
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | 44-83234 |
Military Code: | W34 |
Other Marks: | VHCXJ |
Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed 14 Super Electra |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed 14 Super Electra |
Aircraft Version: | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra |
C/n (msn): | 1442 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location | |
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City / Area: | Adelaide-Prospect / Guilford Avenue [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map (unconfirmed) |
Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
Photo Date: | June 1966 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter) |
Photo ID: | 220299 |
Photo Comment |
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Ex KNILM PK-AFP, ex USAAF aircraft that used the civil style callsign VHCXJ for operations during the South-West Pacific campaign of World War II. Flown by Adelaide-based Guinea Airways on behalf of the military. Postwar transported by road to the Adelaide suburb of Prospect to be converted to a caravan. By 1966 was being used as a garden shed. Attempts to recover it complete were thwarted by the owner's refusal to allow it to be hoisted by crane. Cut up and removed in sections, some of which ended up at the Warbirds Museum at Mildura. This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 March 2020, and has since been viewed 377 times. |