Dates

Event

Constructed as a C-47A-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

24 May 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-93536.

4 June 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG647.
At Montreal.

Circa 3 April 1946

Certificate of airworthiness for G-AIAZ (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 3, 13459) issued.

From 3 April 1946 to 31 July 1946

To British Overseas Aircraft Corporation with c/r G-AIAZ.

From 9 December 1946 to 25 May 1952

To Sydney Morning Herald with c/r VH-SMI.
Used for newspaper deliver runs.

From 1 December 1954 to 8 December 1970

To Bureau of Mineral Resources, Melbourne with c/r VH-MIN.

1 December 1954

To Dakota Management Pty Limited, Gosford, NSW.

Withdrawn from use.
Stored at Canberra ACT.

January 1964

Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: c/n 13459. VH-MIN at Essendon in January 1964 flew mineral survey for the Bureau of Mineral Resources. This Governmentbody showed rare flair by registering its two DC-3s VH-BUR and VH-MIN and their Auster VH-RES. This DC-3 was orange,white and grey and usually had a magnetometer boom extending from under the tail.

6 July 1972

To Keith Singh, Tamworth.

17 October 1972

To Airfast Helicopter Utilities, Mascot, NSW.

November 1972

Photographer: Roger McDonald
Notes: Airfasts yellow and white VH-MIN at Sydney in September 1972 before being despatched to Indonesia. It returned to Australia to be sold to Connair at Alice Springs in July 1974

1 August 1974

To Connair, Alice Springs.

8 June 1980

Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Melbourne Essendon, Australia

18 June 1980

To Northern Airlines, Alice Springs, NT.

5 February 1981

To Setair, Melbourne, Victoria.
Markings added: Karen

4 September 1982

Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Birdsville, Queensland

4 September 1982

Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At Birdsville, Queensland

11 August 1983

To Rebel Air, Mascot, NSW.

5 November 1991

Photographer: Jon Wickenden
Notes: Douglas DC3 VH-MIN of Rebel Air, seen at Sydney - Bankstown on 5 November 1991 - Scanned from a print

1994

Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: 1994 photo at Cairns

1 May 1998

To Dakota National Air, Bankstown, NSW (Became Discovery Air Tours).

By 2004

Stored, Australia Air Museum after Discovery Air Tours went into Liquidation.

30 July 2005

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At Bankstown Museum, Sydney

1 December 2005

Assigned civil registration: VH-MIN (DC3C-S1C3G, 13459)

8 June 2006

To Dakota Management Pty Limited, Gosford, NSW.

10 December 2009

Based at Larras Lee Airstrip, Larras Lee, New South Wales.
View the Location Dossier

November 2015

Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: One of four C-47s stored at the remote Larras Lee airfield on this November 2015 visit