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| 43 | Built by A.V. Roe & Co Ltd at Yeadon for the RAF as MG162. Delivered to Australia for the Empire Air Training Scheme. |
| 15NOV43 | Taken on charge by the RAAF as MG162. Received at No 22 Repair and Salvage Unit at Werribee, Vic same day. |
| 22NOV43 | Received at 9RSU, Werribee, Vic ex 22RSU. |
| 02NOV44 | Assembled (Source: aircraft log). |
| 28MAR44 | Test flown (Source: aircraft log). |
| 23MAR44 | Allotted to No 1 Aircraft Park, Bankstown ex 9RSU for W/T fitment. |
| 03APR44 | Received at No 6 Service Flying Training School, Mallala, Vic ex 2AP. |
| 05FEB45 | Received at the General Reconnaissance School, Bairnsdale, Vic ex 6SFTS. |
| 18SEP45 | Sold by Commonwealth Disposals Commission to Adastra Airways, Sydney. |
| 28SEP45 | Issued to purchaser. (On 21SEP45, Messrs Haines and Linfoot of Adastra visited DCA HQ in Melbourne en route to Bairnsdale to collect Adastra's second Anson). |
| 09NOV45 | DCA report: F.W. Follett of Adastra has purchased MG162 and has collected the aircraft from RAAF Station Bairnsdale. |
| 25JAN46 | Registration application from Adastra Airways Pty Ltd, Sydney. (c/- F.W. Follett). |
| 29JAN46 | CofA issued after conversion in Adastra's Mascot hangar. Added to the Register as VH-AGO same day. |
| 28JAN47 | CofA expired. Adastra advise it will be renewed when time permits. |
| 15JUL47 | CofA renewed at Mascot. |
| SEP48 | VH-AGO returned from field operations. As its CofA is due to expire the following month it will be stored and replaced by new Anson VH-AVT. |
| 09OCT48 | CofA expired. Aircraft stored at Mascot. |
| 21OCT49 | CofA renewed at Mascot. |
| 26OCT49 | Test flown after CofA by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (40 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 01NOV49 | Ferried Mascot to Moruya by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 15 mins). Subsequent photography in Jindabyne, Nelligen and Ulladulla areas. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 20DEC49 | Ferried Moruya to Mascot by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 10 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 13JAN50 | Photography by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter in Wallerawang, Georgiana and Araluen areas from this date. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 31JAN50 | Photography by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter in Wallerawang, Georgiana and Araluen areas to this date. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 01FEB50 | Ferried Mascot to Moruya by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 10 mins). Subsequent photography in Adaminaby, Ulladulla, Araluen and Jindabyne areas. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 07MAR50 | Ferried Moruya to Mascot by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 15 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 15MAR50 | Ferried Mascot to Moruya by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 5 mins). Subsequent photography of Adaminaby area. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 31MAR50 | Ferried Moruya to Mascot by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 20 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 28APR50 | Radio and aircraft test by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (15 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 01MAY50 | Ferried Mascot to Mildura by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (3 hrs 35 mins). Subsequent photography of Darling River, Mildura, Broken Hill and St George areas. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 04AUG50 | Survey of flood damage at St George and oblique photography by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 05AUG50 | Survey of flood damage at St George and oblique photography by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 40 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 05AUG50 | Ferried St George to Roma by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (50 mins). Subsequent photography of Taroom, Wandoan, Clifford & Scotts Creek areas. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 05SEP50 | Ferried St George to Mascot by Gordon Bigg and Tom Carpenter (3 hrs 20 mins). Landed with a broken crankshaft. (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 30NOV50 | Withdrawn from service. |
| 06AUG51 | Struck off Register. |
| 16OCT51 | Returned to Register as VH-AGO. |
| 17OCT51 | CofA renewed. |
| 15NOV51 | Ferried Kingaroy to Mascot by R. Mitchell and Tom Carpenter (4 hrs 30 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 20NOV51 | Ferried Mascot to Bourke by Lionel Van Praag and Tom Carpenter (3 hrs 15 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 17FEB52 | Photography of Kurnell by R. Mitchell and Tom Carpenter (2 hrs). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 10OCT52 | Ferried Wallis Island (NSW) to Mascot by R. Bell and Tom Carpenter (1 hr 15 mins). (Source: Tom Carpenter's log book) |
| 16OCT52 | CofA expired. Adastra request an urgent short-term extension of the CofA to enable completion of a survey contract in prevailing good weather. VH-AGO was to be replaced by VH-BKZ but its entry into service has been delayed by alterations in the installation of its camera gear. DCA granted a two-week CofA extension. |
| 31OCT52 | CofA expired. Adastra advise DCA that aircraft will be withdrawn from service at Mascot. |
| JAN53 | VH-AGO has been scrapped at Mascot by this date. |
| 09JAN53 | Struck off Register. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 3 | 18SEP05 |
Added
more detail drawn from the log book of Tom Carpenter. Note that not
all flights recorded in the log book have been added to this chronology.
Thanks to Cay Carpenter.
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| 2 | 29DEC03 |
Deleted
a fleet photo previously thought to include VH-AGO and added a new
image from Allan Yee which is almost certainly VH-AGO.
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| 1 | 23FEB03 |
Original
Issue. Thanks to Geoff Goodall.
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