Bill Larkins' rare shot at the top of the page was taken at Oakland in 1946 when the aircraft
                                            was operating a BCPA schedule. My own shot above shows it, by then white-topped, at
                                            Essendon in 1954. This aircraft served with ANA from its delivery in 1946 until the airline
                                            merged with Ansett to form Ansett-ANA in 1957, with time out of ANA service when it
                                            was leased to BCPA for three years (same as VH-ANB).  Immediately below is a photo
                                            from the Ben Dannecker collection taken from the roof of the ANA Terminal at Essendon.
                                            The DC-3s are ANA's VH-ANT and (rear) -IND and (middle) Guinea Airways' VH-AVM.
                                            When the DC-6s were acquired in 1953 from National Airlines of Miami, the remaining DC-4s
                                            which were still with ANA at that time were repainted in the new livery, as the shot at the foot
                                            of the page, also taken at Essendon (1955), shows.. When Ansett took over the airline in late
                                            1957 VH-ANC was deemed to be surplus to their needs and was sold off to SABENA as
                                            OO-SBV.     Also, like its sister VH-ANG  it wound up with TMA, and became OD-ADO. 
                                            Whilst with this airline it undershot the runway at Azaibo, Muscat in January 1962 and was
                                            destroyed by fire.