Richard Leahy 1975
via PNG Museum 1975
Aircraft
History
Delivered to USAAF as 44-34081. RCAF Serial Number CV592.
Postwar History
Served with Cathay
Pacific Airways Ltd, Hong Kong, Nov. 1946 (Registered as VR-HDH). Macau
Air Transport, Macau, 19??. Trans Australian Airlines, July 6, 1962-1966
(Registered as VH-SBV, 1963). Its last flight was at Port
Moresby on January
5, 1966. This aircraft, minus its engines remained in Port Moresby,
near Jackson Airport. Stored outdoors, it was used for
fire fighting training.
Recovery & Display
Dismantled and shipped to Auckland in September 1975, and displayed at
MOTAT from 1976 - 1986. Then moved to the RNZAF
Museum from 1987 to present,
where it is under static restoration.
PBY
