de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou RAAF A4-210 Southeast Asia (SEA) Camouflage.
Delivered to RAAF 04/12/64.
Served with 35 Sqn in Vietnam 03/1965 - 07/1968
Returned to Australia for major repairs after it ran into a ditch on landing, Pilot Flg Off Ian Baldwin and co-Pilot Flg Off Brian Young.
The aircraft was returned to Australia on board HMAS Sydney in December 1968. It was floated on a barge from the naval dockyard, Garden Island, down the coast and along Georges River to the de Havilland factory at Bankstown. After repairs took six months, the aircraft was test flown by a mixed crew of De Havilland and RAAF pilots.
Richmond Airshow 1988.
Used by 38 Sqn during Flood relief operations in NSW from 03/05/90 to 08/05/90.
Was in service 38Sqn.
Was in storage at Oakey awaiting disposal.
Acquired along with A4-234 and 6 semi-trailer loads of spare parts by HARS 09/2011.
Intended to fly for another 20 years as the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Flight"
Departed Oakey on 29/10/2011 for Albion Park.
Civil registration VH-VBA
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