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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-4/C-7 Caribou
    Latest Model:DHC-4 Caribou
    Last Military Serial:A4-140 RAAF
    Construction Number:140
    Latest Owner or Location:Australian War Memorial Treloar Technology Centre, Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory

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    Dates

    Event

    12 March 1964

    Constructed as a DHC-4 by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    12 March 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A4-140.

    4 September 1975

    Involved in an incident.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. The military flight departed Baucau-English Madeira Airport (BCH/WPEC), East Timor and was destined for Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN), Australia. The hijacking occurred at Baucau Airport (BCH) (East Timor) while standing. Narrative: During a period of civil unrest in East Timor, in a period when it was becoming independent from colonisation by Portugal, the RAAF Caribou was tasked to evacuate some nuns from Baucau. While on the ground at Baucau Airport, armed men demanded that over 40 people be evacuated from the island to Australia...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    1991


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1991 photo at RAAF Richmond

    2015

    To Australian War Memorial Treloar Technology Centre, Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory.
    View the Location Dossier

    September 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At the Australian War Memorial, Treloar Technology Centre, Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory
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