26DEC41
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Received
1 AD Laverton ex USA.
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25JAN42
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Received
14 Sqn Pearce ex 1 AD.
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28MAR42
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Taxied
into concrete tie-down block at Pearce, damaging bomb doors and underside
of fuselage.
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28OCT42
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Received
17 RSU ex 14 Sqn.
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28MAR43
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Received
1 OTU ex 17 RSU.
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02MAY43
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Received
7 AD ex 1 OTU for overhaul and modifications.
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14JUL43
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Received
3 AD ex 7 AD en route 6 Sqn.
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15AUG43
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Received
6 Sqn ex 3 AD.
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03SEP43
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Received
7 AD ex 6 Sqn for modification to transport aircraft.
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15NOV43
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Received
1 CU ex 7 AD. 1 CU to fit seats for use by CAS.
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23NOV43
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Received
7 AD ex 1 CU.
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06JAN44
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Allocated
radio callsign VH-RBH.
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08JAN44
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Received
38 Sqn ex 7 AD.
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17JUN44
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Received
1 OTU ex 38 Sqn.
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29NOV45
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Allocated
to 2 AD for storage.
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03DEC45
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Above
allotment suspended. Aircraft to remain at 1 OTU for Bush Fire Patrol
until 31MAR46 then to proceed to 2 AD Richmond for storage.
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29MAR46
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Received
2 AD Storage ex East Sale.
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24APR47
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Sold
to Godden, Board and Godden, Sydney for £1,000.
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22JUL47
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Issued
to purchaser.
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19MAR48
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Registration
application from C. Raymond Penny, Sydney specifying 13 passenger
configuration.
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12JUN48
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Test
flown at Bankstown by Warren Penny. (Source: 2)
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17JUN48
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Test
flown at Bankstown by Warren Penny. (Source: 2)
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17JUN48
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Added
to the register as VH-BIH.
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20JUN48
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Test
flown at Bankstown by Warren Penny. (Source: 2)
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23JUN48
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Flown
from Bankstown to Mascot by Warren Penny. (Source: 2)
This was Warren Penny's last flight in VH-BIH recorded in this log
book.
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SEP48
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Test
flown at Bankstown and Mascot by Greg Board. (Source: 1)
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08SEP48
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Penny
wrote to DCA advising that he was leaving on a "private overseas flight"
on 16SEP48. Captain G. Board and passenger C.R. Penny.
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02OCT48
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Departed
Sydney for Charleville-Cloncurry-Darwin flown by Greg Board. (Source:
1)
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09OCT48
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Departed
Darwin for Koepang-BaliSourabaya-Singapore-Penang-Rangoon-Calcutta-Allahabad-Delhi-Lahore-Karachi-Jiwani-Bahrain-Baghdad-Beirut-Nicosia-Athens-Rome
arriving 06NOV48. (Source: 1)
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03NOV48
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Passed
through Bahrain en route Baghdad and Nicosia. Aircraft documents named
the owner as Burke Naughton Pty Ltd, Sydney and the pilot as G.R.
Board. (Burke Naughton was a Sydney real estate firm of which C.R.
Penny was a director.) Registration markings on the rear fuselage
were only approximately two inches high.
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06NOV48
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Bahrain
received a flight plan clearing VH-BIH from Nicosia to Bahrain direct,
giving the captain's name as G. Braln. Bahrain were unable to contact
the aircraft and eventually instigated overdue action. It was later
established that the aircraft had diverted to Haifa. The aircraft
was subsequently handed over to the Israeli Air Force and issued with
the serial 2601 (subject to confirmation). (At the time, Israel was
engaged in its war of independence and was the subject of an arms
embargo).
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11OCT49
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Struck
off Australian Register as "improper sale overseas". It is assumed
that the aeroplane was subsequently destroyed in combat or scrapped.
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