This aircraft was built as a Lockheed 414-56 Hudson Mk IIIA / A-29

It was allocated United States serial number '41-36975'

Transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force under the lend / lease scheme

Delivered to R.A.A.F. No. 1 Aircraft Depot, Laverton - April 02, 1942

Entered onto the Australian Military Aircraft Register as A16-199

Issued to 13 Squadron - June 30, 1942

Received at 5 Aircraft Depot - October 22, 1942

Issued to 13 Squadron - November 30, 1942

Issued to 2 Squadron - April 04, 1943

Issued to 3 Communications Unit for use by the Radiophysics Laboratory - April 16, 1943

Received at 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond - August 29, 1944

Withdrawn from use and stored by 2 AD - November 16, 1945

It was deemed to be surplus to requirements and sold to Macquarie Grove Flying School - September 24, 1947

The sale price was quoted as being 150 Pounds

The purchase price was 1,500 Australian Pounds

Accepted by Macquarie Grove Flying School at Richmond - December 01, 1947

The application to register the aircraft was made by John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, Sydney - October 06, 1950

The aircraft was modified to enable the delivery of newspapers to country regions via an 'air drop'

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SMM - December 18, 1950

Registered to John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, Sydney

Registered to Herald Flying Services, Sydney - August 10, 1951

Withdrawn from service and stored - May 27, 1952

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - March 02, 1953

The application to register the aircraft was made by John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, Sydney - September 21, 1954

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SMM - October 12, 1954

Leased to Brown & Dureau Ltd for aerial survey work - October 16, 1954

Modified by Brown & Dureau at Moorabbin Airport for aerial survey work

This included the installation of an oxygen system for crew, camera hatch and a camera mount near the rear door

Extra perspex windows fitted in the nose section and P&W R-1830-90B engines fitted

Modifications were signed off - March 02, 1956

Leased to East-West Airlines Pty Ltd, Tamworth - 1957

Returned to John Fairfax & Sons at end of lease - 1958

Leased to Adastra Aerial Surveys Pty Ltd, Sydney - 1959

Registered to Sepal Pty Ltd, Mascot - June 24, 1966

Reregistered as VH-AGJ - December 14, 1966

The aircraft was repainted into the grey-orange livery - 1969

Registered to Adastra Aerial Surverys Pty Ltd, Mascot - October 24, 1969

Withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - 1971

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 01, 1972

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-AGJ - April 11, 1973

Registered to Adastra Aerial Surveys, Sydney

Sold to M.J. Wittington, Avalon Beach, Sydney t/a Hendon Aeroplane Company - April 16, 1973

Deprated Sydney on the ferry flight to Auchterarder, Scotland (Capt L. van Praag) - April 19, 1973

Arrived Auchterarder, Scotland on delivery to the Strathallan Aircraft Collection - May 10, 1973

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - July 30, 1973

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-BEOX - March 25, 1977

Registered to Sir William Roberts

The Strathallan Collection closed due to financial problems - 1981

The aircraft was sold at auction to the RAF Museum - July 14, 1981

Displayed at RAF Museum, Hendon as 'A16-199' in RAAF markings

It retains its survey configuration of non-standard nose glazing, metal skinned canopy and no gun turret

Cancelled from the British Aircraft Register - December 22, 1981