VH-AGX


Type: L-414-08 Hudson Mk IVA/A-28
Later: L-414-56 Hudson Mk III
Msn: 6051
Previous Identities:


  • 41-23192
  • A16-122 [VH-RBD]

Owner: RAAF Museum.
Base: RAAF Museum, Point Cook, VIC.
History:


05DEC41 Received 1 Aircraft Depot ex U.S.A. with Pratt & Whitney engines.
08JAN42 Issued 14 Sqn.
29APR42 Aircraft struck drain on landing and undercarriage collapsed.
16NOV42 Collided with wingtip of A16-116.
15JAN43 Received 32 Sqn.
22MAY43 Issued to 6 Sqn.
09SEP43 Received at 7 Aircraft Depot for conversion to transport aircraft.
14NOV43 Received 38 Sqn ex 7 AD.
06JAN44 Issued callsign VH-RBD.
14MAR44 Missing in vicinity of Carnarvon WA. Aircraft was attempting to return to Carnarvon on flight from Guilford to Exmouth Gulf in bad weather. Aircraft belly landed after fuel exhaustion.
15MAR44 Located by search aircraft.
20MAR44 Received 17 Repair and Salvage Unit.
02MAY44 Received 4 Aircraft Depot for repair.
30NOV45 Received at 2 Aircraft Depot for storage.
24APR47 Sold to Godden Board and Godden, Potts Point, NSW.
07AUG47 Issued to purchaser.
25NOV54 Registered VH-AGX to Adastra Aerial Surveys. Aircraft was converted from Mk IVA to Mk III with installation of Wright Cyclone engines.
29JUN62 Transferred to Sepal Pty Ltd (an Adastra company).
22DEC73 Crashed on takeoff at Horn Island. Aborted takeoff due loss of oil pressure. Aircraft overan strip into swamp and badly damaged. Both crew escaped injury.
76 Acquired by Bob Eastgate, Melbourne VIC.
06FEB77 Arrived at Point Cook VIC ex "Townsville Trader" for restoration.
29NOV96 To RAAF Museum in exchange for a number of Winjeels.

 

See "Ten Years in the Life of a Hudson Engine" for movements by VH-AGX.
See also "Hudson Nose Art".


Issue Date
2 28NOV97