| 43 |
Delivered
to the United States Army Air Force as C-60A-5-LO serial 43-16451
|
| 08NOV43 |
Delivered
ex Lockheed. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
|
| 08NOV43 |
Arrived
Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
|
| 14NOV43 |
Departed
Long Beach. (Source: MAC Air Case 200. NAA via Gordon Birkett)
|
| 28NOV43 |
To 37
Sqn RAAF as A67-7. Allocated callsign VHRAG.
|
| 26SEP47 |
Struck
off charge by RAAF. Subsequently sold ex storage at Tocumwal to Stanley
V. Godden operating overseas charter flights under the trading name Godden
Air Transport.
|
| 30DEC47 |
CofA issued
as VH-BFZ
|
| 28FEB48 |
Departed
Darwin for India on its first long trip.
|
| 05SEP48 |
Passed
through Bahrein under the command of Stanley Godden having been sold to
Service Airways Inc of Rome for £8,000. The aeroplane was subsequently handed
over to the Israeli Air Force who gave it the serial number 2501.
|
| 31OCT48 |
Severely
damaged in a crash landing at Herzliya. Apparently the aircraft was written
off as the serial 2501 was subsequently reallocated briefly to Hudson ex
VH-BIH which later became 2601. (This change possibly reflects a late realisation
that the Lodestar and the Hudson are two different types).
|
| SEP50 |
Struck
off charge and presented to the IDFAF Ground School
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