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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:PV-1 Ventura
    Last Military Serial:A59-96 RAAF
    Construction Number:237-6371
    Latest Owner or Location:Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a PV-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 49555.

    June 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A59-96.

    1945

    Damaged.
    Stored at Evans Head, Queensland.

    To Jones and Short Carrying Company.

    To Cecil Robb, 34 Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads.

    1962

    Transported by ground.
    To Robb Family farm at Kennedys Lane, Tyagarah.

    April 1978


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: RAAF Lockheed PV-1 Ventura A59-96 was found on a farm near Tyagarah NSW in April 1978. It had been sold by post-war disposals at Evans Head RAAF Station and was now in use as a storage shed for pig feed.The fuselage was acquired by Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra Qld where it is being restored with Lodestar wings.

    1979

    To J. Hill.

    By 4 June 1984

    To Chewing Gum Field Museum, Tallebudgera.

    1985


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1985 photo at Chewing Gum Field in Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia

    March 1991

    To Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Queensland.
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    Markings Applied: 13

    31 January 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Queensland Air Museum

    18 February 2015


    Photographer: Graham Speirs
    Notes: Restoration continues at Caloundra

    29 January 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Queensland Air Museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland, Australia.
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