Lockheed Hudson IVA, VH-AGP / 6034, Drage Airworld Museum
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Registration: VH-AGP
Construction Number: 6034
Code Number: A16-105 / 6034
Model Lockheed Hudson IVA
Operator: Drage Airworld Museum
Airport: Wangaratta (YWGT), Australia - VIC
Photographer: Trevor Bartlett
Date Taken: 14/10/1988
Date Submitted: 27/04/2014
Ex EX RAAF A16-105, became VH-BKY sometime after 1947 before joining East West Airlines (EWA) as VH-EWB âCathedral City' between 1950 and 1958. In 1958 it was re- registered VH-EWS by EWA and used for aerial mapping until 1961, becoming John Fairfax & Son's VH-SMO briefly in 1962, before joining Adastra Aerial Surveys as VH-AGP, finally being struck off the register in 1971. After open storage at Tamworth, NSW, it was ferried to Moorabbin in November 1976, and restored back to military configuration, including a replacement wartime style nose, and repainted as âA16-123' FX-F, later returning to its own former serial A16-105. Acquired by Australian War Museum in 2001 and undergoing restoration for static display since 2010.
Picture ID:1452406