| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 42-68347 |
| Alternate Registration: | VHCAA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 18 Lodestar |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 18 Lodestar |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-56B Lodestar |
| C/n (msn): | 18-2102 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Horanda (closed)Map |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | December 1942 to December 1943 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 142209 |
| Photo Comment |
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Ex Dutch East Indies Air Force Lockheed 18 impressed by the USAAF after it was flown to Australia to escape the Japanese advance. Given the callsign VHCAA and flown by QEA crews on transport missions into Papua New Guinea. This photo believed to be taken when QEA chief Hudson Fysh travelled on one of those missions. Supplies were flown in and wounded flown out. VHCAA became VH-APZ after the war. The location of this photo is difficult to establish as there were at least 15 runways and airfields around Dobodura. It is thought that this photo is at Horanda, also known as Dobodura No 4, which was the most important one and the transport base. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 18 May 2019, and has since been viewed 662 times. |