Construction completed at the Oklahoma City plant - August 26, 1944

Built as a Douglas C-47B-5-DK

Allocated U.S. serial number 43-48565

Delivered to United States Army Air Force - August 26, 1944

Transferred to the R.A.F. under lend / lease agreement as KJ881 - August 29, 1944

Handed over to R.A.F. at Montreal, Canada

Issued to 108 OTU - November 26, 1944

Issued to No 271 Squadron - November 29, 1945

Issued to No 22 Maintenance Unit - December 1, 1947

Issued to No 8 Maintenance Unit - January 20, 1950

Transferred to R.A.A.F. for use during missile testing at Woomera - 1954

Operated by Department of Supply, Woomera as VH-PTM

Issued to Air Trials Unit using radio callsign 'VMLMD' - December 20, 1956

Issued to No 2 ATU - October 21, 1959

Issued to No 1 ATU - June 1960

Issued to No 2 ATU - March 19, 1962

Damaged at Edinburgh, South Australia when it overturned during a storm - September 4, 1965

Repaired and returned to service

Withdrawn from use and sold to H. Wallace, Moorabbin Aircraft Sales - May 1968

Sold to Jetairlines of Australia - April 8, 1969

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EQB - August 28, 1969

Registered to Jetairlines of Australia Pty Ltd

Aircraft was named 'John Bovill'

Sold to Department of Foreign Affairs when Jetair ceased operations - March 12, 1971

Registered to Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra

Donated as Foreign Aid to Royal Air Lao

Departed Melbourne on delivery to Laos - September 28, 1971

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 30, 1971

Believed to have been passed to Royal Laotian Air Force as '565'

Current status - ?

VH-EQB. Jetair - in the full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, Septmber 1969.

VH-EQB. Jetair - in the full livery at Sydney's Bankstown Airport, November 1969.

VH-EQB. Jetair - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

VH-EQB. Jetairlines of Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1970.

VH-EQB. Jetairlines Australia - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, April 1970.

VH-EQB. Jetairlines Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1970.

VH-EQB. Jetairlines of Australia - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, December 1970.

VH-EQB. Australian Aid - in the all-metal livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, July 1971.

VH-EQB. Australian Aid - in the all-metal livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1971.