| Status: | Crashed/Destroyed - 73 |
| NAA Type: | |
| Serial #: | A68-119 |
| Registry: | VH-IVI |
| .. past: | N65119 |
1948: Nov 06, BOC, RAAF A68-119
1958: Apr 23, SOC/stored, RAAF Tocumwal
1958: sale, R.H. Grant Trading Co, Tocumwal NSW, set for scrapping
1964: sale, Ralph Capponi, Apollo Bay VIC
1964: Oct 15, ferried, Tocumwal - Morrabbin
1967: Mar 13, sale, Ed Fleming / Skyservice Aviation, Camden NSW
1967: Sep 27, forced landing, engine failure, Nowra Naval Base
1968: N65119 (NTU), sale, Stan Booker / Stan Air Inc, Fresno CA, not delivered to U.S.
1968: sale, Langdon Badger, Adelaide SA
1968: Apr 15, first-flight,
1969: June 20, reg, VH-IVI, Langdon Badger Furnishings, Adelaide SA, after long battle with the DCA
1969: Aug 17, VH-IVI, flown home to Adelaide
1970: Sep 30, VH-IVI, sale, Raymond Whitebread, Sydney NSW
- flown to Sydney Bankstown for full overhaul and repaint
1973: Jun 11, VH-IVI, crashed/dest, South Windsor NSW, Whitebread killed
1958: Apr 23, SOC/stored, RAAF Tocumwal
1958: sale, R.H. Grant Trading Co, Tocumwal NSW, set for scrapping
1964: sale, Ralph Capponi, Apollo Bay VIC
1964: Oct 15, ferried, Tocumwal - Morrabbin
1967: Mar 13, sale, Ed Fleming / Skyservice Aviation, Camden NSW
1967: Sep 27, forced landing, engine failure, Nowra Naval Base
1968: N65119 (NTU), sale, Stan Booker / Stan Air Inc, Fresno CA, not delivered to U.S.
1968: sale, Langdon Badger, Adelaide SA
1968: Apr 15, first-flight,
1969: June 20, reg, VH-IVI, Langdon Badger Furnishings, Adelaide SA, after long battle with the DCA
1969: Aug 17, VH-IVI, flown home to Adelaide
1970: Sep 30, VH-IVI, sale, Raymond Whitebread, Sydney NSW
- flown to Sydney Bankstown for full overhaul and repaint
1973: Jun 11, VH-IVI, crashed/dest, South Windsor NSW, Whitebread killed
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