth (YPPH / PER)Map | Region / Country: | Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 42918 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Philippine Trader |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959 |
| Photo from: | Andy Anderson CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 570697Submit Correction |
| View count: | 341 |
First registered to Western Airlines in April 1946 as N10203, it was sold to Australian National Airways (ANA) in July 1947 as VH-ANG. Then to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) in April 1948 as VH-BPD before being purchased by QEA in May 1949 as VH-EBM. After being with them for ten years it was sold to Zantup Air Transport (N600Z) and probably converted for cargo operations. In April 1962 it was purchased by Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD-AEC) but crashed on 9 July 1962. (Photographer Unknown)
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBM |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 42918 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959 |
| Photo from: | Andy Anderson CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 42918 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Philippine Trader |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959 |
| Photo from: | Andy Anderson CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 570697Submit Correction |
| View count: | 341 |
First registered to Western Airlines in April 1946 as N10203, it was sold to Australian National Airways (ANA) in July 1947 as VH-ANG. Then to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) in April 1948 as VH-BPD before being purchased by QEA in May 1949 as VH-EBM. After being with them for ten years it was sold to Zantup Air Transport (N600Z) and probably converted for cargo operations. In April 1962 it was purchased by Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD-AEC) but crashed on 9 July 1962. (Photographer Unknown)
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBM |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| C/n (msn): | 42918 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1949 to 16 October 1959 |
| Photo from: | Andy Anderson CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 39 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | August 1947 to December 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 570650Submit Correction |
| View count: | 667 |
Qantas' connection with the Liberator came in World War II when they were used non-stop between Australia and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as part of a UK- Australia air link. A couple were retained after the war as stopgap transports until more suitable airliners arrived. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAI |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 39 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | August 1947 to December 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 39 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | August 1947 to December 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 570650Submit Correction |
| View count: | 667 |
Qantas' connection with the Liberator came in World War II when they were used non-stop between Australia and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as part of a UK- Australia air link. A couple were retained after the war as stopgap transports until more suitable airliners arrived. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAI |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator I |
| C/n (msn): | 39 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | August 1947 to December 1950 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI |
| Licence-built by: | Boeing Canada |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1948 to August 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 565312Submit Correction |
| View count: | 429 |
Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while moored on Sydney Harbour on August 27, 1949. Owner of a competing flying boat airline charged but acquitted. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1948 to August 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI |
| Licence-built by: | Boeing Canada |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1948 to August 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 565312Submit Correction |
| View count: | 429 |
Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while moored on Sydney Harbour on August 27, 1949. Owner of a competing flying boat airline charged but acquitted. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAW |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI |
| C/n (msn): | 61159 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1948 to August 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 61167 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rabaul - Seaplane (closed) |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 564913Submit Correction |
| View count: | 489 |
Acquired by Qantas for use in Papua New Guinea in 1948. Registered in November 1949 following overhaul at Rose Bay, Sydney. Retired back to Sydney in August 1952 and scrapped at Rose Bay. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBU |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 61167 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rabaul - Seaplane (closed) | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 61167 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rabaul - Seaplane (closed) |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 564913Submit Correction |
| View count: | 489 |
Acquired by Qantas for use in Papua New Guinea in 1948. Registered in November 1949 following overhaul at Rose Bay, Sydney. Retired back to Sydney in August 1952 and scrapped at Rose Bay. Photo from: National Library of Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EBU |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 61167 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Rabaul - Seaplane (closed) | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 1950 to 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| Aircraft Name: | Inlander |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1941 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 499105Submit Correction |
| View count: | 305 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1941 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 10 Electra |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| Aircraft Name: | Inlander |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1941 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 499105Submit Correction |
| View count: | 305 |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AEC |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 10-A Electra |
| C/n (msn): | 1034 |
| Operator Titles: | (Qantas Empire Airways - QEA) |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | July 1941 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AII |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 13622 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 to 1948 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 498363Submit Correction |
| View count: | 313 |
Reregistered VH-EBI in 1949.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AII |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 13622 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 to 1948 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AII |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 13622 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 to 1948 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 498363Submit Correction |
| View count: | 313 |
Reregistered VH-EBI in 1949.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-AII |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 13622 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Brisbane - Archerfield (YBAF)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1946 to 1948 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BAH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2055 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 483005Submit Correction |
| View count: | 318 |
To TAA when TAA took over Qantas' Queensland network so QEA could concentrate on international services.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BAH |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2055 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BAH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2055 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 483005Submit Correction |
| View count: | 318 |
To TAA when TAA took over Qantas' Queensland network so QEA could concentrate on international services.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-BAH |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 84A Dragon 3 |
| C/n (msn): | 2055 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Cloncurry (YCCY / CNJ)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 2 May 1948 to 31 March 1949 |
| Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 13084 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | March 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 438343Submit Correction |
| View count: | 358 |
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1954 and then EBW in 1958. Became VH-BAA in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 13084 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | March 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 13084 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | March 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 438343Submit Correction |
| View count: | 358 |
Reregistered VH-EBH in 1954 and then EBW in 1958. Became VH-BAA in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAL |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 13084 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Port Moresby - Jacksons International (AYPY / POM)Map | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | March 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 25367/13922 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Katherine (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 434107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 316 |
Reregistered VH-EBX in August 1957. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAO |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 25367/13922 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Katherine (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 25367/13922 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Katherine (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 434107Submit Correction |
| View count: | 316 |
Reregistered VH-EBX in August 1957. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAO |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 25367/13922 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Katherine (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 17 August 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coolangatta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 432527Submit Correction |
| View count: | 509 |
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coolangatta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 432527Submit Correction |
| View count: | 509 |
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coorong |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 431590Submit Correction |
| View count: | 670 |
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coorong |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 431590Submit Correction |
| View count: | 670 |
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Corio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431463Submit Correction |
| View count: | 495 |
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Corio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431463Submit Correction |
| View count: | 495 |
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Charles Kingsford Smith |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431120Submit Correction |
| View count: | 649 |
Sold in Mexico as XA-LIP in November 1955. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 49 Constellation |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed Constellation / Starliner (C-69/C-121) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Charles Kingsford Smith |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431120Submit Correction |
| View count: | 649 |
Sold in Mexico as XA-LIP in November 1955. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAD |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| C/n (msn): | 749-2573 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1947 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |