VH-ANM    ''Yannana'                            c/n   18923

                                Essendon, 1954

                                There were actually two VH-ANMs.  The above is the second one.  The first was a C-47-DL
                                serial number 42-32845 formerly with the 10th Air Force in India. It wound its way to Australia
                                after the war becoming ANA's VH-ANM.  It was destroyed in a disastrous hangar fire at Mascot,
                                Sydney on 7 September 1946.   (Which is why I don't have a photograph of it).  The photo
                                immediately below is from Paul Miller and came from his father's album.  I suspect that it depicts
                                this, the second VH-ANM, although it is still rare in that it shows it pre white top.  Venue and date
                                unknown.  Essendon, circa 1950?

                               VH-ANM (2) was built as a C-47A-65-DL with USAAF serial number 42-100460.  It joined ANA
                                in 1946.  In the 1950s it was leased to Queensland Airlines and a couple of shots of it thusly attired
                                appear below.  The first was taken at Mascot in 1951, whilst the lower one is a late Gus Grulke image
                               (via Peter Gates), taken slightly later than mine at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, after the rego had been moved
                                to the tail, and the white top deepened.   In 1957 it was registered to Ansett-ANA following the merger
                               although went immediately to Butler Airlines who converted it to "Viewmaster" standard and repainted it
                               in the new light blue livery as seen in the image # 5 from the Bob Smith collection.  In 1958 it was re-
                               registered back to Ansett-ANA and in 1961 went to their Airlines of NSW subsidiary.  The shot at the
                               foot of the page is by John Hopton and shows it working for the latter branch at at Bourke, NSW in
                               June of 1961.  Shortly after that (October 1961) the old DC-3 was seconded to the New Zealand
                               branch of Ansett as ZK-CAW.  After a stint with Fiji Airways as VQ-FAI it returned to New Zealand
                               and was converted into an adjunct to a McDonald's restaurant!  For more details of this exciting phase
                               in the life of this grand old lady go to:
                                                                  http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/pages/miscdak5.html