VH-UDY  Ford 4-AT-E                              (c/n  4-AT-61)

                                  

                                    This Ford Tri-motor was built as NC9768 and then went to the U.K. in 1931
                                    as G-ABEF.   It was acquired in 1935 by Holden's Air Transport Services Ltd
                                    of Salamaua, New Guinea, and eventually transferred to Guinea Airways in 1937.
                                    With the advent of WW II  it was impressed into service with the RAAF as A45-2.
                                     It fell victim to a Japanese strafing attack on 13 March 1942 and was destroyed.  
                                    This low resolution image of this aircraft can be viewed as part of The Australian
                                    War Memorial Collection via the following link:
                                                        http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/P01283.012
                                    It would be desirable if a higher resolution image could be obtained for viewing in
                                    this collection, which is attempting to list all VH- registered aircraft from 1921 until
                                    about 1970, in the one easy to access website, for all to view and for the posterity
                                    of all Australians, lest we lose this historic chapter or our history.  Although most of
                                    the Australian Library digital photographic collections are becoming freely available
                                    for private, non-profit use, unfortunately the cost to purchase a higher resolution image
                                    from the AWM is beyond the means of this non-commercial, not-for-profit, dedicated
                                    collection.