VH-ANK (2) Douglas DC-3CS1C3G
'Lutana'
(c/n 9999)
There were two
VH-ANKs. Both were named 'Lutana' The first
(c/n 13906) was
reregistered
VH-AVL and is covered under that
entry. The second (shown above)
was a
C-47A-50-DL (c/n 9999) built for the USAAF as
42-24137 and flown to the
South East Asia
theatre of war whereby it was transferred to the RAAF
as A65-17,
with
the call sign
VHCTQ. After use by
Guinea Airways under ADAT control with
the call sign changed to VH-CTQ
(see VH-ANH),
it was civilianized for ANA in 1946,
but crashed at
Mt. Crawney, NSW on 2
September 1948. Photographs of it are,
therefore, extremely
rare and I am deeply indebted to
John Wilson for this Gus Grulke
shot
taken at Archerfield, Brisbane, circa
1947.
.