VH-INL  'Mannana'                                                           c/n  12761

                                                 Photo:  Bristol Aeroplane Company

                                                 This beautiful image was acquired from Bristols in 1949 and shows the last of the original three
                                                 Freighters at Filton just prior to its departure for Australia.  Note gaggle of surplus Beaufighters
                                                 in background.  This aircraft was previously G-AICR and was not new, having served for a couple
                                                 of years in Ecuador as HC-SBM, before rotating back to the plant for refurbishment..   It served
                                                 ANA until 1958 when it was retired and scrapped at Essendon.