AVRO ANSON MK I VH-BIE
(Deaccessioned)

 
Built for the RAF as W2172.
06JUN41
 Delivered to 1 AD at Laverton.
31JUL41
 Allotted to 3 SFTS at Amberley.
18DEC41
 Fitted with a gun turret.
06APR42
 Allotted to 6 SFTS at Mallala.
29JAN45
 Allotted to Guinea Airways, Parafield for maintenance.
08AUG45
 Allotted to 6 SFTS at Mallala. Thence to the Care and Maintenance Unit at Mallala.
22FEB46
 Allotted to CMU Nhill.
02SEP46
 Stored at Point Cook.
24MAR53
 Ferried to 1 AD at Laverton.
15AUG55
 Sold to Max W. Hopp t/a Grey Street Traders, South Brisbane.
07JUN56
 Registered to Carsair Air Services, Port Moresby, PNG (later Brisbane, Qld) as VH-BIE
58
 Withdrawn from service at Archerfield, Qld.
31AUG60
 Cancelled from the Register.
Derelict remains were located on a property at Mount Gravatt, Qld.
Acquired by John Hill and moved to his property at Springbrook, Qld.
Sold to the Queensland Air Museum. A flight plan which later emerged from a crevice in the cockpit bore the registration VH-BIE.
12JUN77
 Collected from John Hill's property at Springbrook.
19AUG06
 A Special General Meeting of QAM voted to donate the aircraft to Jason Stagg of Heyfield, Vic. to be incorporated into his Anson project.
SEP06
 The fuselage frame of VH-BIE was delivered to Jason Stagg by QAM.

 

Compiled by Ron Cuskelly

 

ISSUE
DATE
REMARKS
2
24NOV07
 Deaccessioned.
1
08JUN06
 Original issue.