The first photo to surface to show, even partially, the Department of Civil Aviation's C-47 VH-ABC. It was discovered in a New Zealand public collection. VH-ABC was registered in August 1949 and reregistered VH-CAQ in September 1950. It crashed at Camden, NSW on March 27, 1951. Photos of it as VH-CAQ before and after the accident do exist. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Delivered in January 1938 but retained by Imperial Airways to cover aircraft losses. Finally delivered to QEA in September that year. Operated alongside Imperial's S.30s on the Sydney-Southampton route, with Qantas crews as far as Singapore. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-12. While in RAAF service it crashed on landing at Townsville during a test flight. RMS Queen Mary is the ship in the background. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

This Australian-built Tiger Moth was delivered to the RAAF as A17-148. It was civilianised post-war and was registered VH-ABC(3) on 29 October 1951. It was withdrawn from use in 1964 but returned to the Register in 1978. Seen here at the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia's National Fly-in.

First registered in 1961 and current in 2017