VH-ACW  Fairchild 24R9                       (c/n  415)
                       
                                 

                                     Sister ship to the previous aircraft and delivered on the same boat.  This aircraft was allotted
                                     the military serial A36-4 but for some reason it was not taken up.  John Andrade at the site

                                                                      http://www.adf-serials.com/2a36.shtml
                                                                                                         
                                     states "Never delivered and therefore serial not taken up".  That sounds as if the owner reneged
                                     on handing it over!   However, noted aviation historian Fred Niven advises:   The aircraft was
                                     "impressed into the RAAF, date unknown, until 11/11/42, as A36-4.  However, its impressment
                                     orders were deferred as it was already being mainly used for Army co-operation duties.  Its
                                     impressment order was rescinded 11/11/42."
                                     The above shot was taken at Bankstown in the mid-50s.   Geoff Goodall saw it again (below) at
                                     Warracknabeal, Victoria in April of 1967, sporting a much smarter livery.   Finally, at the foot of
                                     the page is a shot of it as it arrived in October 1939.