VH-MJR  Douglas DC-3A-447                                         (c/n  6353)
  
                              

                                    VH-MJR was one of those 1942 DC-3s destined for the airlines, but pressed into military service
                                    following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.   Ostensibly it was to have been NC34960 for Pan
                                    American's Latin American Division.  In the event it wound up as a US Navy R4D-4, BuAer No
                                    33818.     In 1946 it was civilianized as NC9032H for Aero Service Corp, a survey company.  In
                                    1961 it was either sold or leased to M. J. Lawrence Holding, Ltd of Sydney, an Australian geological
                                    concern.  The aircraft was operated in Aero Service titling, as seen in Geoff Goodall's shot (above)
                                    taken at Adelaide in December 1964 (note tail survey probe).  Soon after this image was taken (June
                                    1965) the aircraft was sold to MacRobertson Miller Aviation as VH-MMT and joined their fleet with
                                    the name 'Turner’.   In December 1969 it was sold to Seulawah Air Service in Indonesia becoming
                                    PK-RDG.  It was later sold off to Mandala Airlines changing its rego again, this time to PK-OSA
                                    (Circa Jan 1978).    C/n 6353 was last noted somewhat derelict at the old Keymayoran Airport in
                                    Jakarta in April 1980, still in Seulawah markings.   No doubt scrapped when the airport closed.