VH-AGP
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Type:
L-414-08 Hudson Mk IVA/A-28
Subsequent Identities:
Owner: Australian War Memorial Base: Canberra, A.C.T. History: |
| 05DEC41 | Received at 2 Aircraft Depot ex U.S.A. |
| 20DEC41 | Received at No 1 Operational Training Unit ex 2 AD. |
| 10JUL42 | Skidded through a fence landing at Western Junction. |
| 10DEC42 | Under instructions from the Air Board, 15 Hudsons were detached to North Eastern Area from 10 December 1942 for "an indefinite period for the purposes of transporting troops, arms and equipment to the forward battle areas" at Buna and Sanananda. A16-105 was one of these aircraft, and was flown by Flight Lieutenant David W I Campbell. Known as No 1 OTU Detached Flight and under the Command of Squadron Leader O B Hall, they flew under extremely hazardous conditions from Ward's at Moresby to Soputa and Dobodura until recalled on 11 January 1943. |
| 01JAN43 | Flown to Townsville by Flt Lt Campbell for an engine change at 12 RSU due to excessive oil consumption. |
| 23JAN43 | Returned to 1 OTU. |
| 28AUG43 | Fitted with dual controls. |
| 24SEP47 | Sold to European Air Transport, Sydney NSW. |
| 12DEC47 | Collected by purchaser. |
| 01MAR49 | Curtiss Madsen Aircrafts Pty Ltd applied to DCA for registration VH-CMA. DCA letter responded that it was not available because it was "too far ahead of the registration sequence" and allocated them VH-BKY. |
| 31OCT49 | Registered to Curtis Madsen Aircrafts Pty Ltd as VH-BKY and named "Riverina". |
| 21DEC50 | Change of ownership to East-West Airlines. |
| 21DEC50 | Re-registered VH-EWB. Named "Cathedral City". |
| 26AUG53 | Ownership transferred to South Coast Airways Pty Ltd (by this time an East-West subsidiary). Aircraft still registered to East-West. |
| 21MAR58 | Re-registered VH-EWS. |
| 21JUL58 | Commenced a tentative aerial mapping contract with the NSW Department of Lands. Following the success of this contract, East-West were awarded a two year contract with a one year extension option. |
| 17NOV58 | Ceremony held at Mascot, NSW to hand over the newly overhauled and converted VH-EWS to the NSW Department of Lands at the commencement of a three-year aerial mapping contract. Aircraft was named George Vincent in honour of the NSW Surveyor-General. |
| 11AUG60 | Withdrawn from service by East-West. |
| 30MAY61 | Struck off Register. |
| 31MAR62 | East-West board resolved to wind up South Coast Airways and re-purchase two Hudsons. |
| 10SEP62 | Sold to John Fairfax & Sons as VH-SMO. |
| 04OCT62 | Leased to Adastra Aerial Surveys. |
| 02JUN65 | The
aircraft suffered a fire in the starboard engine while returning to
Sydney after a photographic sortie over Richmond, NSW. The fire was
not finally confirmed until the aircraft was on final. The aircraft
landed normally with emergency vehicles in attendance. The aircraft
was towed back to the Adastra hangar where it apparently remained
out of service undergoing repairs until at least late August. See: Baptism of Fire. |
| 24JUN66 | Sold to Sepal Pty Ltd (Adastra) as VH-AGP. |
| Whereas all other Adastra Hudsons had the camera mount in the nose compartment, the camera mount on VH-AGP was installed in the cabin. The aircraft also differed from the other Hudsons in that it had a high pressure oxygen system with a large cylinder protruding through the bulkhead of the darkroom. Other Hudsons in the Adastra fleet had low pressure bottles installed in the bomb bay. This image shows camera operator Dave Barth working the camera in the cabin of VH-AGP. | |
| 15NOV71 | Struck off the register as withdrawn from service. |
| NOV76 | Sold to Malcolm Long and ferried to Moorabbin under a Permit to Fly (callsign "Hudson 105"). During the subsequent restoration to military configuration, it was found that the nose section had been so drastically modified for survey use that it was deemed easier to obtain a stock Hudson nose from New Zealand and graft this on to VH-AGP. The survey nose was scrapped. |
| NOV77 | Displayed in the static park at a Point Cook airshow. Marked as A16-123. |
| 22NOV81 | Ferried to Coolangatta under a Permit to Fly for display at the Chewing Gum Field Museum. Registration VH-FXF was reserved but not taken up. Marked A16-105/FX-F (6 Sqn code). |
| 85 | Ferried to Wangaratta under a Permit to Fly for display at Airworld. |
| 15JAN01 | Sold
by Malcolm Long to the Australian War Memorial. Malcolm Long is assisting
the AWM to build up a turret for the aircraft. (Source: Malcolm Long) The aircraft is displayed in the ANZAC Hall at the AWM. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 17 | 02SEP12 |
Added
a Barney Deatrick image of VH-SMO
thanks to Geoff Goodall.
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| 16 | 22MAR12 |
Added
a new image of VH-EWB thanks to Jim
Dyson, William T. Larkins and Eddie Coates.
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| 15 | 10MAR08 |
Added
the date that VH-AGP was withdrawn from service (15NOV71).
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| 14 | 18SEP05 |
Added
information concerning the location of the camera mount in this
aeroplane. Thanks to Dave Barth.
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| 13 | 23FEB04 |
Amended
the account of the engine fire in June 1965 to show that the
fire had been in the starboard engine, not the port. This is
confirmed by Allan Walker who was captain of the aircraft.
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| 12 | 16JAN04 |
Added
an account of an engine fire in June 1965 thanks to Dave Aitchison
who was the camera operator at the time.
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| 11 | 30AUG03 |
Added
an image of VH-AGP at an unknown outback location, thanks to
Peter Shute.
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| 10 | 01JUN02 |
Added
reference to a replacement nose section being grafted on to
the aeroplane during its restoration to military configuration.
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9
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Added
reference to participation in the Buna campaign thanks to Chris
Goddard of the AWM.
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8
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Included
reference to fictitious markings A16-123 in November 1977.
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