This is the third DC-3 to be imported into Australia. It was purchased by ANA and first entered the Australian Register as VH-ABR in 1938 It spent its wartime registered as A30-3 with the RAAF. It was taken over in 1957 by Ansett-ANA and had a further spell with Airlines of South Australia in 1961. It was retired in 1975, but remained under Ansett ownership until 2008.