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Woman and small girl with dog next to partially dismantled Super Electra aircraft [B 57200/175] • Photograph

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Summary

Woman and small girl holding dog standing next to the partially dismantled L14 F62 Super Electra VH-CXJ. Built in 1938 and sold to KNILM who operated the aircraft in Netherlands East Indies, it Suffered straffing damage prior to escaping Batavia ahead of the Japanese advance in WWII. Acquired by USAAF and operated by Allied Directorate of Air Transport (ADAT). Crashed at Rockhampton 8 October 1942, following overhaul delivered to Guinea Airways, Parafield who completed a major reconstruction of the aircraft. March / April 1944 flew between Parafield and Katherine before being replaced. Aircraft sold by War Disposal Commission to Harold Mortimer and Arthur Bergen for £25. On 22 February 1947 it was moved to the backyard of Mortimer's house in Guilford Avenue, Prospect (see The Advertiser, 27 February 1947, pg. 3) where it was used as a garden shed before being sold as scrap in 1975. Some parts went to the Warbirds Air Museum, Mildura. (Source, The Lockheed File website by Ron Cuskelly and Geoff Goodall, 2005).

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 8.8 cm x 14 cm

Dates / Publication details

1945

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Guinea Airways Ltd
Airplanes -- South Australia -- Prospect

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General notes

Date is approximate.

The one hundred and seventy-fifth of 303 photographs in an album.

Digitisation information

Date

13/10/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,303 x 1,932 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

6.40 MB

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