Aircraft Photo of 38-530 / VHCCF | Douglas C-39 | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #567903
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:38-530
Alternate Registration:VHCCF
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-39
C/n (msn):2087
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Galahad
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, Australia
 
Photo Date:May 1943 to December 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 567903
Photo Comment

USAAC aircraft from new. Arrived in Australia in April 1942. Mainly operated between Brisbane and Papua New Guinea. Handed over to the airline ANA to operate while retaining the Directorate of Air Transport Allied Air Forces radio callsign VHCCF. Force landed March 9, 1944 near Molesworth, Victoria by which time the camouflage had been removed. ANA bought the wreck and VH-ARA was allocated postwar. However it was not rebuilt and used for spares instead. Photo from: State Library of South Australia

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