ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
RAAF A95 De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
| RAAF.Serial | C/N | Aircraft History |
| A95-201 | 783 | Delivered 29/03/55 to De Havilland Autralia. Delivered 04/05/55. Held by ARDU 22/07/55. To Antarctic Division 08/10/57. To Dehavilland 24/03/58 for E Servicing and Mods. To Point Cook 07/08/58. To ARDU 28/08/58. To Point Cook 08/10/58. Used primarily by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition and were operated by the RAAF Antarctic Flight from skis. A95-201 and 203 suffering major damage in a storm 28/12/59 and wreck of this and A95-203 merged into one airframe which took up the identity of A95-203. Became c/n 1052. |
| A95-202 | 964 | With Dehavilland 17/04/56 yet to be delivered to RAAF. Delivered 11/09/56. Accepted by Antarctic Division 20/11/56. Australian Antarctic Research Expedition. Registered VH-PGL 12/59 to 04/60. Then back to A95-202 RAAF. Written off in blizzard, 09/12/60 Damaged beyond repair. |
| A95-203 | 1052 | Delivered 24/06/57 to De Havilland Australia. Delivered to RAAF 23/09/57. Used primarily by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition and was operated by the RAAF Antarctic Flight from skis. A95-201 and 203 suffering major damage in a storm 28/12/59. Combined with wreck of A95-201 and rebuilt as A95-203. Later VH-AAV, N1590, C-FYOI, C-GECT, N94TP, C-GFCO, N94TP and still flying. |
| A95-204 | 1125 | Delivered 13/02/58 as VH-DHJ to De Havilland Australia. Delivered 10/08/59 to RAAF. To 1 ATU 15/12/59. Used primarily by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition and were operated by the RAAF Antarctic Flight from skis. To Dehavilland 03/08/61. Used as an Air Taxi at Woomera SA. Later VH-DHJ, VH-MKT, VH-SMD - current unknown. |
| A95-205 | 1430 | Ex VH-PGL. To Point Cook 02/10/61 (Antarctic Flight). To Dehavilland 23/02/62. To Point Cook 16/10/62. To Dehavilland 19/03/68. Became VH- PGL? Still flying (though not literally at the moment owing to a bent wing, body, float). Currenty on strength with Baxter Air in Canada, she flys with the Canadian rego C-FAWA. |
The Author of this page is Darren Crick.
Source: RAAF Museum Website, Neil Aird, RAAF Status Cards.
Photograph: Eddie Coates.
Emails: Neil Aird, Mike Sattler.

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