VH-BDN -- Lockheed 414-08 Hudson IVA crashed at /Lae. Returned due to no.1 engine failure; had to go around because of traffic (DC3) on the runway and collided with telephone wires, crashing into a house.

MSN 6044
http://www.adastron.com/lockheed/hudson/vh-bdn.htm

MAL takes delivery of C-47-DL. (DC3-360) c/n 4423 to be registered on 23 Aug1955 as VH-MAL

Preserved at the Kowloon Museum of Science & Technology

http://www.aussieairliners.org/dc-3/vh-mal/vhmal.html

Ansett-ANA gains control of Mandated Air Lines. The new airline was named Ansett-MAL