VH-BAK  Avro 652A Anson 1

                        

                             Poor, but very rare image from the Geoff Goodall collection of a Townsville & Country Airways
                             Anson loading at Cloncurry in 1947.  This Anson operator flew long distances to outback north
                             Queensland towns as far west as Mount Isa. VH-BAK suffered an undercarriage collapse on
                             landing at Julia Creek on 4 January 1948 badly damaging the wing.     It was stripped for parts
                             and the fuselage trucked back to the company base in Townsville.   TACA's services were taken
                             over by ANA using a DC-3.