VH-SBM  Douglas DC-3CS1C3G                                (c/n  11967)

                               

                                        VH-SBM was TAA's VH-TAF when operated by the mainland division of the national airline.
                                        When seconded to the Sunbird Service is PNG, in 1961 it was re-registered  -SBM.  It is seen
                                        above in full Sunbird livery in this shot taken at Lae in 1966 by Alan Bovelt.  It was sold in 1968
                                        to Seulewah Air Services in Indonesia becoming PK-RDE.